Senate debates
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Committees
Reports: Government Responses
6:14 pm
Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I present the government’s response to the President’s report of 26 November 2009 on government responses outstanding to parliamentary committee reports, and seek leave to have the document incorporated in Hansard.
Leave granted.
The document read as follows—
GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS RESPONSE TO THE SCHEDULE TABLED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON 26 NOVEMBER 2009
Circulated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate
Senator the Hon Chris Evans
23 June 2010
A CERTAIN MARITIME INCIDENT (SENATE SELECT)
Report on a Certain Maritime Incident
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
AGRICULTUREAL AND REALTED INDUSTRIES (Senate Select)
Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market—Second interim report
Response not required.
Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market—Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY (JOINT STATUTORY)
Inquiry into law enforcement integrity models
The government response was tabled on 22 June 2010.
Examination for the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2007-08
The government response was tabled on 22 June 2010.
AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (JOINT STATUTORY)
Review of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Examination of the annual report for 2004-05 of the Australian Crime Commission
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) in Australia
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report 2006-07
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Inquiry into the Australian Crime Commission Amendment Act 2007
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report 2007-08
The government response was tabled on 22 June 2010.
Legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
CLIMATE POLICY (SENATE SELECT)
Report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
National registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health workers
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No.2) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES
Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians revisited – Report on the progress with the implementation of the recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians reports
The government response was tabled on 26 November 2009.
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS STANDING
Funding and operation of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Highway to health: better access for rural, regional and remote patients
The government response was tabled on 25 February 2010.
Towards recovery: Mental health services in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Grasping the opportunity of Opal: Assessing the impact of the petrol sniffing strategy
The government response was tabled on 22 June 2010.
CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES (JOINT STATUTORY)
Review of the Managed Investments Act 1998
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 3), Statutory Rules 2003 No. 85
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Corporations Amendment Regulations 7.1.29A, 7.1.35A and 7.1.40(h)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
The structure and operation of the superannuation industry
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Better shareholders – better company – Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Inquiry into aspects of agribusiness managed investment schemes
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Inquiry into financial products and services in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ECONOMICS LEGISLATION
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009 and a related bill [Provisions}
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 and related bills [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Banking Amendment (Keeping Banks Accountable) Bill 2009
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
ECONOMICS REFERENCES
Consenting adults deficits and household debt – links between Australia’s current account deficit, the demand for imported goods and household debt
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Employee share schemes
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Foreign investment by state-owned entities
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Government measures to address confidence concerns in the financial sector – The Financial Claims Scheme and the Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report on bank mergers
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Government’s economic stimulus initiatives
The government response was tabled on 18 March 2010.
GROCERYchoice website
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ECONOMICS STANDING
Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2008
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Scheme
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Education services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES
DEEWR tender process to award employment services contracts
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 28 January 2010, and tabled in parliament on 2 February 2010.
Provisions of childcare
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Welfare of international students
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ELECTORAL MATTERS (JOINT STANDING)
Civics and electoral education
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report on the conduct of the 2007 federal election and matters related thereto
The government response was tabled on 18 March 2010.
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS LEGISLATION
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2009
The government response was tabled on 23 June 2010.
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS REFERENCES
Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS STANDING
Management of Australia’s waste streams (including consideration of the Drink Containers Recycling Bill 2008)
The government response was tabled on 25 February 2010.
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 30 April 2010, and tabled on 11 May 2020.
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – First report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 – Second and final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS REFERENCES
Living with a salinity – a report on progress: the extent and economic impact of salinity in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
About time! Women in sport and recreation in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS STANDING
Conserving Australia–Australia’s national parks, conservation reserves and marine protected areas
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION
Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009
Recommendations in this report were dealt with during the debate of the bill. No further response required.
Annual reports (No.2 of 2009)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES
Staff employed under Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Government advertising and accountability
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION STANDING
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2007)
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 7 June 2010, and tabled on 15 June 2010.
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2008)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2008)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Item 16525 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulation 2007
The government response was tabled on 25 February 2010.
Annual report (No. 1 of 2009)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Residential and community aged care in Australia
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE (JOINT STANDING)
Review of the Defence annual report 2006-2007
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 25 March 2010, and tabled on 11 May 2010.
Inquiry into Australia’s relationship with ASEAN
The government response was tabled on 18 March 2010.
Sealing a just outcome – Report from the inquiry into RAAF F-111 deseal/reseal workers and their families
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Australia’s relationship with India as an emerging world power
The government response is not required.
Review of the Defence annual report 2007-2008
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES
Economic challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific—Volume 1
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE STANDING
Australia’s involvement in peacekeeping operations
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 25 March 2010, and tabled on 11 May 2010.
FUEL AND ENERGY (SENATE SELECT)
The CPRS: Economic cost without environmental benefit –
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (JOINT)
Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Islam, AAA,IAA,IMU, JeM and LeJ as terrorist organisations
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Review of the re-listing of Hizballah’s External Security Organisation as a terrorist organisation
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Annual report of committee activities 2008-2009
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Review of the listing of Al-Shabaab as a terrorist organisation
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Review of the re-listing of Hamas’ Brigades, PKK LeT and PIJ as terrorist organisation
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION
Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
The government responses was tabled on 4 February 2010.
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES
The road to a republic
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS STANDING
Unfinished business: Indigenous stolen wages
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs responded directly to the Chair of the Committee on 5 May 2010. No further response required.
Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008
The government response was tabled on 18 March 2010.
Effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 4 May 2010, and tabled on 11 May 2010.
Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
MEN’S HEALTH (SENATE SELECT)
Report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
MIGRATION (JOINT STANDING)
Negotiating the maze – Review of arrangements for overseas skills recognition, upgrading and licensing
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Immigration detention in Australia – A new beginning – Criteria for release from detention – First report of the inquiry into immigration detention
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Immigration detention in Australia – Community-based alternatives to detention – Second report of the inquiry into immigration detention
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Immigration detention in Australia – Facilities, services and transparency – third report of the inquiry into immigration detention
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
MINISTERIAL DISCRETION IN MIGRATION MATTERS (SENATE SELECT)
Report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK (SENATE SELECT)
Another fork in the road to national broadband – Second interim report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Third report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES (JOINT STANDING)
Inquiry into the Immigration Bridge proposal
The government response was tabled on 4 February 2010.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT (JOINT STATUTORY)
Report 413 – The efficiency dividend and small agencies: Size does matter
The government response was tabled on 4 February 2010.
Report 414 – Review of the Auditor-General’s reports tabled between August 2007 and August 2008
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 415 – Review of Auditor-General’s report tabled between September 2008 and January 2009
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 416 – Review of the major projects report 2007-2008
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
PUBLIC WORKS (JOINT STANDING)
Report 5/2009—Referral made May to June 2009—Fitout and external works, ANZAC Park West, Parks, ACT—Fitout of Tuggeranong Office Park, Greenway, ACT
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 6/2009—Redevelopment of the Villawood Immigration Detention Facility
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 7/2009—Referrals made August to October 2009—Construction of housing at Gordon Olive Estate, Brisbane, QLD—construction and renovation of housing at Larrakeyah Barracks, Darwin, NT—Enhanced Land Force Stage 2, various locations—Midlife engineering services refurbishment of the Australian Embassy, Paris, France—Tropical marine research facilities, Cape Ferguson and Townsville, QLD—Redevelopment of Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
REGIONAL AND REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES (SENATE SELECT)
Second report
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs responded directly to the Chair of the Committee on 11 May 2010. No further response required.
Third report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES
Iraqi wheat debt – repayments for wheat growers
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Implications for the long-term sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin system—Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Import risk analysis for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines – Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Meat marketing – Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Investment of Commonwealth and State funds in public passenger transport infrastructure and services
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Management of the removal of the rebate for AQIS export certification functions
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 [Provisions]
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT STANDING
Australia’s future oil supply and alternative transport fuels – Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Meat marketing – Interim report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Water management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes (including consideration of the Emergency Water (Murray-Darling Basin Rescue) Bill 2008)
Recommendations in this report will be dealt with during the debate of the bill. No formal response required.
Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector – Final report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (SENATE SELECT)
Report
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
TREATIES (JOINT STANDING)
Report 91 – Treaty tabled on 12 March 2008
The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 17 December 2009, and tabled on 2 February2010.
Report 94 – Treaties tabled on 14 May 2008
The government response was tabled on 18 March 2010.
Report 95 – Treaties tabled on 4 June, 17 June, 25 June and 26 August 2008
The government response was tabled on 4 February 2010.
Report 99 – Treaties tabled on 3 December 2008 and 3 February 2009
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 100 – Treaties tabled on 25 June 2008 (2)
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 102 – Treaties tabled on 12 and 16 March 2009
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.
Report 103 – Treaties tabled on 12 March and 13 May 2009
The government response was tabled on 13 May 2010.
Report 106 – Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
The government response was tabled on 25 February 2010.
Report 107 – Treaties tabled on 20 August (2) and 15 September 2009
The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.