Senate debates

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Committees

Report

3:43 pm

Photo of Anne McEwenAnne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

I present all committee reports that are listed on today's order of business under items 8 and 10.

The list read as follows—

Tabling and consideration of committee reports – pursuant to standing order 62(4)

Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications (Senator Brown) to present 26th report and move for its adoption

Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (Senator Wright) to present report – Current framework and operation of subclass 457 visas, Enterprise Migration Agreements and Regional Migration Agreements

Government Whip (Senator McEwen) to present reports from legislation committees relating to 2013-14 Budget estimates

Chair of the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee (Senator Polley) to present report – Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Bill 2013 (pursuant to Selection of Bills Committee report)

Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee (Senator Crossin) to present report – Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013 (pursuant to Selection of Bills Committee report)

Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee (Senator Stephens) to present report – Implementation of the Defence Trade Controls legislation

Chair of the Standing Committee of Senators' Interests (Senator Bernardi) to present report – Statements of registrable interests and notifications of alterations lodged between 28 November 2012 and 26 June 2013

Chairman of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills (Senator Macdonald) to present seventh report and alert digest no. 7 of 2013, together with the work of the committee in the 42nd Parliament: February 2008 to June 2010

Chair of the Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances (Senator Furner) to present the delegated legislation monitor no. 7 for 2013, together with reports:

No. 114—Report on the work of the committee in the 41st Parliament

No. 115—Report on the work of the committee in the 42nd Parliament

No. 116—Report on the work of the committee in 2010–11

No. 117—Report on the work of the committee in 2011–12

Senator Stephens, on behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, to present 10th and 11th reports (tabled in the House of Representatives on 26 June 2013)

Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (Senator Cash) to present report – Integrity of overseas Commonwealth law enforcement operations

Senator Furner, on behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to present report – Review of the Defence Annual Report 2011-12

Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (Senator McKenzie) to present reports nos 133 and 134

Government Whip (Senator McEwen), on behalf of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, to present report – Referrals made May 2013: Development and construction of housing for Defence at Warner and Enoggera

Government Whip (Senator McEwen) to present additional information received by the committee relating to its inquiry into the advertising and promotion of gambling services in sport and the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013

Government Whip (Senator McEwen) to present additional information received by committees relating to estimates

Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Senator Crossin) to present progress report

Government Whip (Senator McEwen), on behalf of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, to present:

Report no. 439––Review of the Auditor-General's reports nos 11 to 31 (2012–13) (tabled in the House of Representatives on 27 June 2013)

Executive minutes on report no. 434—Annual public hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation (2012) (tabled in the House of Representatives on 27 June 2013)

Executive minutes on report no. 435—Review of Auditor-General's reports nos 33 (2011–12) to 1 (2012–13) (tabled in the House of Representatives on 27 June 2013)

Business of the Senate orders of the day

1–Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee – Report – Current framework and operation of subclass 457 visas, Enterprise Migration Agreements and Regional Migration Agreements

2–Legislation Committees – Reports – 2013-14 Budget estimates

3–Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee – Report – Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Funding for Certain Types of Abortion) Bill 2013 [Provisions] (pursuant to Selection of Bills Committee report)

4–Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee – Report – Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013 (pursuant to Selection of Bills Committee report)

5–Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee – Report – Effectiveness of NAPLAN

6–Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee – Report – Victims of sexual and other abuse in Defence

Ordered that the reports be printed.

I move:

That report No. 26 of the Publications Committee be adopted.

Question agreed to.