Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

I present the sixth report of 2019 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows—

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

REPORT NO. 6 OF 2019

1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 18 September 2019 at 7.15 pm.

2. The committee recommends that—

(a) the provisions of the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority Board and Other Improvements) Bill 2019 be referred immediately to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2019;

(b) the provisions of the Customs Amendment (Product Specific Rule Modernisation) Bill 2019 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 20 November 2019;

(c) the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 November 2019;

(d) the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2019 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 November 2019;

3. The committee recommends that the following bills not be referred to committees:

4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019

Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019

5. The committee considered the following bills but was unable to reach agreement:

I move:

That the report be adopted.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

"and

(a) in respect of the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Bill 2019, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 October 2019;

(b) in respect of the Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019, contingent upon the introduction of the bill in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 February 2020."

This amendment seeks to extend reporting dates for two pieces of legislation: the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Building on the Child Care Package) Bill 2019 and the Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019. Both of these bills, we believe, warrant a longer reporting date than the government has so far agreed to.

Question agreed to.

Original question, as amended, agreed to.