2–5 March 2020
House of Representatives
Bills initiated in the House
The following Bills were initiated:
- Climate Emergency Declaration Bill 2020 – introduced 2 March 2020, Private Member’s Bill
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020 – introduced 4 March 2020, Government Bill
- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020 – introduced 5 March 2020, Government Bill
New inquiries of House Committees
The following new inquiry was announced:
Tax and Revenue Committee
- Inquiry into the Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19 – submissions due 17 April 2020
Reports of House Committees
Economics Committee
- Advisory report on the Banking Amendment (Rural Finance Reform) Bill 2019 – tabled 5 March 2020
- Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Annual Report 2019 – tabled 2 March 2020
- Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2019 (First Report) – tabled 5 March 2020
Environment and Energy Committee
- Report of the inquiry into vegetation and land management policy relating to bushfires – tabled 5 March 2020
Petitions Committee
- Report No. 10 – tabled 2 March 2020
Selection Committee
- Report No. 14 – tabled 4 March 2020
Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee
- Protecting the age of innocence - Report of the inquiry into age verification for online wagering and online pornography – tabled 5 March 2020
Senate
Bills initiated in the Senate
The Senate did not sit last week.
New inquiries of Senate Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of Senate Committees
No reports were tabled.
Joint Committees
New inquiries of Joint Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of Joint Committees
The following reports have been tabled:
Corporations and Financial Services Committee
- Regulation of auditing in Australia: Interim report – tabled 2 March 2020
Public Works Committee
Eighty-third annual report (2019) – tabled 2 March 2020
Laws passed
No Bills passed both Houses last week.
The following Bills have now received assent by the Governor-General:
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2020
- Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2020
- Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2020
- Export Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2020
- Export Control Bill 2020
- Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Bill 2020
- Statute Update (Regulations References) Bill 2020
- Student Identifiers Amendment (Higher Education) Bill 2020
- Trade Support Loans Amendment (Improving Administration) Bill 2020
- Treasury Laws Amendment (Recovering Unpaid Superannuation) Bill 2020
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