7–10 July 2014
House of Representatives
Bills initiated in the House
The House of Representatives did not sit last week.
New inquiries of House Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of House Committees
No new Committee reports were tabled.
Senate
Bills initiated in the Senate
The following Bill was initiated:
- Motor Vehicle Standards (Cheaper Transport) Bill 2014 – introduced 10 July 2014, Private Senator's Bill
New inquiries of Senate Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of Senate Committees
The following new Committee reports were tabled:
Economics Legislation Committee
- Fuel Indexation (Road Funding) Bill 2014 [Provisions] and related bills – tabled 7 July 2014
Education and Employment Legislation Committee
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 – tabled 8 July 2014
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
- Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions] – tabled 7 July 2014
- Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] [Provisions] and associated bills – tabled 8 July 2014
- Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013 [No. 2] [Provisions] – tabled 8 July 2014
Regulations and Ordinances Committee
- Delegated legislation monitor, Monitor No. 8 of 2014 – tabled 9 July 2014
School Funding Committee
- Equity and excellence in Australian schools – tabled 9 July 2014
Scrutiny of Bills Committee
- Alert Digest No. 8 of 2014 – tabled 9 July 2014
- Eighth report of 2014 – tabled 9 July 2014
Joint Committees
New inquiries of Joint Committees
No new inquiries were announced.
Reports of Joint Committees
No new Committee reports were tabled.
Laws passed
The following Bill has now passed both Houses and is awaiting assent by the Governor-General:
The following Bills have now received assent by the Governor-General:
- Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015
- Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015
- Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2014-2015
- Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2014
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 1), (No. 3) and (No. 5)) Bill 2014
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 2), (No. 4) and (No. 6)) Bill 2014
- Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (Parliamentary Departments)) Bill 2014
- Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Amendment Bill 2014
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Bill 2014
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 2) Bill 2014
- Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 3) Bill 2014
- Tax Laws Amendment (Implementation of the FATCA Agreement) Bill 2014
- Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014
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