The SPEAKER ( Hon. Tony Smith ) took the chair at 09:30, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Federation Chamber to meet at 10 am this sitting and consider the following business:
(1) Members' three minute constituency statements until 11.30 am;
(2) further statements in relation to the death of Duncan Pegg to follow; and
(3) adjournment debate to commence no later than 12 noon and conclude after one hour.
That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately:
That the House:
notes that the member for Bowman is unfit to be a member of parliament and the government needs to act to show that it has listened to women; and
calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [09:37]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Amendment Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Cost Recovery and Other Measures) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Amendment Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 5) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Waiting Periods for New Migrants) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
That the House take note of the report.
That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate.
That the House take note of the report.
That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate.
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Amendment Bill 2021
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that after eight years this Government has yet to deliver any reforms to Australia's waste sector that have resulted in clear improvement to the health of our environment or significant progress towards a circular economy".
The House divided. [11:29]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That this bill be now read a third time.
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021
That amendments (2) and (3) be agreed to.
That amendments Nos (1) and (4) be disagreed to.
That the reasons be adopted.
The House may only amend a House bill which has been returned from the Senate if its further amendment is relevant to or consequent on the Senate amendments or requests for amendments.
That the ruling be dissented from.
Any dissent from the Speaker's ruling is not necessarily interpreted as a censure of the Speaker.
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:38]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
That the Member be no longer heard.
The House divided. [12:43]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
The House divided. [12:49]
(The Speaker—Hon. Tony Smith)
Industry Research and Development Amendment (Industry Innovation and Science Australia) Bill 2021
That this bill be now read a second time.
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:
(1) notes the jobs and economic growth generated from a robust innovation ecosystem; and
(2) condemns the Coalition Government for its continual failure to back Australian industry and innovation, particularly to deal with challenges arising from the pandemic".
If a question has been addressed to the incorrect Minister, the responsible Minister may answer, but a Member has been given an opportunity to redirect the question.
In many instances the responsibilities referred to in a question may be shared by two or more Ministers and it is only the Ministers concerned who are in a position to determine authoritatively which of them is more responsible.
It is in order for more than one Minister to answer a particular question without notice in the case of shared responsibility.
That leave of absence be given to every Member of the House of Representatives from the determination of this sitting of the House to the date of its next sitting.
SPEAKER ' S SCHEDULE OF THE STATUS OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
The Speaker's schedule to the House of Representatives on the status of government responses to committee reports is presented at six monthly intervals, usually in the last sitting weeks of the winter and spring sittings. The last schedule was presented in the House on 10 December 2020. The schedule presents a list of committee reports that contain recommendations requiring a government response. Government responses received during the period are included in the schedule and the report it relates to is then removed from subsequent schedules.
The timeframe for government responses to committee reports in this schedule is determined by the resolution adopted by the House on 29 September 2010, in which government responses to House and Joint committee reports are required within a six month period from the presentation of the report in the House. The Senate has resolved to require government responses to Senate and Joint committee reports within three months of a report being tabled.A
This schedule does not list reports that do not require a government response. In the past, the practice was to include all reports tabled in the House in the Speaker's schedule. However, the intent of this schedule is to provide an update to the House on the status of government responses to committee reports.
The schedule does not include advisory reports on bills introduced into the House of Representatives unless the reports make recommendations that are wider than the provision of the bill and would therefore be the subject of a government response. The Government's response to bill inquiry reports is apparent in the resumption of consideration of the relevant legislation by the House. Also not included are reports from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, the House of Representatives Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests, and the Publications Committee (other than reports on inquiries). Government responses to reports of the Public Works Committee are usually reflected in motions for the approval of works after the relevant report has been presented and considered. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights' regular scrutiny reports on the human rights compatibility of bills and legislative instruments are not listed, as the timeframe for a response is specified in correspondence to the relevant minister.
Reports of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit primarily make administrative recommendations but may make policy recommendations. A government response is required in respect of such policy recommendations made by the committee. Responses to administrative recommendations are made in the form of an Executive Minute provided to, and subsequently tabled by, the committee. Agencies responding to administrative recommendations are required to provide an Executive Minute within six months of the tabling of a report. Executive Minutes are included in this schedule.
A This practice has arisen from a Senate resolution of 14 March 1973, in which the Senate declared its opinion that the government should provide a response to committee reports within three months of tabling. Successive governments have affirmed their commitment to providing such responses.
The table below provides a summary of government responses received and outstanding to committee reports of the 43rd to 46th Parliaments inclusive.
Listed below (see table below) are responses received (since tabling of the last schedule on 10 December 2020) and outstanding (as at 23 June 2021):
Notes
1 The date of tabling is the date the report was presented to the House of Representatives or to the Speaker, whichever is earlier. In the case of joint committees, the date shown is the date of first presentation to either the House or the Senate or to the President or Speaker (if presented earlier out of session). Reports published when the House (or Houses) are not sitting are tabled at a later date.
2 If the source for the government response date is not the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives or the Journals of the Senate, the source is shown in an endnote.
3 The Government has undertaken to respond to committee reports within a six-month period—see House of Representatives Standing Orders, resolution of the House of Representatives of 29 September 2010. This resolution also puts in place additional steps for reports not responded to within that six month period. The period from when the 44th Parliament was prorogued on 9 May 2016 to the commencement of the 45th Parliament on 30 August 2016 is not included in the response period. The period from when the 45th Parliament was prorogued on 11 April 2019 to the commencement of the 46th Parliament on 2 July 2019 is not included in the response period.
Report relating to the consideration of bills introduced 22 February 2021
1. The committee met in private session on 24 June 2021.
2. The committee determined that the following referrals of bills to committees be made—
Joint Standing Committee on Migration:
THE HON A. D. H. SMITH MP
Speaker of the House of Representatives 24 June 2021
The failure of the government to focus on the needs of Australians during a global pandemic.
To tell you the truth, I have never really liked Liberals much. They all think they have something special happening in their lunchbox.
The federal government is losing credibility with its management of the vaccine rollout and its repeated claims that everything is on track.
Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 1) Bill 2021
Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Amendment Bill 2021
Mutual Recognition Amendment Bill 2021
The DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Zimmerman) took the chair at 10:00.
The anklets are monitored by a UK-based company, who monitor the devices from there. They then forward a job to the relevant agency.
Often these messages are merely about the battery being flat.
All the anklets do is give the public the impression that this monitoring is being strictly enforced, when it's not, and a false sense of security.
Our communities have been deeply enhanced by immigration, be it of Irish Catholics across the constituency or of Muslims from Gujarat in India or from Pakistan, principally from Kashmir. While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common—
than that which divides us.
We remain optimistic that her vision of a country where we are better at recognising what we have in common is gradually getting closer.
Queenslanders are fundamentally decent, tolerant people. They deserved better from their politicians.
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.
There was evidence of distribution bias in the award of grant funding.
The award of funding reflected the approach documented by the Minister's Office of focusing on 'marginal' electorates held by the Coalition as well as those electorates held by other parties or independent members that were to be 'targeted' by the Coalition at the 2019 Election.
… the draft legislation has significant shortcomings—both in the scope of the corruption it can investigate and in the unnecessary complexity of the mechanisms it requires …
… draft legislation should be substantively revised and amended before it is introduced into Parliament.