Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I present the Selection Committee's report No. 68 relating to the consideration of bills. The report will be printed in today's Hansard.

The report read as follows—

Report relating to the consideration of bills introduced 10 October 2012

1. The committee met in private session on 10 October 2012.

2. The committee determined that the following referrals of bills to committees be made—

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services:

REASONS FOR REFERRAL/PRINCIPAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION:

Deal with the Greens for Clean Building carve out; operation of carve out; justification of differential rate; and cost to budget.

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement:

REASONS FOR REFERRAL/PRINCIPAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION:

The regulatory and coercive investigative powers of the Commonwealth should be subjected to very close scrutiny by the Parliament. In particular, the committee should consider whether any increase in coercive powers is justified for the sake of consistency across diverse regulatory environments.

Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs:

REASONS FOR REFERRAL/PRINCIPAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION:

The bill introduces a range of new offences which need to be thoroughly examined.

REASONS FOR REFERRAL/PRINCIPAL ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION:

Consideration of justification of a Freedom of Information exemption of Parliamentary Budget Office material and the breadth of the exemption.

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