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Thursday, 26 June 2008
Committees
Reports: Government Responses
Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and details of government responses made in the period between 21 June 2007, the date of the last schedule, and 26 June 2008. Copies of the schedule are being made available to honourable members and it will be incorporated in Hansard.
The schedule read as follows—
THE SPEAKER’S SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO REPORTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND JOINT COMMITTEES
(also incorporating reports tabled and details of Government responses made in the period between 21 June 2007, the date of the last schedule, and 26 June 2008)
26 June 2008
THE SPEAKER’S SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
The attached schedule lists committee reports tabled and government responses to House and joint committee reports made since the last schedule was presented on 21 June 2007. It also lists reports for which the House has received no government response. A schedule of outstanding responses will continue to be presented at approximately six monthly intervals, generally in the last sitting weeks of the winter and spring sittings.
The schedule does not include advisory reports on bills introduced into the House of Representatives unless the reports make recommendations which are wider than the provisions of the bills and which could be the subject of a government response. The Government’s response to these 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 Members’ Interests, the Committee of Privileges, the Publications Committee (other than reports on inquiries) and the Selection Committee. Government responses to reports of the Public Works Committee are normally reflected in motions for the approval of works after the relevant report has been presented and considered. Reports from other committees which do not include recommendations are only included when first tabled.
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. However, 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 6 months of tabling a report. The committee monitors the provision of such responses. Reports which do not contain policy recommendations are only included when first tabled.
26 June 2008
Description of Report | Date Tabled or Published1 | Date of Government Response2 | Responded in Period Specified3 |
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (House, Standing) | |||
Unlocking the future: The report of the Inquiry into the Reeves Review of the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 Indigenous Australia at work: Successful initiative in Indigenous employment | 30-08-99 13-08-07 | No response to date4 No response to date | No No |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (House, Standing) | |||
Inquiry into future water supplies for Australia’s rural industries and communities – Interim Report | 05-05-04 | No response to date | No |
Getting water right(s) – The future of rural Australia | 21-06-04 | No response to date | No |
Taking control: a national approach to pest animals | 28-11-05 | No response to date | No |
Skills: Rural Australia’s need | 26-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Review of the listing of four terrorist organisations | 05-09-05 | 16-08-07 | |
Review of the listing of six terrorist organisations | 07-03-05 | 16-08-07 | |
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Examination of the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2006-07 | 23-06-08 | Time has not expired | |
Australian Crime Commission (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Supplementary report to the Inquiry into the trafficking of women for sexual servitude | 11-08-05 | 13-09-07 | No |
Review of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 | 10-11-05 | No response to date | No |
Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2004-2005 | 19-10-06 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into the manufacture, importation and use of amphetamines and other synthetic drugs (AOSD) | 28-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2005-06 | 18-06-07 | No response required | |
Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian Society | 19-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2006-07 | 23-06-08 | Time has not expired | No |
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (House, Standing) | |||
From reel to unreal: future opportunities for Australia’s film, animation, special effects and electronic games industries | 21-06-04 | No response to date | No |
Digital Television: Who’s Buying It? | 13-02-06 | No response to date | No |
Community Television: Options for digital broadcasting | 12-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Report: Tuning in to community broadcasting | 20-06-07 | No response to date | No |
Corporations and Securities (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Report on aspects of the regulation of proprietary companies | 08-03-01 | No response to date | No |
Corporations and Financial Services (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Report on the regulations and ASIC policy statements made under the Financial Services Reform Act 2001 | 23-10-02 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into the review of the Managed Investments Act 1998 | 12-12-02 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into Regulation 7.1.29 in Corporations Amendment Regulations 2003 (No.3), Statutory Rules 2003 No.85 | 26-06-03 | No response to date | No |
Money matters in the bush-Inquiry into the level of banking & financial services in rural, regional & remote areas of Australia | 15-01-04 | No response to date | No |
Report on the ATM fee structure | 15-01-04 | No response to date | No |
Corporations amendment regulations 2003 | 24-03-04 | No response to date | No |
Corporations Amendment Regulations 7.1.29A, 7.1.35A and 7.1.40(h) | 02-06-04 | No response to date | No |
Property investment advice – Safe as houses? | 23-06-05 | No response to date | No |
Timeshare: The price of leisure | 05-09-05 | 13-09-07 | No |
Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, December 2005 | 13-02-06 | No response to date | No |
Corporate responsibility: Managing risk and creating value | 21-06-06 | No response to date | No |
Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, August 2006 | 16-08-06 | No response to date | No |
Corporations Amendment (Takeovers) Bill 2006 [Exposure Draft] | 23-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, March 2007 | 01-03-07 | No response to date | No |
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Bill 2007 [Exposure Draft]; Corporations and Australian Securities and Investments Commission Amendment Regulations 2007 [Exposure Draft] | 29-03-07 | No response to date | No |
Structure and operation of the superannuation industry | 07-08-07 | No response to date | No |
Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, August 2007 | 09-08-07 | No response to date | No |
Better shareholders – Better company: Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia | 23-06-08 | Time has not expired | |
Economics, Finance and Public Administration (House, Standing) | |||
Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission annual report 2003 | 21-06-04 | No response to date | No |
Improving the superannuation savings of people under 40 | 19-06-06 | No response to date | No |
Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia & Payments System Board Annual Report 2005 (First report) | 14-08-06 | No response to date | No |
Servicing our future – Inquiry into the current and future directions of Australia’s services export sector Australia manufacturing: Today and tomorrow Review of the Reserve Bank Annual Report 2006 (second report) | 18-06-07 13-08-07 17-09-07 | No response to date No response to date No response required | No No |
Inquiry into home loan lending practices and processes used to deal with people in financial difficulty Report of the 2007 New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Exchange | 17-09-07 19-09-07 | No response to date No response required | No |
Economics (House, Standing) | |||
Review of the Reserve Bank Annual Report 2007 (First report) | 02-06-08 | No response required | |
Education and Vocational Training (House, Standing) | |||
Top of the class: Report of the inquiry into teacher education | 26-02-07 | No response to date | No |
Electoral Matters (Joint, Standing) | |||
Funding and Disclosure: Inquiry into disclosure of donations to political parties and candidates | 30-03-06 | 09-08-07 | No |
Civics and electoral education | 30-03-06 | No response to date | No |
Review of certain aspects of the administration of the Australian Electoral Commission | 17-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Employment and Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation (House, Standing) | |||
Making it work: Inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements | 17-08-05 | No response to date | No |
Current vacancies: Workforce challenges facing the Australian tourism sector | 18-06-07 | No response to date | No |
Environment and Heritage (House, Standing) | |||
Sustainable cities | 12-09-05 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into a Sustainability Charter, Review of Green Office Procurement Audit (Interim Report) Sustainability for survival – Creating a climate for change: Report on the inquiry into a sustainability charter Managing the flow – Regulating plumbing product quality | 04-09-06 17-09-07 19-09-07 | No response to date No response to date No response to date | No No No |
Family and Human Services (House, Standing) | |||
Balancing work and family The winnable war on drugs: The impact of illicit drug use on families | 07-12-06 13-09-07 | No response to date No response to date | No No |
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Joint, Standing) | |||
Review of the Defence Annual Report 2004-2005 | 16-10-06 | 21-06-07 | No |
Review of Australia’s relationship with Malaysia | 26-03-07 | 13-09-07 | No |
Inquiry into Australia’s Defence Force regional air superiority | 12-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Australia’s trade with Mexico and the region | 12-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Australia’s aid program in the Pacific | 20-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Review of the Defence Annual Report 2005-2006 | 02-06-08 | Time has not expired | |
Health and Ageing (House, Standing) | |||
The Blame Game: Report on the inquiry into health funding The best start: Report on the inquiry into the health benefits of breastfeeding Review of Auditor-General’s Report No. 19 (2006 – 2007): Administration of State and Territory compliance with the Australian Health Care Agreements | 04-12-06 09-08-07 15-08-07 | No response to date No response to date No response to date | No No No |
Industry and Resources (House, Standing) | |||
Renewable power: A case study into selected renewable energy sectors in Australia for the inquiry into developing Australia’s non-fossil fuel energy industry – Background information – Interim report | 21-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Intelligence and Security (Joint, Statutory) | |||
Review of administration and expenditure: Australian Intelligence Organisations Number 4 - Recruitment and Training | 14-08-06 | 10-09-07 | No |
Review of the relisting of Al-Qa’ida and Jemaah Islamiyah as terrorist organisations | 16-10-06 | 16-08-07 | No |
Review of security and counter terrorism legislation | 04-12-06 | No response to date | No |
26-02-07 | 16-08-07 | ||
Review of the re-listing of Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (TQJBR) as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code Act 1995 | 09-05-07 | No response required | |
Review of the re-listing of Ansar al-Sunna, JeM, LeJ, EIJ, IAA, AAA and IMU as terrorist organisations | 12-06-07 | 13-09-07 | Yes |
Review of administration and expenditure No. 5, Australian Intelligence Organisations | 13-08-07 | No response required | |
Annual report of committee activities, 2006-2007 | 13-08-07 | No response required | |
Review of the re-listing of Hizballah’s External Security Organisation | 15-08-07 | No response required | |
Inquiry into the proscription of terrorist organisations under the Australian Criminal Code | 20-09-07 | No response to date | No |
Review of the re-listing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Lashkar-e-Tavibba (LeT) and the Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Oassam Brigades as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995 | 27-09-07 | No response required | |
Review of the re-listing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) | 25-06-08 | Time has not expired | |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs (House, Standing) | |||
The third paragraph of section 53 of the Constitution | 30-11-95 | No response to date | No |
Harmonisation of Legal Systems within Australia and between Australia and New Zealand | 04-12-06 | No response to date | No |
The long road to statehood: Report of the inquiry into the federal implications of statehood for the Northern Territory | 28-05-07 | No response to date | No |
Inquiry into older people and the law | 20-09-07 | No response to date | No |
4:19 pm
Mr Speaker, on indulgence, I wish to speak in response on the schedule of outstanding government responses to House of Representatives and joint committee reports.
The Leader of the House may proceed.
I thank you for the tabling of that schedule. I note that when this schedule was last published, on 21 June 2007, 29 reports had been awaiting response for between one and five years and four had been awaiting response for five years or more, including one from 1995. I know there has been a meeting of the chairs and deputy chairs of the committees of the House of Representatives and the joint committees, and the Deputy Speaker has conveyed to me views from across the chamber with regard to these reports. I can confirm to the House that at the end of this year I will circulate a response from the government to the document being tabled today, and then there is to be consideration given to a much better performance when it comes to responding to these reports. |
Anthony Albanese