Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the House) 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 24 November 2011, the date of the last schedule, and 27 June 2012

Copies of the schedule are being made available to honourable members and it will be incorporated in Hansard.

The schedule read as follows—

GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS

RESPONSE TO THE SCHEDULE TABLED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON 24 NOVEMBER 2011

Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Affairs (House, Standing)

Indigenous Australia at work: Successful Initiative in Indigenous employment

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Open for business: Developing Indigenous enterprises in Australia

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Stores

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Doing time – Time for doing: Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 24 November 2011.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (House, Standing)

Seeing the forest through the trees: inquiry into the future of the Australian Forestry Industry

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity ( Joint Statutory )

Inquiry into the operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 (Final Report)

The government response was tabled in both houses on 9 February 2012.

Report on the inquiry into integrity testing

The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 30 March 2012 and tabled in the House of Representatives on 8 May 2012.

Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (House, Standing)

Community Television: Options for digital broadcasting

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Report: Tuning in to community broadcasting

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Corporations and Financial Services (Joint, Statutory)

Inquiry into the review of the Managed Investments Act 1998

The Committee has agreed that a response is no longer required.

The structure and operation of the superannuation industry

The Committee has agreed that a response is no longer required.

Better shareholders—better company—Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia

The Government does not intend to respond to the report because of the time elapsed since the report was tabled. Ten of the 21 recommendations were directed at ASIC and ASX and not in relation to law reform. A letter of 15 December 2008 from ASIC is available detailing ASIC's actions in response to recommendations. Of the balance, a number of recommendations relate to reforms contained in the Corporations Amendment (No.1) Act 2010 (regarding share registers) and Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability of Directors and Executive Remuneration) Act 2011. In respect of the recommendation regarding the 100 member rule, relevant amendments were proposed but rejected by Minco on two occasions.

Aspects of agribusiness managed investment schemes

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Access for small and medium business to finance

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Cyber-Safety (Joint, Select)

High-wire act: Cyber-safety and the young – Interim report

The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 20 December 2011 and tabled in the House of Representatives on 7 February 2012.

Economics (House, Standing)

Inquiry into raising the productivity growth rate in the Australian economy

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Inquiry into Indigenous economic development in Queensland and review of the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Education and Training (House, Standing)

Adolescent Overload? Report of the inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Education and EMPLOYMENT (House, Standing)

School libraries and teacher librarians in 21st century Australia

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 24 November 2011.

Electoral Matters (Joint Standing)

Inquiry into the implications of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009 (NSW) for the conduct of Commonwealth elections

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Report on the conduct of the 2010 Federal Election and matters related thereto

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Employment and Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation (House, Standing)

Making it work: Inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS ( House, Standing )

Making it Fair: pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Environment and Heritage ( House, Standing )

Sustainable cities

The Committee has agreed that a response is no longer required.

Sustainability for survival – Creating a climate for change: Report on the inquiry into a sustainability charter

The Committee has agreed that a response is no longer required.

Family, Community, Housing and Youth ( House, Standing )

Housing the Homeless: Report on the inquiry into homelessness legislation

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 20 June 2012

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Joint, Standing)

Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities

The government response was tabled in both houses on 9 February 2012.

Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with the Countries of Africa

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 22 March 2012.

Inquiry into Australia's trade and investment relations with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America

The government response is being considered.

Gambling Reform (Joint, Select)

First Report: The design and implementation of a mandatory pre-commitment system for electronic gaming machines

The government response was presented out of sitting in the Senate on 4 May 2012 and tabled in the House of Representatives on 8 May 2012.

Health and Ageing (House, Standing)

Weighing it up: Obesity in Australia

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Regional health issues jointly affecting Australia and the South Pacific: Delegation Report

The government response is being considered.

Roundtable forum on burns prevention in Australia

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 28 February 2012.

Before it's too late: Report on early intervention programs aimed at preventing youth suicide

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Industry, Science and Innovation (House, Standing)

Seasonal forecasting in Australia

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Infrastructure and Communications (House, Standing)

Broadening the debate: Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 27 February 2012.

Find the right balance: Cabin crew ratios on Australian aircraft

The government response is being considered.

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (House, Standing)

Rebuilding Australia's coastal shipping industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation

The government response is being considered.

Law Enforcement (Joint)

Examination of the annual report of the Australian Crime Commission 2009-10

The government response was tabled in both houses on 10 May 2012.

Legal and constitutional Affairs (House, Standing)

A Time for Change: Yes/No? Inquiry into the Machinery of Referendums

The government response is being considered.

Migration (Joint, Standing)

Immigration detention in Australia: A new beginning – Criteria for release from detention

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Immigration detention in Australia – Community-based alternatives to detention

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Immigration detention in Australia: Facilities, services and transparency

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Enabling Australia: Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

National Broadband Network (Joint, Standing)

Rollout of the National Broadband Network – First Report

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 1 March 2012 and in the Senate on 13 March 2012.

National Capital and External Territories (Joint, Standing)

Etched in stone? Inquiry into the administration of the National Memorials Ordinance 1928

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

PETITIONS (House, Standing)

Electronic Petitioning to the House of Representatives

The government response is being considered.

The work of the First Petitions Committee 2008-2010

The government response is being considered.

Primary Industries and Resources ( House, Standing )

Farming the future: The role of Government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Procedure (House, Standing)

Motion to suspend standing orders and condemn a Member: Report on events of 10 October 2006

The government response is being considered.

Building a modern committee system: An inquiry into the effectiveness of the House Committee system

The government response is being considered.

Interim report No. 1: Monitoring and review of procedural changes implemented in the 43rd Parliament

The government response is being considered.

Interim Report No. 2: Monitoring and review of procedural changes implemented in the 43rd Parliament – Referral of bills to committees by the House Selection Committee

The government response is being considered.

Public Accounts and Audit (Joint, Statutory)

Report 417 – Review of Auditor-General's reports tabled between February 2009 and September 2009

The government response is being considered.

Report 418: Review of Auditor-General's Reports Nos. 04 to 38 (2009/10)

The government response is being considered.

Report 423: Review of Auditor-General's reports Nos 39 (2009-10) to 15 (2010-11)

The government response is being considered.

Report 424: Eighth biannual hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation

The government response is being considered.

Report 426: Ninth biannual hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation

The government response is being considered.

PUBLIC WORKS (Joint Standing)

Public works on Christmas Island

The government response is being considered.

Regional Australia (House, Standing)

Of drought and flooding rains: Inquiry into the impact of the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

The government response was tabled in the House of Representatives on 24 November 2011.

Social Policy and Legal Affairs (House, Standing)

Reclaiming public space: Inquiry into the regulation of billboard and outdoor advertising

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Treaties (Joint Standing)

Report 100 – Treaties tabled on 25 June 2008 (2)

The government response is being considered and will be tabled in due course.

Report 110 – Treaties tabled on 18, 25 (2) and 26 November 2009 and 2 (2) February 2010

The government response was tabled in both houses on 9 February 2012.

I move:

That the House take note of the document.

Debate adjourned.