Laurie Ferguson (Werriwa, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, I present the committee's 11th report of the 44th parliament, entitled Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011: bills introduced 26-28 August 2014, legislative instruments received 26 July-1 August 2014.

Ordered that the report be made a parliamentary paper.

by leave—The committee considered four bills. One bill does not require further scrutiny as it is compatible with human rights. The committee has decided to further defer its consideration of the other three bills. The committee has not identified any bills that it considers require further examination and for which it will seek further information. The committee also examined and made a number of recommendations in relation to one act previously identified as potentially giving rise to human rights concerns.

Of the bills considered, those that are scheduled for debate during the sitting week commencing 1 September 2014 include: Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious Failures) Bill 2014, and Mining Subsidies Legislation Amendment (Raising Revenue) Bill 2014. The report outlines the committee's assessment of the compatibility of these bills with human rights. With these comments, I commend the committee's 11th report of the 44th parliament to the House.