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In accordance with the usual practice, I table a report of parliamentary committee reports to which the government has not responded within the prescribed period. The report has been circulated to honourable senators. With the concurrence of the Senate, the report will be incorporated in Hansard.

The document read as follows—

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REPORTS

RESPONSE TO THE SCHEDULE TABLED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE ON 12 DECEMBER 2013

Circulated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator the Hon Eric Abetz 16 July 2014

A CERTAIN MARITIME INCIDENT (SENATE SELECT)

Report on a Certain Maritime Incident

The Government response is being considered.

AUSTRALIA ' S FOOD PROCESSING SECTOR ( SENATE SELECT )

Inquiry into Australia's food processing sector

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

AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY (JOINT STATUTORY)

Integrity of overseas Commonwealth law enforcement operations

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

BROADCASTING LEGISLATION (JOINT SELECT)

Three broadcasting reform proposals

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

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION

Annual reports (No. 2 of 2012)

The Government response was tabled on 15 May 2014.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES

The effectiveness of special arrangements for the supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines to remote area Aboriginal Health Services

The Government response is being considered.

The factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in rural areas

The Government response is being considered.

Palliative care in Australia

The Government response is being considered.

Australia's domestic response to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health report "Closing the gap within a generationˮ

The Government response is being considered.

Supply of chemotherapy drugs such as Docetaxel

The Government response is being considered.

Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of people with disabilities in Australia

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

Impacts on health of air quality in Australia

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

Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia

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

CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT (JOINT SELECT)

Preliminary report on the majority finding of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government: the proposal, timing and likely success of a referendum to amend Section 96 of the Australian Constitution to effect financial recognition of local government

No further Government action required.

Final report on the majority finding of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Local Government: the case for financial recognition, the likelihood of success and lessons from the history of constitutional referenda

No further Government action required.

CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES (JOINT STATUTORY)

Access for small and medium business to finance

The Government does not intend to respond to the report as this matter is being considered as part of the Government's Financial System Inquiry.

Inquiry into the Personal Liability for Corporate Fault Reform Bill 2012

The Government is considering the Committee's recommendations.

Family business in Australia—different and significant: why they shouldn't be overlooked

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

Financial sector reform in China: the role of, and opportunities for, the Australian financial services sector—Report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services: Delegation to China

The Government response is being considered.

CYBER-SAFETY (JOINT SELECT)

Second interim report—Cyber safety for seniors—A worthwhile journey

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 13 February 2014.

ECONOMICS LEGISLATION

Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling Laws) Bill 2009

The Government response is being considered.

Annual reports (No. 2 of 2010)

The Government response is being considered.

Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions] and related bills

The Government does not intend to respond to the report as the Bills are no longer before the Parliament.

Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [Provisions]

The Government response is being considered.

Education and Employment Legislation Committee

Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions]

The Government introduced amendments to the Bill on 13 May 2014 which responded to the Senate Committee's recommendations in its report on the Bill.

EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION

Protecting Local Jobs (Regulating Enterprise Migration Agreements) Bill 2012 [Provisions]

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

EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES

Provision of childcare

The Government response was tabled on 19 June 2014.

Higher education and skill training to support agriculture and agribusiness in Australia

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

The shortage of engineering and related employment skills

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

The adequacy of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market

The need for a Government response has been overtaken by events that supersede the recommendations, such as the change of Government and subsequent 2014 Budget measures and policy review processes—the Review of Australia's Welfare System and the Review of Employment Services Beyond 2015.

Teaching and learning—maximising our investment in Australian schools

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

ELECTORAL MATTERS (JOINT STANDING)

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 funding of political parties and election campaigns

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

Review of the AEC analysis of the FWA report on the HSU

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

ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES

The koala—saving our national icon

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

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's commitment to reflecting and representing regional diversity

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

The feasibility of a prohibition on charging fees for an unlisted number service

The Government response was presented out of sitting on 6 February 2014 and tabled on 11 February 2014.

Effectiveness of current regulatory arrangements in dealing with radio simulcasts

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

Effectiveness of threatened species and ecological communities' protection in Australia

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

Recent trends in and preparedness for extreme weather events

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

ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS REFERENCES

The impacts of mining in the Murray-Darling Basin

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

FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION

Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008

The Government response is being considered.

FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES

Staff employed under Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

The Government response is being considered.

Implementation of the National Health Reform Agreement

The Government response is being considered.

Progress in the implementation of the recommendations of the 1999 Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance

The Government response is being considered.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE (JOINT STANDING)

Australia's trade and investment relationship with Japan and the Republic of Korea

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

Care of ADF personnel wounded and injured on operations

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 6 March 2014.

Trading lives: Modern day human trafficking

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

Review of the Defence annual report 2011-2012

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

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE LEGISLATION

Implementation of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 Progress report no. 1

The Government response was presented out of sitting on 8 January 2014 and tabled on 11 February 2014.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES

Australia's overseas development programs in Afghanistan

The Government response was tabled on 26 June 2014.

The importance of the Indian Ocean rim for Australia's foreign, trade and defence policy

The Government response was tabled on 6 March 2014.

Report of the DLA Piper review and the government's response

The Government response was presented out of sitting on 5 May 2014 and tabled on 13 May 2014.

GAMBLING REFORM ( JOINT SELECT )

Fifth report—The advertising and promotion of gambling services in sport— Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013

The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013 lapsed when the 43rd Parliament was prorogued. As at 13 May 2014, this Private Senator's Bill has not been restored to the Notice Paper, or re-introduced. The Government notes that the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform in its fifth report: The advertising and promotion of gambling services in sport; Broadcasting Services Amendment (Advertising for Sports Betting) Bill 2013, recommended the Bill not be passed.

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (JOINT STATUTORY)

Report of the inquiry into potential reforms of Australia's national security legislation

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

LAW ENFORCEMENT (JOINT STATUTORY)

Inquiry into the gathering and use of criminal intelligence

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

Examination of the Australian Crime Commission annual report 2011-12

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 20 March 2014.

Spectrum for public safety mobile broadband

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

LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION

Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012

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

Public Interest Disclosure Bill 2013 [Provisions ]

The Government response is being considered.

LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES

The road to a republic

The Government response is being considered.

Impact of federal court fee increases since 2010 on access to justice in Australia

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

Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia

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

Framework and operation of subclass 457 visas, Enterprise Migration Agreements and Regional Migration Agreements

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

MIGRATION (JOINT STANDING)

Immigration detention in Australia—A new beginning—Criteria for release from detention—First report of the inquiry into immigration detention

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

Immigration detention in Australia—Community-based alternatives to detention—Second report of the inquiry into immigration detention

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

Immigration detention in Australia—Facilities, services and transparency—Third report of the inquiry into immigration detention

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

Inquiry into migration and multiculturalism in Australia

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

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.

An estate for the future—The allocation of land to diplomatic missions in the ACT

The Government response was tabled in the Senate on 10 July 2014 and in the House of Representatives on 14 July 2014.

Report on the visit to Norfolk Island—29-30 April 2013

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

Visit to the Indian Ocean Territories 21 to 25 October 2012

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

Inquiry into the provisions of amenity within the Parliamentary Triangle

The Government response was tabled in the Senate on 10 July 2014 and in the House of Representatives on 14 July 2014.

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

The Government provided its response to the last remaining recommendation on 28 February 2014.

Report 436: Review of the 2011-12 Defence Materiel Organisation major projects report

The Government response is being considered.

Report 437: Review of Auditor-General's reports Nos 2 to 10 (2012-13)

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 26 June 2014.

Report 438: Advisory report on the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Bill 2013

The Government response is being considered.

Report 439: Review of Auditor-General's reports Nos 11 to 31 (2012-13)

The Government responded by Executive Minute to the recommendations.

PUBLIC WORKS (JOINT STANDING)

Public works on Christmas Island

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

REGIONAL AND REMOTE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES (SENATE SELECT)

Final report 2010

The Government response is being considered.

RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT LEGISLATION

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2013

The Government response was given during the debate on the bill.

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Food Labelling) Bill 2012 (No. 2)

The Government does not intend to respond to the report as the Bill is no longer before the Parliament.

RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES

The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the Government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef—First report

The Government response is being considered.

The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the Government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef—Final report

The Government response is being considered.

Management of the Murray Darling Basin—The impact of mining coal seam gas on the management of the Murray-Darling Basin—Interim report

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

Operational issues in export grain networks

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

The management of the Murray-Darling Basin—Final report

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

Aviation accident investigations

The Government response was tabled on 20 March 2014.

Auditor-General's reports on Tasmanian Forestry Grants Programs

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

Foreign investment and the national interest

The Government response is being considered.

First report—Beef imports

The Government response is being considered.

Practice of sports science in Australia

The Government response is being considered.

Interim report—Ownership arrangements of grain handling

The Government notes the Final Report handed down on 4 December 2013.

TREATIES (JOINT STANDING)

Report 128—Inquiry into the Treaties Ratification Bill 2012

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 27 March 2014.

Report 130—Treaty tabled on 14 August 2012

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

Report 134—Treaties tabled on 12 March and 14 May 2013

The committee no longer requires a response.

Report 136—Treaty tabled on 14 May 2013

The Government response was tabled in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on 13 February 2014.