John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of Senator Bushby, I present the 15th report for 2018 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows—

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Report no. 15 of 2018

1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 5 December 2018 at 7.28 pm.

2. The committee recommends that—

(a) the Corporations (Aboriginal and Tones Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 February 2019 (see appendix 1 for statements of reasons for referral);

(b) contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 6 February 2019 (see appendix 2 for a statement of reasons for referral);

(c) the provisions of the Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 8 February 2019 (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral);

(d) the Galilee Basin (Coal Prohibition) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 February 2019 (see appendix 4 for a statement of reasons for referral);

the Lower Tax Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 2 April 2019 (see appendix 5 for a statement of reasons for referral);

the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 25 February 2019 (see appendix 6 for a statement of reasons for referral);

contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 8 February 2019 (see appendix 7 for a statement of reasons for referral);

the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 3 April 2019 (see appendix 8 for a statement of reasons for referral);

the provisions of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting Retirement Incomes) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the

Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 February 2019 (see appendix 9 for a statement of reasons for referral); and

(j) contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2018 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry but was unable to reach agreement on a reporting date (see appendix 10 for a statement of reasons for referral).

3. The committee recommends that the following bills not be referred to committees:

4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2018

Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2018

Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2018 National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2018

Customs Tariff Amendment (Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2018

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Regulations References) Bill 2018

5. The committee considered the following bill but was unable to reach agreement (see appendix 11 for statements of reasons for proposed referral):

(David Bushby)

Chair

6 December 2018

Appendix 1

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Content of the Bill may raise governance issues for Indigenous Organisations, Increase costs of compliance, and unnecessarily infringe of service delivery for remote disadvantaged communities.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

National Congress, members of the Redfern Collation, Land Councils

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the committee

Possible reporting date:

February 11th 2019

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Amendment (Strengthening Governance and Transparency) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Impact of changes on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations

Possible submissions or evidence from:

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Aboriginal organisations

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

Possible reporting date:

February 11th 2019

Appendix 2

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Ensure proper scrutiny of the legislation and to allow key stakeholders an opportunity to provide views.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date (s) :

To be determined by the committee

Possible reporting date:

6 February, 2019

Appendix 3

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the committee

Possible reporting date:

8 February 2019

Appendix 4

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Galilee Basin (Coal Prohibition) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

The impacts to the climate, groundwater and surface water, Australia's natural environment, human health and infrastructure if the Galilee basin is opened up for mining and the coal is burnt.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Australian Conservation Foundation, The Australia Institute, Australian Youth Climate Coalition, North Queensland Conservation Council, CSIRO, Independent Scientific Committee on Coal and Coal Seam Gas, Global Change Institute (University of Queensland), Minerals Council of Australia, Queensland Resources Council, Agforce, Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners Council, Law Council of Australia, Australian Network of Environmental Defenders Offices, Queensland Tourism Council.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Environment and Communications Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

dates during week 14 -18 January 2019, week 4-8 February 2019

Possible reporting date:

Wednesday 13th February 2019

Appendix 5

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Lower Tax Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Whether there is a case for each of the tax reductions and abolitions, in the context of larger reductions in government spending.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Parliamentary Budget Office re the costings of both tax cuts and spending cuts;

Treasury, ATO and Border Force;

business groups (ACCI, BCA, AIG), unions (ACTU, CPSU) and ACOSS;

think tanks, lobbyists and consultancies (IPA, CIS, CIE, Deloitte, Grattan, Australia

Institute, Per Capita, GetUp)

motoring organisations re fuel and luxury car tax (AAA, FCAI);

petroleum extraction industry re crude oil duty abolition (APPEA);

alcohol industry re alcohol tax (Alcohol Beverages Australia);

tobacco industry re tobacco tax (British American, Philip Morris, Imperial);

Health Department;

Tourism industry re passenger movement charge (TTF);

Banking industry re major bank levy (ABA, NAB, Westpac, CommBank, ANZ,

Macquarie).

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Economics Legislation Committee.

Possible hearing date(s):

11 February 2019, 15 February 2015, or the weeks of 29 January, 4 February or 25 February.

Possible reporting date:

2 April 2019.

Appendix 6

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the committee

Possible reporting date:

25 February 2019

Appendix 7

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Rollout issues with the NDIS and state interaction issues

Possible submissions or evidence from:

National Disability Services

AFDO

CYDA

Brotherhood of St Laurence

State governments

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the committee

Might be able to be done on the papers — but one short hearing is probably advisable

Possible reporting date:

8 February 2018

Appendix 8

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To consider the merits of forming a joint committee as set out in the bill for the formation and management of an Australia Fund.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Australian farmers (who have experienced drought), Fire Services, Financial institutions, Councils responsible for housing in the aftermath of disasters.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Economics Committee.

Possible hearing date(s):

Possible reporting date:

03/04/2019

Appendix 9

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting Retirement Incomes) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Complexity of Schedule 1: The change to the means test for pooled lifetime income stream products needs to be better understood and stakeholders, including the industry super sector, needs to be able to comment on the bill.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Industry Super Australia

COTA

National Seniors

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Economics Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the committee

NOTE — hearings are not required — the complex and technical issues can likely be dealt with on the papers.

Possible reporting date:

11 February 2019

Appendix 10

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Possible submissions or evidence from:

CHOICE

Consumer Policy Research Centre

Treasury

ACCC

Data 61

Australian Banking Association

Energy Australia

Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Business Council of Australia

AGL

Australian Financial Markets Association

Australian Retail Credit Association

Energy Consumers Australia

Insurance Council of Australia

Optus

Telstra

Data Republic

Financial Rights Legal Centre

Communications Alliance

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Economics Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the Committee

Possible reporting date:

Monday 18 March 2019

Appendix 11

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Business Council of Australia

Australian Energy Council

Australian Industry Group

Energy Networks Australia

Energy Users Association of Australia

Clean Energy Council

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Treasury

Department of Environment and Energy

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Senate Economics Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

To be determined by the Committee

Possible reporting date:

Monday 18 March 2019

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Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2018

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To understand the implications of the new prohibited market conduct provisions, particularly on prices and investment.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Economics

Possible hearing date(s):

February 2019

I move:

That the report be adopted.