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  • Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
  • Committees - Selection of Bills Committee - Amendment to report

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  • <p class="speaker">Dean Smith</p>
  • <p>I present the 10th report of 2019 of the selection of bills committee and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in <i>Hansard</i>.</p>
  • <p>Leave granted.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-12-05.68.1) moved by South Australian Senator [Anne Ruston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/anne_ruston) (Lib), which means it passed. The amendment was to the [Selection of Bills Committee report](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-12-05.67.2).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add:*
  • >
  • > *"and the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 not be referred to a committee."*
  • <p class="italic"> <i>The report read as follows&#8212;</i></p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">REPORT NO. 10 OF 2019</p>
  • <p class="italic">1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 4 December 2019 at 7.25pm.</p>
  • <p class="italic">2. The committee recommends that&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 19 February 2020 (see appendix 2 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) the <i>provisions</i> of the Export Control Bill 2019, the Export Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019, the Export Charges (Imposition&#8212;General) Amendment Bill 2019, the Export Charges (Imposition&#8212;Excise) Amendment Bill 2019 and the Export Charges (Imposition&#8212;Customs) Amendment Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee but was unable to reach agreement on a reporting date (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) the <i>provisions</i> of the Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 March 2020 (see appendix 4 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the <i>provisions</i> of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee but was unable to reach agreement on a reporting date (see appendix 5 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(e) the National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Small Amount Credit Contract and Consumer Lease Reforms) Bill 2019 (No. 2) be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 6 April 2020 (see appendix 6 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(f) the National Integrity (Parliamentary Standards) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 April 2020 (see appendix 7 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(g) the <i>provisions</i> of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Cross-boundary Greenhouse Gas Titles and Other Measures) Bill 2019 and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Regulatory Levies) Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 7 February 2020 (see appendix 8 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(h) the Saving Australian Dairy Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 20 March 2020 (see appendix 9 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(i) the <i>provisions</i> of the Student Identifiers Amendment (Enhanced Student Permissions) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 19 February 2020 (see appendix 10 for a statement of reasons for referral); and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(j) the Transport Security Amendment (Testing and Training) Bill 2019 be <i>referred immediately</i> to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee but was unable to reach agreement on a reporting date (see appendix 11 for a statement of reasons for referral).</p>
  • <p class="italic">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;The committee recommends that the following bills <i>not</i> be referred to committees:</p>
  • <ul></ul><p class="italic">Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019</p>
  • <p class="italic">Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019</p>
  • <p class="italic">Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019</p>
  • <p class="italic">National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">5. The committee considered the following bill but was unable to reach agreement:</p>
  • <ul></ul><p class="italic">(Dean Smith)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Chair</p>
  • <p class="italic">5 December 2019</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the report be adopted.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add:</p>
  • <p class="italic">"and the Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 not be referred to a committee."</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is the amendment moved by Senator Ruston be agreed to.</p>