7th Oct 2020, 5:17 PM – Senate Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Reporting Date

The same number of senators voted for and against a motion, which means it failed. It was introduced by Victorian Senator Kim Carr (Labor).

Motion text

That—

(a) the Senate notes that:

(i) when the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 and a related bill were referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in December 2019, it was done so on the basis that the Legislation Committee would report after the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System had reported on 7 October 2020,

(ii) on 31 August 2020 both Houses of Parliament agreed to extend the reporting date for the Joint Select Committee to the last sitting day in February 2021 due to COVID-19, and

(iii) a new date of 31 March 2021 for the Legislation Committee to report would allow the committee one month to consider the final report of the Joint Select Committee and finalise its own report; and

(b) the time for the presentation of the report of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee on the provisions 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 extended to 31 March 2021.