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Senate Daily Summary

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, Hansard transcripts, and committee reports.

23 to 26 March 2026

Daily summaries

  • Monday, 23 March (PDF 152KB)
  • Tuesday, 24 March (PDF 150KB)
  • Wednesday, 25 March (PDF 159KB)
  • Thursday, 26 March (PDF 160KB)

Weekly summary

  • Introduced
    • Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026
    • Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) Bill 2026
    • Treasury Laws Amendment (Genetic Testing Protections in Life Insurance and Other Measures) Bill 2025
    • Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026
    • Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026
    • Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026
      Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026
      Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026
  • Considered
    • Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2020 [private senator's bill]
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Passed

    Without amendments

    • Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Commonwealth Entities Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
      Watch the debate [part 1][part 2]   Read the transcript [part 1][part 2]
    • National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026
      National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate [part one] [part two] [part three]   Read the transcript [part one] [part two] [part three]
    • Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026
      Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026
      Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026
      Watch the debate [part one] [part two]   Read the transcript [part one] [part two]
    • Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript

    These bills will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

    • Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025 [private senator's bill]
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript

    The House of Representatives will now consider this bill

    With amendments

    • High Seas Biodiversity Bill 2026
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript

    The House of Representatives will now consider this bill

  • Defeated
    • The Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024 [private senator's bill] was defeated at the second reading
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • New inquiries
    • Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Regulations 2026 referred to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 April 2026
    • Australian Federal Police – Proposed fitout of leased premises, 949 Ann Street, Brisbane referred to the Public Works Joint Committee for inquiry and report
    • Australian university graduates referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 20 November 2026
    • Wage theft referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 18 June 2026
    • The Senate adopted report no. 4 of 2026 of the Selection of Bills Committee and made the following reference:
      • Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 1 May 2026
  • Reports tabled
    • Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 Education and Employment Legislation Committee
    • Human rights scrutiny report 3 of 2026 Human Rights Joint Committee
    • Final report Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy Select Committee
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 Community Affairs Legislation Committee
    • Scrutiny Digest 5 of 2026 Scrutiny of Bills Committee
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Delegated legislation monitor 4 of 2026 Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Report no. 4 of 2026 Selection of Bills Committee
    • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025 Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
    • 231st report – Pacific resilience and sport manipulation treaties Treaties Joint Committee
    • Law Enforcement Joint Committee
      • Examination of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission annual report 2024-25
      • Examination of the Australian Federal Police annual report 2024-25

    Government responses

    • Response to the Statutory inquiry into ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the corporations legislation: ASIC licence transfers
    • Response to Micro-competition opportunities in e-conveyancing
    • Response to Residential electrification
    • Response to the Defence Amendment (Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal) Bill 2025
    • Response to Antisemitism at Australian universities
    • Response to the Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 (No. 2)
    • Response to the Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023
    • Response to the 224th report—Agreement Among the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation Related to Naval Nuclear Propulsion
  • Reporting dates extended
    • Triple zero service outages extended to 14 April 2026
    • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025 to 26 March 2026
    • Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025 and related bills extended to 31 March 2026
    • Defence Amendment (Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention and Response Commission) Bill 2025 extended to 13 August 2026
    • Australia's aviation sector extended to 13 October 2026
    • Medicare access and funding extended to 24 November 2026
  • Membership

    Monday, 23 March

    • Variations were agreed to
    • Members were appointed to joint committees

    Wednesday, 25 March

    • Variations were agreed to

    See also committee membership page

  • Tabled documents

    Government documents and documents presented by the President

    • Monday, 23 March [includes documents presented since the Senate last sat]
    • Tuesday, 24 March
    • Wednesday, 25 March

    Clerk's documents

    Legislative instruments and other documents required by statute to be tabled

    • Monday, 23 March
    • Tuesday, 24 March
    • Wednesday, 25 March
    • Thursday, 26 March

    Other

    • Response to a question asked by Senator Payman during question time on 11 March 2026
    • Response to a question asked by Senator Duniam during question time on 23 March 2026
  • Orders for the production of documents

    Tabled

    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the National Anti-Racism Framework - agreed to on 3 March 2026 (motion no. 355)
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to export cost recovery implementation statements - agreed to on 10 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the independent audit of the Defence estate – agreed to on 4 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to antisemitism and social cohesion – agreed to on 4 February 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the new and redeveloping international ports framework review – agreed to on 3 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Victoria bushfires – agreed to on 3 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the National Anti-Racism Framework - agreed to on 3 March 2026 (motion no. 354)
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to a report regarding the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union – agreed to on 4 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Ambassador to the United States of America - agreed to on 10 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to Housing Australia - agreed to on 28 October 2025 (motion no. 198) and a related order agreed to on 2 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of the 2024 State of Australian Cities report – agreed to on 2 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the National Anti-Racism Framework – agreed to on 4 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to correspondence with the Race Discrimination Commissioner – agreed to on 4 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme – agreed to on 4 March 2026
    • Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the eSafety Commissioner - social media accounts – agreed to on 4 March 2026 and response to a related order – agreed to on 23 March 2026
    • Interim response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Integrated Assessment Tool and support at home classification system – agreed to on 23 March 2026

    Agreed to

    • Documents relating to the development of legislative instruments for the social media ban to be tabled by the Minister for Communications, by no later than 5 pm on 17 April 2026
    • Documents relating to combatting antisemitism, hate and extremism laws to be tabled by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 23 April 2026 by:
      • the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs
      • the Attorney-General
    • Documents relating to a Treasury roundtable with economists to be tabled by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on 26 March 2026
    • Documents relating to the child care subsidy to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 27 March 2026
    • Documents relating to university admissions to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 27 March 2026
    • Documents relating to the Integrated Assessment Tool and support at home classification system to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, by no later than 26 March 2026
    • Documents relating to the Special Advisor to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion to be tabled by the Minister representing the Attorney-General by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 30 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the Housing Australia Future Fund to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, by no later than 31 March 2026
    • Documents relating to the ANAO's annual defence major projects report to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Defence by no later than 5 pm on Tuesday, 7 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the National Justice Reinvestment Program to be tabled by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than Thursday, 16 April 2026
    • The final report of the performance evaluation of the Australian Education Research Organisation to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on Wednesday, 1 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the national longitudinal study of the social media ban to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 30 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the line of royal succession to be tabled by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than midday on Thursday, 2 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the new and redeveloping international ports framework review to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than midday on 31 March 2026
    • Documents relating to shipments of fuel and oil to Australia to be tabled, by no later than 10 May 2026 by:
      • Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science
      • Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy
    • Government response to a report of the House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee to be tabled by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 9 am on Wednesday, 1 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the Murujuga UNESCO World Heritage nomination to be tabled by the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 5 pm on 31 March 2026
    • Government response to a report of the Environment and Communications References Committee, by no later than Monday, 30 March 2026
    • Documents relating to Accenture Australia to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than 5 pm on Thursday, 9 April 2026
    • Documents relating to the National Anti-Racism Framework to be tabled by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by no later than 9.30 am on Wednesday, 1 April 2026

    Orders to comply

    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for Communications to comply by midday on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 with the order agreed to on 4 March 2026 to table documents relating to the eSafety Commissioner
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply by midday on Wednesday, 25 March 2026 with the order agreed to on 4 February 2026 to table documents relating to the goods and services tax
    • The Senate ordered:
      • the Minister representing the Minister for Housing, and
      • the Minister representing the Treasurer
    • to comply by no later than midday on 9 April 2026 with the orders agreed to on 3 February 2026 to table documents relating to the Housing market foreign investment ban
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Treasurer to comply with the order by no later than midday on Thursday, 26 March 2026 with the order agreed to on 4 March 2026 to table documents relating to ASIC Regulatory Guide 97
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for Communications to comply by no later than 5 pm on 8 April 2026 with the order agreed to on 26 November 2025 to table documents relating to the constitutional validity of Part 4A of the Online Safety Act 2021
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to comply by no later than midday on 14 April 2026 with the order agreed to on 3 November 2025 to table documents relating to the 5% deposit scheme
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Prime Minister to comply by no later than 5 pm on 30 March 2026 with the order agreed to on 4 March 2026 to table documents relating to the National Anti-Racism Framework
    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Prime Minister to comply by no later than 5 pm on 30 March 2026 with the order agreed to on 4 March 2026 to table documents relating to the Race Discrimination Commissioner

    Attendance by minister

    • The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for Housing to attend the Senate on 31 March 2026 to provide an explanation regarding an order for documents relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme agreed to on 27 August 2025

    Explanation by minister

    • Pursuant to the order agreed to on 23 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Housing attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding an order for the production of documents relating to the Home Guarantee Scheme (agreed to on 27 August 2025), and the Senate debated the explanation
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Pursuant to the order agreed to on 23 March 2026, the Minister representing the Minister for Communications attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding an order for the production of documents relating to the social media minimum age (agreed to on 4 March 2026) and the Senate debated the explanation
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Pursuant to the order agreed to on 23 March 2026, the Minister representing the Treasurer attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding an order for the production of documents relating to the goods and services tax (agreed to on 4 February 2026) and the Senate debated the explanation
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Ministerial statement
    • Senator Walsh tabled the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement Progress Report and ministerial statement, and made a statement on behalf of the Minister for Education
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Delegation report
    • Australian parliamentary delegation to Fiji for the 5th Pacific Islands Parliamentary Group Conference
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Motion

    Negatived

    • Public transport and active travel moved by Senators David Pocock and Waters
  • Disallowance motion

    Debated

    • Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Cash Acceptance) Regulations 2025 [F2025L01580] moved by Senator Roberts
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
  • Scheduling
    • The Senate varied its hours of meeting and routine of business for 24 March 2026 to enable senators to attend a meeting of the House of Representatives for an address by Her Excellency the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
Statistics
Bills received from the House of Representatives 8
Bills introduced in the Senate - government 0
Bills introduced in the Senate - private senators' 0
Bills passed in the Senate 10
Bills negatived or discharged 1
Bills referred to committees 1
New inquiries 5
Reports tabled 11
Orders for production of documents agreed to 22
Notices of motion given 31
Divisions 54

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