Week beginning 26 July 2022

This page provides an overview of the key events of the last sitting week in the House of Representatives. It includes all bills presented and debated, and selected statements, debates and committee business. For the official record of proceedings, see the Votes and Proceedings. For a detailed procedural account of events, see the Procedural Digest and House Review.

Key events

• Opening of the 47th Parliament (26 July)
• Swearing in of members (26 July)
• Election of the Speaker (26 July)
• Program of sittings presented and agreed to (26 July)
• Condolence motion on the death of Abe Shinzo (26 July)
• Establishment of committees (26 July, 27 July)
• Amendments to standing orders (27 July)
• First speeches were made:
  • On 26 July: Ms Sitou (Member for Reid), Ms Mascarenhas (Member for Swan), Mr Violi (Member for Casey) and
    Ms Daniel (Member for Goldstein)
  • On 27 July: Ms Miller-Frost (Member for Boothby), Mr Willcox (Member for Dawson), Mr Bates (Member for Brisbane),
    Ms Roberts (Member for Pearce), Ms Tink (Member for North Sydney) and Ms Scrymgour (Member for Lingiari)
  • On 28 July: Dr Ryan (Member for Kooyong), Ms Lawrence (Member for Hasluck), Ms Ware (Member for Hughes),
    Ms Watson-Brown (Member for Ryan), Ms Chaney (Member for Curtin) and Mr Boyce (Member for Flynn)

Legislation

14 bills were presented and 1 bill was passed by the House 

Ministerial Statements

• Economy—Treasurer (28 July)

Matters of Public Importance

• Construction sector (27 July)
• Cost of living (28 July)

Committee and delegation business

Committee reports of the 46th Parliament presented as documents

Joint Select Committee on Road Safety

• Driving reform: Final report for the inquiry into road safety (27 July)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

• Interim report: Inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism in Australia (27 July)

Government responses presented

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

• Certain aspects of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade annual report 2019-20—Advocating for the elimination of child and forced marriage (27 July)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

• Review of the re-listing of five organisations as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code—Al-Shabaab,
  Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) (27 July)

Delegation report presented

• Australian Parliamentary Delegation to the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, Nusa Dua, Indonesia,
  20 to 24 March 2022 (27 July)

Private Members' business

No private members' motions were moved or debated