Committee

Inquiries

Reports

Agriculture and Industry, Standing Committee on

Smart farming—inquiry into agricultural innovation Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 116/2016

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Parliamentary Joint Committee on

Inquiry into the integrity of Australia's border arrangements (lapsed)

Examination of the Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2014–15
Presented 2 March 2016
PP: 89/2016

Inquiry into the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 193/2016

Communications and the Arts, Standing Committee on^a

Arts and the news to rural and regional Australia
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 131/2016

Corporations and Financial Services, Joint Committee on

Report on the 2014–15 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 182/2016

Impairment of customer loans
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 183/2016

Economics, Standing Committee on

Inquiry into home ownership (lapsed)

Inquiry into tax deductibility (lapsed)

Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2014 (second report)
Presented 23 November 2015 (out of session)
PP: 441/2015

Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Annual Report 2014 (third report)
Presented 2 February 2016
PP: 1/2016

Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2015 (first report)
Presented 2 May 2016
PP: 101/2016

Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
Annual Report 2014 (first report)
Presented 2 February 2016
PP: 102/2016

Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Annual Report 2015 (first report)
Presented 2 May 2016
PP: 103/2016

Inquiry into innovation and creativity: workforce for the new economy (lapsed)

Getting business booming: report of the Inquiry into barriers for small business employment
Presented 15 March 2016
PP: 75/2016

Environment, Standing Committee on

Report on the visit to Singapore and Malaysia,
25–30 October 2015
Presented 29 February 2016
PP: 43/2016
Inquiry into the Register of Environmental Organisations Presented 4 May 2016 PP:115/2016

Electoral Matters, Joint Standing Committee on

Inquiry into electoral education (lapsed)
Inquiry into campaigning at polling places (lapsed)
Inquiry into political donations (lapsed)

Advisory report on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016
Presented 2 March 2016
PP: 45/2016

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Joint Standing Committee on

Inquiry into the role of development partnerships in agriculture and agribusiness in promoting prosperity, reducing poverty and enhancing stability in the Indo- Pacific region (lapsed)

NB: first report tabled 5 May 2016

Principles and practice— Australian defence industry and exports
Presented 1 December 2015
PP: 450/2015

Review of the Defence Annual Report 2013–14
Presented 1 December 2015
PP: 451/2015

Empowering women and girls Presented 3 December 2015
PP: 459/2015

Australia’s trade and investment relationships with countries of the Middle East
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 121/2016

A world without the death penalty
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 130/2016

Food for thought: improving health and nutrition in the
Indo- Pacific region
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 133/2016

Health, Standing Committee on

Report on the Inquiry into chronic disease prevention and management in primary health care
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 135/2016 

Human Rights, Parliamentary Joint Committee on 

Twenty-sixth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 18 August 2015
PP: 225/2015

Twenty-seventh report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 8 September 2015
PP: 239/2015

Twenty-eighth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 17 September 2015 PP: 268/2015

Twenty-ninth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 13 October 2015
PP: 270/2015

Thirtieth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 10 November 2015
PP: 437/2015

Thirty-first report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 24 November 2015
PP: 470/2015

Thirty-second report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 1 December 2015
PP: 475/2015

Thirty-third report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 2 February 2016
PP: 11/2016

Thirty-fourth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 23 February 2016
PP: 67/2016

Thirty-fifth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 25 February 2016
PP: 71/2016

Thirty-sixth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 16 March 2016
PP: 91/2016

Review of the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012 and related legislation
Presented 16 March 2016
PP: 92/2016

Thirty-seventh report of the 44th Parliament
Presented: 2 May 2016
PP: 105/2016

Thirty-eighth report of the 44th Parliament
Presented 3 May 2016
PP: 177/2016

Annual Report 2013–14
Presented 3 May 2016
PP: 178/2016

Indigenous Affairs, Standing Committee on

Inquiry into educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (lapsed)

NB: interim report tabled 4 May 2016

Interim report: first steps for improving educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students 
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 120/2016

Infrastructure and Communications, Standing Committee on

Infrastructure, Transport and Cities, Standing Committee on^b

Inquiry into the role of transport connectivity on stimulating development and economic activity (lapsed)

Intelligence and Security, Parliamentary Joint Committee on

The committee’s scrutiny includesthe review of terrorist listings and the administration and expenditure of the Australian intelligence community.

Review of administration and expenditure No. 14 2015–16 (lapsed)

Advisory report on the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015
|Presented 4 September 2015
PP: 252/2015

Review of administration and expenditure No.13 (2013–14
Presented 7 September 2015
PP: 253/2015

Review of the re-listing of Al- Shabaab, Hamas' Izz al-Din al- Qassam Brigades, Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Lashker-e- Tayyiba and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as terrorist organisations
Presented 12 October 2015
PP: 277/2015

Annual report of committee activities 2014–15
Presented 12 October 2015
PP: 278/2015

Advisory report on the Counter- Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015
Presented 15 February 2016
PP: 36/2016

Law Enforcement, Parliamentary Joint Committee on

Inquiry into crystalmethamphetamine (ice) (lapsed)

Inquiry into human trafficking (lapsed)

Inquiry into Illicit tobacco (lapsed)

Examination of the Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2014–15 (lapsed)

Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2014–15 (lapsed)

Inquiry into financial related crime
Presented 7 September 2015 
PP: 238/2015

Examination of the Annual Report of the Australian Federal Police 2013–14
Presented 14 September 2015 PP: 241/2015

Migration, Joint Standing Committee on

Seasonal change: inquiry into the Seasonal Worker Programme
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 132/2016

National Capital and External Territories, Joint Standing Committee on the

Governance in the Indian Ocean territories—final report: economic development and governance
Presented 15 March 2016
PP: 79/2016

Committee

Inquiries

Reports

National Disability Insurance Scheme, Joint Standing Committee on the

Second progress report on the
implementation and administration
of the National Disability Insurance
Scheme
Presented: 12 November 2015
PP: 432/2016

Accommodation for people with disabilities and the NDIS
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 194/2016

Northern Australia, Joint Select Committee on

Scaling up: inquiry into opportunities for expanding aquaculture
in Northern Australia
Presented 22 February 2016 
PP: 33/2016

Advisory report on the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Bill 2016
Presented 14 April 2016
PP: 104/.2016

Public Accounts and Audit, Joint Committee on

The purpose of the Committee is to hold Commonwealth agencies to account by assessing the lawfulness, efficiency and effectiveness with which they use public monies.

Inquiry into Defence
sustainment (lapsed)

Report 449: Regional Development Australia Fund, military equipment disposal and tariff concessions
Presented: 11 August 2015
PP: 203/2015

Report 450: Annual Report 2014–15
Presented: 7 September 2015
PP: 251/2015

Report 451: Community pharmacy agreements
Presented: 23 November 2015
PP: 440/2015

Report 452: Natural disaster recovery, Centrelink telephone services, and the Safer Streets Program
Presented 7 December 2015
PP: 483/2015

Report 453: Development of the Commonwealth performance framework
Presented 18 December 2015
PP: 484/2015

Report 454: Early Years Quality Fund
Presented 22 February 2016
PP: 34/2016

Report 455: Parliamentary delegation to New Zealand and Fiji by members of the JCPAA Presented 22 February 2016
PP: 35/2016

Report 456: Defence major equipment procurement and evaluation, and Great Barrier Reef regulation
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 125/2016

Report 457: Development of the Commonwealth performance framework (second report)
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 126/2016

Report 458: Defence major projects report (2014–15)
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 127/2016

Public Works, Parliamentary Standing Committee on The Public Works Committee Act 1969 empowers the committee to inquire into and report on all public works that are referred to it.

Commonwealth works estimated to cost more than $15 million must be referred to it.

Australian Chancery Project, Paris, France--base building refurbishment, International Energy Agency tenancy fit-out (lapsed)

Report 6/2015: Referrals made May and June 2015
Presented 19 August 2015
PP: 208/2015

Report 7/2015: Referrals made June 2015
Presented 9 October 2015
PP: 257/2015

Report 8/2015: Referrals made June 2015
Presented 16 October 2015
PP: 259/2015

Report 9/2015: Referrals made August 2015
Presented 25 November 2015
PP: 446/2015

Report 10/2015: Referrals made August and September 2015
Presented 2 December 2015
PP: 453/2015

Report 1/2016: Referrals made September, October and November 2016
Presented 11 February 2016
PP: 24/2016

Report 2/2016: Referral made September 2016
Presented 23 February 2016
PP: 39/2016

Committee Inquiries Reports Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Standing Committee on
PP: 39/2016

Tax and Revenue, Standing Committee on

Seventy-ninth Annual Report (2015)
Presented 16 March 2016
PP: 82/2016

Report 3/2016: Referral made February 2016
Presented 17 March 2016
PP: 85/2016

Report 4/2016: Referrals made February and March 2016
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 112/2016

Report 5/2016: Referral made March 2016
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 113/2016

Report 6/2016: Referral made March 2016
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 114/2016

Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Standing Committee on 

From conflict to cooperation
Presented 25 July 2015 
PP: 202/2015

Surrogacy matters
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 117/2016

Tax and Revenue, Standing Committee on 

2015 Annual Report of the Australian Taxation Office (lapsed)

NB: first report tabled on 5 May 2015

2014 Annual Report of the Australian Taxation Office (second report)
Presented 23 November 2015
PP: 439/2015

The Tax Expenditure Statement
Presented 3 December 2015
PP: 456/2015

External scrutiny of the Australian Taxation Office
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 128/2016

2015 Annual Report of the Australian Taxation Office (first report)
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 129/2016

Trade and Investment Growth, Joint Select Committee on

Inquiry into Australia’s future in research and innovation
Presented 3 May 2016
PP: 192/206

Treaties, Joint Standing Committee on

Report 151: Treaty tabled on 28 October 2014
Presented 8 September 2015
PP: 256/2015

Report 152: Treaty tabled on 16 June 2015
Presented 18 August 2015
PP: 207/2015

Report 153: Treaties tabled on 16 and 23 June 2015
Presented 14 September 2015
PP: 258/2015

Report 154: Treaty tabled on 17 June 2015
Presented 19 October 2015
PP: 282/2015

Report 155: Treaties tabled on 11 and 12 August 2015
Presented: 19 October 2015
PP: 283/2015

Report 156: Treaties tabled on 8 September 2015
Presented 23 November 2015
PP: 444/2015

Report 157: Treaties tabled on 13 October 2015
Presented 2 December 2015
PP: 455/2015

Report 158: Treaty tabled on 10 November 2015
Presented 22 February 2016
PP: 38/2016

Report 159: Treaty tabled on 1 December 2015
Presented 15 March 2016
PP: 77/2016

Report 160: A history of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties: 20 years
Presented 15 March 2016
PP: 78/2016

Report 161: Treaties tabled on 1 December 2015, 3 December 2015 and 2 February 2016
Presented 4 May 2016
PP: 118/2016

Report 162: 20th Anniversary Seminar
Presented 4 May 2016
PP:119/2016

Committee

Purpose

Reports and inquiries

Appropriations and Administration, Standing Committee on

Report No. 10: Annual Report 2014–15
Presented 5 May 2016
PP: 123/2016

Report No. 11 Budget estimates 2016–17 (Department of the House of Representatives) Presented 5 May 2016

PP: 124/2016

Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings, Joint Committee on the

House Committee 

the equivalent Senate committee as the Joint House Committee. It is serviced by the Department of Parliamentary Services.

Parliamentary Library, Joint Standing Committee on the

The committee usually meets with the equivalent Senate committee as the Joint Library Committee. It is serviced by the Department of Parliamentary Services.

Petitions, Standing Committee on

The committee receives and processes petitions, and inquiries into and reports to the House on any matter relating to petitions and the petitions system. Information on how to go about petitioning the House of Representatives is available at the petitions page on the Parliament of Australia website.

The work of the Petitions Committee: 2013–16

Presented 5 May 2016 PP: 134/2016

Privileges and Members' Interests, Standing Committee of

The committee is appointed at the commencement of each parliament to inquire into and report on complaints of breach of privilege referred to it by the House, oversee arrangements for the maintenance of the Register of Members’ Interests and consider any specific complaints about the registering of interests.

Right of Reply report for Mr Evan Rolley

Presented 3 December 2015 PP: Not applicable

Report concerning the registration and declaration of members’ interests during 2015

Presented 11 February 2016 PP: 32/2016

Report into whether the former Member for Dobell, Mr Craig Thomson, in a statement to the House on 21 May 2012 deliberately misled the House Presented 17 March 2016

PP: 84/2016

Procedure, Standing Committee on

The committee’s role is to inquire into and report on the practices and procedures of the House.

Provisions for a more family- friendly Chamber.

Presented 2 December 2015 PP: 452/2015

Consideration in detail of the main appropriation bill Presented 29 February 2016 PP: 42/2016

Division required? Electronic voting in the House of Representatives

Presented 2 May 2016 PP: 99/2016

Maintenance of the standing orders

Presented 2 May 2016 PP: 100/2016

Inquiry into the standing orders in relation to question time

Committee

Purpose

Reports and inquiries

Publications, Standing Committee on

The committee presents reports making recommendations relating to the inclusion in the Parliamentary Papers Series of papers presented to parliament.

The committee presented 10 reports, on:

·         15 August 2015

·         17 September 2015

·         15 October 2015

·         22 October 2015

·         12 November 2015

·         3 December 2015

·         4 February 2016

·         11 February 2016

·         3 March 2016

·         17 March 2016

Publications, Parliamentary Joint Committee on

The committee inquires into matters relating to parliamentary and government publications.

Nil

Selection Committee

The committee was established to determine the program of committee and delegation business and private members’ business for each sitting Monday and to select bills for referral to committees.

The committee presented 13 reports, on:

·         12 August 2015

·         19 August 2015

·         9 September 2015

·         16 September 2015

·         14 October 2015

·         21 October 2015

·         11 November 2015

·         25 November 2015

·         3 February 2016

·         10 February 2016

·         24 February 2016

·         2 May 2016

·         4 May 2016