1The House met, at 12 noon, pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker (the Honourable M. Dick) took the Chair, made an acknowledgement of country and read prayers.

 2Address by the Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada

Mr Burke (Leader of the House), pursuant to notice, moved—That:

(1)the House invite the Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, to attend and address the House on Thursday, 5 March 2026;

(2)unless otherwise ordered, at the sitting on 5 March:

(a)the House shall meet, at the ringing of the bells, at no earlier than 10.30 am and the proceedings shall be welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and an address by the Prime Minister of Canada;

(b)at the conclusion of the address by the Prime Minister of Canada the House shall suspend until the ringing of the bells, when business shall proceed in accordance with standing order 34;

(c)the provisions of standing order 257(c) relating to good order shall apply to the areas of Members’ seats as well as the galleries for the period set out at (3); and

(d)the Federation Chamber shall not meet;

(3)a message be sent to the Senate inviting Senators to attend the House as guests for the welcoming remarks by the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition and address by the Prime Minister of Canada; and

(4)any variation to the arrangement be made only by an action by the Speaker or by a motion moved by a Minister.

 3SUSPENSION OF STANDING AND SESSIONAL ORDERS MOVED

Mr Taylor (Leader of the Opposition) moved—That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring immediately:

(1)the Member for Hume presenting a Bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act 1995, and for related purposes;

(2)debate on the second reading of the bill proceeding immediately for a period of no longer than one hour;

(3)any questions required to complete passage of the bill then being put without delay; and

(4)any variation to this arrangement being made only on a motion moved by the Manager of Opposition Business.

 4BILLS DECLARED REFERRED TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Burke (Leader of the House) declared that, unless otherwise ordered, the following bills stand referred to the Federation Chamber for further consideration:

 (1)Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026;

 Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026; and

 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026;

 immediately; and

 (2)Commonwealth Entities Legislation Amendment Bill 2026; and

 Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026;

 at the adjournment of the debate on the motion for the second reading of each bill.

 5MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

Message No. 74, 2 March 2026, from the Senate was reported returning the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (New South Wales Local Court) Bill 2026 without amendment.

 6Commonwealth Entities Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

 7Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

 8Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

 9MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

Members’ statements were made.

 10DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR (the Honourable Ronald (Ron) Leslie Doyle Boswell)

The Speaker informed the House of the death, on 6 January 2026, of the Honourable Ronald (Ron) Leslie Doyle Boswell AO, a Senator for the State of Queensland from 1983 to 2014.

As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased all Members present stood, in silence.

 11QUESTIONS

Question to Speaker, Mr Tehan, re: overdue Government responses to committee reports.

Question to Speaker, Mr Wilkie, re: overdue Government responses to committee reports.

 12DOCUMENTS 

The following documents were presented: 

Crimes Act 1914—Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report to the Minister for Home Affairs on agencies’ compliance with Part IAAC of the Act—Report for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022—Statutory review of the Act—Final report, November 2025.

Digital ID Act 2024—Report on the operation of the Act for 2024-25.

Identity Verification Services Act 2023—Report on the operation of the Act for 2024-25.

Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003—

Government co-contributions—Quarterly report for the period 1 July to 30 September 2025.

Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset—Quarterly report for the period 1 July to 30 September 2025.

Treaty—Text, together with associated documents—Agreement on Social Security between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Canberra, 26 August 2025).

 13DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—Community safety

The House was informed that Mr Hastie had proposed that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely, “The Government’s plan to bring home ISIS sympathisers endangering Australia’s community safety and social cohesion”.

Personal explanation, Mr Wood.

 14Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026

The order of the day having been read for the second reading—

 15MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

Message No. 75, 3 March 2026, from the Senate was reported informing the House that:

Senator Nampijinpa Price had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings, and Senator Antic had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senator Hume had been discharged from attendance on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, and Senator Scarr had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senator Nampijinpa Price had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, and Senator Collins had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senator Bragg had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Standing Committee on Migration, and Senator Blyth had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senator Nampijinpa Price had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Senator Liddle had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senator Nampijinpa Price had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Standing Committee on the Parliamentary Library, and Senator Kovacic had been appointed a member of the committee;

Senators Chandler and Henderson had been discharged from attendance on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards, and Senators Hume and Liddle had been appointed members of the committee; and

Senator Hume had been discharged from attendance on the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, and Senator Sharma had been appointed a member of the committee.

 16Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

 17ADJOURNMENT

It being 7.30 pm—The question was proposed—That the House do now adjourn.

Debate ensued.

DOCUMENTS 

 The following documents were deemed to have been presented on 3 March 2026 (An explanatory statement has been presented with each instrument unless otherwise indicated by an asterisk): 

Civil Aviation Act 1988—Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998—Amendment of CASA EX32/24 (Exemption from Requirement for Class 1 Medical Certificate for Certain Flights) Instrument 2026—CASA EX12/26 [F2026L00165]. 

Imported Food Control Act 1992—Imported Food Control Regulations 2019—Imported Food Control Amendment (Risk Foods) Order 2026 [F2026L00178]. 

Migration Act 1958—Migration Amendment (Temporary Graduate Visa Application Charge) Regulations 2026 [F2026L00163]. 

National Health Act 1953— 

National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement Amendment (March Update) Instrument 2026—PB 21 of 2026 [F2026L00183].  

National Health (Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment (March Update) Instrument 2026—PB 17 of 2026 [F2026L00181].  

Navigation Act 2012—Marine Orders Miscellaneous Amendment Order 2026 (No. 1)—AMSA MO 2026/1 [F2026L00182]. 

Navigation Act 2012 and Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983—Marine Orders Miscellaneous Amendment Order 2026 (No. 2)—AMSA MO 2026/2 [F2026L00191]. 

Taxation Administration Act 1953—Commissioner of Taxation—

Class Ruling—CR 2001/1 (Addendum).

Goods and Services Tax Determination—GSTD 2026/1.

Goods and Services Tax Industry Issue—GSTII FL1 (Addendum).

Product Rulings—

 PR 2007/71 (Addendum).

 PR 2026/1.

Taxation Ruling—TR 2006/10 (Addendum).

ATTENDANCE

All Members attended (at some time during the sitting) except *Mr Burns, Dr Haines, Mr Khalil, *Ms Payne and Dr Reid.

* On leave