Without amendments

• Sport Integrity Australia Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Review) Bill 2020
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• Family Law Amendment (Risk Screening Protections) Bill 2020
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The House of Representatives will now consider the bills

• Treasury Laws Amendment (A Tax Plan for the COVID-19 Economic Recovery) Bill 2020

This bill will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

With amendments

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020
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The House of Representatives made the amendment requested by the Senate, and will now consider the Senate's amendments

• The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments to the Payment Times Reporting Bill 2020

This bill will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

• Annual reports (No. 2 of 2020) Community Affairs, Finance and Public Administration, Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade, Legal and Constitutional Affairs, and Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committees
• Delegated legislation monitor 11 of 2020 Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee
• Scrutiny digest 13 of 2020 Scrutiny of Bills Committee
• Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20 – Interim report Finance and Public Administration References Committee
• 62nd report - Estimates for the Department of the Senate 2020-21 Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee
• Second report of 2020 - COVID-19 and the Senate Procedure Committee
• Identification of leading practices in ensuring evidence-based regulation of farm practices that impact water quality outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
• Interim report Family Law Joint Committee
• Budget day statement Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee

Government response

• Updated response to Australia’s faunal extinction crisis Environment and Communications References Committee

• Intelligence and Security Legislation Amendment (Implementing Independent Intelligence Review) Bill 2020 extended to 9 December 2020
• General Motors Holden in Australia extended to 10 December 2020

• The Senate ordered the Secretary of the Department of Defence to provide documents relating to Australia's sovereign naval shipbuilding capacity to the Economics References Committee by no later than 5pm on 16 October 2020

Tuesday, 6 October

• Variations were agreed to
• A member was appointed to a joint committee

Wednesday, 7 October

• Variations were agreed to

Thursday, 8 October

• Variations were agreed to  [see Journals entries no. 22 and no. 27]
• Senator Griff was appointed by ballot to the Select Committee on Tobacco Harm Reduction

See also committee membership page

Tabled

• Responses to orders for the production of documents relating to the inquiry into Centrelink's compliance program agreed to on 2 September 2020

Agreed to

• Unclassified version of the report Comprehensive review of the legal framework governing the national intelligence community to be tabled by the Minister representing the Attorney-General by no later than 3.30 pm on 8 October 2020.

• Senator Patrick presented a petition regarding the SA-NSW interconnector project
• Senator McCarthy presented a petition regarding remote representation in the Australian Parliament

• Pursuant to the order agreed to on 2 September 2020 the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services (Senator Ruston) attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding claims of public interest immunity in relation to questions on notice asked in the inquiry into Centrelink's compliance program. The Senate debated the explanation.
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Notices of motion to disallow

• Australian Postal Corporation (Performance Standards) Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020 [F2020L00579] notice given by the Chair of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee (Senator Fierravanti-Wells)
• Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 8) [F2020L01165] notice given by Senator Waters

Negatived

• Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 8) [F2020L01165] moved by Senator Faruqi
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• Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response – 2020 Measures No. 14) Determination 2020 [F2020L01093] moved by Senator Siewert
• Items 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 and item 4 of Schedule 2 of the Social Security (Coronavirus Economic Response – 2020 Measures No. 14) Determination 2020 [F2020L01093] moved by Senator Siewert

Withdrawn

Chair of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Senator Fierravanti-Wells) withdrew the following notices:

• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers—Foreign AFS Licensees) Instrument 2020-198 [F2020L00237]
• ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers—Foreign AFS Licensees) Instrument 2020-199 [F2020L00238]

• The Honourable John Joseph Fahey, AC, former minister and member of the House of Representatives
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• The Honourable Susan Maree Ryan, AO, a former senator for the Australian Capital Territory
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