• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023
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• Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill 2023 [private senator's bill]
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Debate on these bills will continue at a later date

With amendments

• Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023
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The House of Representatives will now consider the Senate's amendments

• Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2024 [private senator's bill]
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The House of Representatives will now consider the bill

• Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023
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The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments. This bill will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

The House of Representatives agreed to the Senate's amendments to the following bill:

• Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023

This bill has been assented to by the Governor-General

• Human rights scrutiny report 14 of 2023 Human Rights Joint Committee
• 213th report—Amendments to the Annex of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965 Treaties Joint Committee
• Interim report—Australian Government’s approach to negotiating trade and investment agreements Trade and Investment Growth Joint Committee
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• Scrutiny digest 2 of 2024 Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills
• Delegated legislation monitor 1 of 2024 Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
• School classroom disruption Education and Employment References Committee
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 [No. 2] Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
• Human rights scrutiny report 1 of 2024 Human Rights Joint Committee
• Review of legislative instruments made under Part 3AA or Part 3B of the Social Security Administration Act 1999 – Review 1 Community Affairs References Committee

• The Senate referred particulars of proposed additional expenditure 2023-24 to legislation committees for consideration during additional estimates hearings in February 2024

• Extent and nature of poverty in Australia extended to 26 February 2024
• Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 extended to 28 February 2024
• Final report of the Select Committee on Australia’s Disaster Resilience extended to Thursday, 8 August 2024

Thursday, 9 February

• Variations were agreed to
• Members were appointed to a joint committee

See also committee membership page

Tabled

• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Swift Parrot Recovery Plan agreed to on 28 November 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to Launceston City Deal projects agreed to on 7 December 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the National Disability Insurance Scheme agreed to on 7 November 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia agreed to on 7 December 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard agreed to on 7 February 2024

Agreed to

• Documents relating to Basin Officials Committee meetings to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on 26 February 2024
• Documents relating to visits by the Minister for the Environment and Water to Murray-Darling Basin communities to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Monday, 26 February 2024
• Documents relating to compliance with orders for the production of documents no. 318 (Murray-Darling Basin Plan) and no. 319 (Northern Basin Aboriginal Nations Funding Agreement) to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 26 February 2024
• Documents relating to new fuel or vehicle emissions standards to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than midday on 8 February 2024
• Students with disability loadings settings review to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than midday on 26 February 2024
• Documents relating to school funding to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than midday on 26 February 2024
• Documents relating to carbon capture, utilisation and storage to be tabled by the Ministers representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, and the Minister for Industry and Science, by no later than 10 am on Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Explanation by a minister

Pursuant to the order agreed to on 14 September 2023, the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding orders for the production of documents relating to the NDIS Sustainability Framework (agreed to on 11 May, 19 June, and 6 September 2023), and the Senate debated the explanation
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• Senator Shoebridge presented a petition requesting that the Senate establish a parliamentary inquiry into the involvement of Australian nationals in the Israel Defense Force's operations in Gaza

• The annual report on the implementation of recommendations from the Set the Standard report  was tabled by the President and discussed by senators
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• Ms Peta Murphy, a member of the House of Representatives for the division of Dunkley, Victoria
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• Philip Ross Lightfoot, a former senator for Western Australia
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• The Senate agreed to suspend sitting on Thursday, 8 February from 9.30 am till the ringing of the bells, to enable senators to attend an address by the Honourable James Marape MP, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
• The Senate has varied its routine of business on 8 February 2024 to allow for consideration of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023