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

• Statements by indulgence—
  • Final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (9 September)
  • ASEAN conference (10 September)
  • Paralympics (11 September)
  • Workplace safety: public sector workers (12 September)

Legislation

12 bills were presented, and 11 bills were passed by the House.

Ministerial Statements

Closure of the Afghanistan inquiry report—Minister for Defence (12 September)

Matters of Public Importance

• Farming and resources (10 September)
• Scams (11 September)
• Living standards (12 September)

Committee and delegation business

Committee reports presented

Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration

• Report No. 30: Annual report 2023-24 (12 September)

Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

• Study buddy or influencer: Inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system (10 September)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

• Inquiry into Compulsory Income Management, incorporating dissenting reports (11 September)
• Human rights scrutiny report: Report 8 of 2024, incorporating a dissenting report (11 September)

Standing Committee on Petitions

• Report 31: Ministerial responses (9 September)

Privileges and Members’ Interests Committee

• Statement representing the committee’s report in response to the matter of privilege referred to it by the House, in relation to a concerns notice issued to the Member for Bruce (12 September)

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

• Report 220: PNG Security Relations; ILO 187 (10 September)

Government responses

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

• Report 495: Inquiry into Commonwealth grants administration (11 September)

Delegation reports presented

• Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Malaysia, 19 to 22 November 2023—Report, September 2024 (12 September)

Private Members' business

There were no private members' bills introduced on Monday, 9 September

The following private members' motions were moved and debated on Monday, 9 September

• Affirmative action quotas—Ms J Ryan (Lalor, VIC)
• Australian Paralympic Team—Dr Ananda-Rajah (Higgins, VIC)
• Gender pay gap—Ms Mascarenhas (Swan, WA)
• Men's Shed Week—Mr R Mitchell (McEwen, VIC)
• Mining profits—Mr Bates (Brisbane, QLD)
• Political debate—Dr M Ryan (Kooyong, VIC)
• Productivity—Mr van Manen (Forde, QLD)
• Road safety—Mr L O'Brien (Wide Bay, QLD)
• The Honourable Steele Hall—Mr Pasin (Barker, SA)
• Tibet—Mr Wallace (Fisher, QLD)
• Workplace relations—Ms Stanley (Werriwa, NSW)

Debate resumed on the following private members' motions on Monday, 9 September

• Small businesses—Mr Violi (Casey, VIC)