1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 6 December 2023 at 7.08 pm
2. The committee recommends that—
   1. the provisions of the Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 be referred immediately to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 5 February 2024 (see appendix 1 for a statement of reasons for referral);
   2. the provisions of the Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 21 February 2024 (see appendix 2 for a statement of reasons for referral);
   3. the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023 and the Superannuation (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Imposition Bill 2023 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 19 April 2024 (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral); and
   4. the provisions of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 21 March 2024 (see appendix 4 for a statement of reasons for referral).
3. The committee recommends that the following bill not be referred to committees:
   • Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill (No. 2) 2023
4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:
   • Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023
     Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2023
   • Australian Capital Territory Dangerous Drugs Bill 2023
   • Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill 2023
   • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Ban on Gambling Advertisements During Live Sport) Bill 2023
   • COAG Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
   • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Continuing ACCC Monitoring of Domestic Airline Competition) Bill 2023
   • Criminal Code Amendment (Inciting Illegal Disruptive Activities) Bill 2023
   • Customs Amendment (Preventing Child Labour) Bill 2023
   • Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023
   • Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020
   • Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023 [No. 2]
   • Freeze on Rent and Rate Increases Bill 2023
   • Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023
   • Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Domestic Reserve) Bill 2023
   • Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards and Other Measures) Bill 2023

(Anne Urquhart)
Chair
7 December 2023