House of Representatives Committees

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Referral of bills to committees by the House Selection Committee

[1] Pursuant to the standing order establishing general purpose standing committees: Department of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 6 to the Standing Committee on Procedure’s inquiry into the effectiveness of House Committees, p 3.

[2] The bill was referred on 4 May 1994 and the report was presented on the requested reporting date of 30 May. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs’ report: Crimes (Child Sex Tourism) Amendment Bill 1994: Advisory report, May 1994, Parliamentary Paper No. 90/1994.

[3] In 1994, five bills inquiries were undertaken by House committees. In the years 1995 to 2008, House committees undertook either no, or one or two bills inquiries in total, Department of the House of Representatives, Submission no. 6 to the Standing Committee on Procedure’s inquiry into the effectiveness of House Committees, p 3. See also Figure 1.1, p 5.

[4] Standing Committee on Procedure, Building a modern committee system: An inquiry into the effectiveness of the House committee system, 21 June 2010, Parliamentary Paper No. 144/2010, p 119.

[5] Agreement for a Better Parliament: Parliamentary Reform, clause 10.5, p. 6. The Agreement was proposed by a group of non-aligned Members and agreed to by the major parties and signed on 6 September 2010, prior to the formation of government and the commencement of the 43^rd Parliament.

[6] Standing order 222(a)(iii), 20 October 2010.

[7] On 28 October 2010 the Senate referred the Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 [2010] and the Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010 to the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform for inquiry and report.

[8] Standing Committee on Procedure, Interim report: Monitoring and review of procedural changes implemented in the 43^rd Parliament, 22 May 2011, Parliamentary Paper No. 116/2011, p 43.

[9] Additionally, two exposure drafts of bills were examined by the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs during this period.

[10] Standing order 143(b), 20 October 2010.

[11] For example, the Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011; and the Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 was completed in 11 days; and the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs inquiry into the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 was completed in 12 days.

[12] See, for example, Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts, Advisory report on the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010, 22 December 2010, Parliamentary Paper No. 44/2011.

[13] The Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy bills were referred to the House Economics Committee on 10 February 2011. See House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report no. 13, p 3. Viewed 16 June 2011 at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/selc/reports/43rd_parliament/report_13.pdf>. A press release was issued by the Economics Committee on 11 February 2011 calling for submissions by 15 February 2011. Viewed 16 June at: <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/Floodlevy/media/media001.pdf>.

[14] Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Advisory Report on the Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010, November 2010, Parliamentary Paper No. 333/2010, p 3.

[15] Viewed 14 June at : <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/highereducation/media/media01.pdf>.

[16] HR Deb (Proof), 15 June 2011, p 7.

[17] HR Deb (Proof), 15 June 2011, p 7.

[18] HR Deb (Proof), 15 June 2011, p 7.

[19] Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, 14 June 2011, p 20.

[20] Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory Report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, 14 June 2011, p 19.

[21] See Standing Committee on Economics inquiry website: <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/economics/Floodlevy/hearings.htm>. Viewed 15 June 2011.

[22] HR Deb, 15 November 2010, 2184.

[23] HR Deb (Proof), 23 May 2011, p 30.

[24] Standing Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts, Advisory report on bills referred 24 March 2011, 23 May 2011, Parliamentary Paper No. 115/2011, p 2.

[25] Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, 14 June 2011, p 19.

[26] The Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011.

[27] Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory report of the inquiry into: Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011, 12 May 2011.