Week beginning 25 October

Week beginning 25 October 2022

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

Condolence motion for the former Member for the Division of North Sydney, John Michael Spender KC (25 October)
Statements, by indulgence, in relation to the floods in Australia (25 October)
Treasurer delivers Budget (25 October)
Motion relating to the anniversary of the national apology to the survivors and victims of institutional child sexual abuse (27 October)
Leader of the Opposition delivers Budget reply (27 October)

Legislation

18 bills were presented, and 11 bills were passed by the House

Bills introduced and debated in the House
The following bills were presented
Debate resumed on the following bills
- Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022
- Atomic Energy Amendment (Mine Rehabilitation and Closure) Bill 2022
The following bills were agreed to
The following bills were returned by the Senate with amendments
- Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022 (House agreed to Senate amendments)
- Jobs and Skills Australia Bill 2022 (House agreed to Senate amendments)
- National Health Amendment (General Co-payment) Bill 2022 (House agreed to Senate amendments)
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022 (House agreed to some amendments and disagreed to others; the Senate did not insist on the amendments disagreed to by the House)

Ministerial Statements

Regional ministerial budget statement—Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (26 October)

Matters of Public Importance

Israel (25 October)
Cost of living (26 October)
Energy prices (27 October)

Committee and delegation business

Committee reports presented

Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration

Report No. 24: Annual report 2021-22 (27 October)
Report No. 25: October budget estimates 2022-23 (27 October)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

Human rights scrutiny report: Report 5 of 2022 (25 October)

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Report 493: Annual Report 2021-22 (25 October)

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

AIR7000 phase 1B Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Facilities Project and other works (4th report of 2022) (26 October)

Selection Committee

Report No. 4 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private members’ business on Monday, 7 November 2022 (26 October)

Delegation reports presented

There were no delegation reports

Private Members' business

No private members' bills were introduced

No private members' motions were moved or debated

More information

These Infosheets provide useful information about the business of the House and Federation Chamber.

For the official record of the proceedings of the House, including a list of papers presented, go to the Votes and Proceedings. To read transcripts of the debates, go to Hansard.

Week beginning 25 October