Week beginning 31 July 2023


Week beginning 31 July 2023

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

  • Speaker announced the Return to Writ for the electoral division of Fadden, and the Member for Fadden made and subscribed the oath of allegiance (31 July)
  • Speaker informed the House of the deaths of former members Ewen Jones (31 July) and Gordon Dean (1 August)
  • Condolence motion relating to the death of former member Hon Simon Crean (31 July)
  • Statements, by indulgence, relating to women's sport (1 August and 3 August) 
  • Statements on significant matters—
    • World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report Rankings (3 August)
    • Family And Domestic Violence Leave (3 August)

Legislation

5 bills were presented, and 6 bills were passed by the House

Matters of Public Importance

Committee and delegation business

Committee reports presented

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

  • Report on the 2021-2022 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act (1 August)
  • Statutory inquiry into ASIC, the Takeovers Panel, and the corporations legislation: ASIC licence transfers (1 August)
  • Corporate insolvency in Australia (1 August)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

  • Human rights scrutiny report: Report 8 of 2023 (2 August)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

  • Review of Administration and Expenditure No. 20 (2020-2021)—Australian Intelligence Agencies (31 July)

Standing Committee on Petitions

  • Report 12: Petitions and Ministerial responses (31 July)

Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit

  • Report 495: Inquiry into Commonwealth grants administration, incorporating a dissenting report (31 July)
  • Report 496: Inquiry into the Defence major projects report 2020-21 and 2021-22 and procurement of Hunter Class Frigates; Interim report on the 2020-21 and 2021-22 Defence major projects report (31 July)
  • Report 497: Inquiry into Commonwealth financial statements 2021-22 (31 July)

Selection Committee

  • Report No. 15 relating to the consideration of committee and delegation business and private Members’ business on Monday, 7 August 2023 (2 August)

Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

  • You win some, you lose more: Online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm (2 August)

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

  • Report 210: Timor-Leste cooperation in the field of defence and the status of visiting forces; Serbia social security agreement (3 August)

Government responses

Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs

  • Inquiry into community safety, support services and job opportunities in the Northern Territory (31 July)

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

  • Inquiry into the Department of Defence annual report 2019-20 (1 August)

Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport

  • Bedtime reading: Inquiry into sleep health awareness in Australia (3 August)

Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme

  • Second interim report of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (31 July)

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

  • Advisory report on item 250 of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022 (31 July)
  • Advisory report on the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022 (31 July)
  • Advisory report on the National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2023 (2 August)

Delegation report presented 

No delegation reports were presented 

Private Members' business 

No private members' bills were introduced on Monday, 31 July

The following private members' motions were moved and debated on Monday, 31 July

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.

More House statistics

Statistical records of the work of the House of Representatives are available on a range of business items, including legislation, questions, statements and petitions.