Introduced

• Health Insurance Amendment (Bonded Medical Programs Reform) Bill 2019
• Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Bill 2019
• Road Vehicle Standards Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019
• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019
• National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment (Assisted Reproductive Treatment Statistics) Bill 2019 [Private senators bill]
• Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2019 [Private senators bill]
• Constitution Alteration (Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Press) 2019 [Private senators bill]
• Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019 [Private senators bill]

Passed

Without amendment

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More Of Their Money) Bill 2019
  Watch the debate [Part one] [part two] [part three]
  Read the transcript [Part one] [part two] [part three]

Messages from the 45^th Parliament

Agreeing to amendments made by the Senate

• Corporations Amendment (Strengthening Protections for Employee Entitlements) Bill 2018
• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Increasing and Extending the Instant Asset Write-Off) Bill 2019

Agreeing to bills without amendment

• Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019
• Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Bill 2018
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 2) Bill 2017
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Reforms) Bill 2019

New inquiries

• The Senate adopted Report no. 2 of 2019 of the Selection of Bills Committee and made the following references:
• Coal-Fired Power Funding Prohibition Bill 2017 referred to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 2 December 2019
• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Prevention of Exploitation of Indigenous Cultural Expressions) Bill 2019 referred to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 5 December 2019
• Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019 referred to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 11 November 2019
• Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry Bill 2019 be referred to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 19 September 2019
• Criminal Code Amendment (Agricultural Protection) Bill 2019 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 6 September 2019
• Customs Amendment (Immediate Destruction of Illicit Tobacco) Bill 2019 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 19 July 2019
• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Ensuring Integrity) Bill 2019 referred to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 25 October 2019
• Fair Work Laws Amendment (Proper Use of Worker Benefits) Bill 2019 referred to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 25 October 2019
• Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 18 October 2019
• Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 September 2019
• Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing Cohort) Bill 2019 referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 13 September 2019
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members’ Interests First) Bill 2019 referred to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 18 October 2019
• Select committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government’s Northern Australia agenda for inquiry and report on or before the final sitting day of 2020.

Estimates

Departments and agencies were allocated to committees, and the dates for the 2019-20 supplementary budget estimates hearings were established

Membership

Tuesday, 2 July

• Members were appointed to committees

Thursday, 4 July

• Variations were agreed to

See also committee membership page

Tabled documents

Government documents and documents presented by the President

• Tuesday, 2 July (includes documents presented since the Senate last sat)
• Wednesday, 3 July

Clerk's documents

• Tuesday, 2 July [legislative instruments and other documents required by statute to be tabled]
• Thursday, 4 July

To view individual instruments visit www.legislation.gov.au and search using the Federal Register of Legislation (FRL) number

Certificates of election of senators

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

Order for the production of documents

Agreed to

• Documents relating to the Paladin contracts to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, by no later than 12 pm on 23 July 2019
• Documents relating to the Independent Health Advice Panel to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Home Affairs, by no later than 12 pm on 23 July 2019
• Letter from the Prime Minister relating to the Statement of Ministerial Standards to be tabled by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than 10 am on 22 July 2019

Motions

Agreed to

• Royal National Park in New South Wales moved by Senator Faruqi
• World Haemochromatosis Week moved by Senators Bilyk and Sterle
• Commercial whaling moved by Senator Whish-Wilson
• Violence against women moved by Senator Waters
• Australian women in sport moved by Senators Rice, Waters and Green
• Privatisation of transport systems moved by Senators Hanson-Young and Farrell
• Carmichael mine project moved by Senators McDonald, McGrath and Stoker
• Australian Academy of Science moved by Senator Carr
• Australian Academy of the Humanities moved by Senator Carr
• Deeming rates moved by Senator Dodson
• Statements of Ministerial Standards – Attendance of a minister – Explanation moved by Senator Waters

Negatived

• Newstart and Youth Allowance moved by Senator Siewert
• Energy prices moved by Senator Pratt

Denied formality

• Hong Kong moved by Senators Hanson-Young and Di Natale

Condolence

A motion of condolence for former Prime Minister, Robert James Lee Hawke, AC was considered. At the conclusion of the debate the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect.
Watch the speeches    Read the transcript

Scheduling

The sitting calendar for the remainder of 2019 was agreed to

Statistics