• Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Bill 2022
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Debate on this bill will continue at a later date

Agreeing to amendments made by the Senate

• Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020
• Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022

Agreeing to a bill without amendment

• Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

• Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
  • 488th report—Commonwealth financial statements 2019-20
  • 489th report—Defence major projects report (2019-20)
  • 490th report—Alternative financing mechanisms
  • 491st report—Review of the Auditor-General Act 1997
• 200th report—International Labour Organization Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) Treaties Joint Committee

• Departments and agencies were allocated to committees, and the dates for budget estimates hearings were established

• The Senate concurred with resolutions of the House relating to the formation of joint committees

Tuesday, 26 July

• Members were appointed to committees

Wednesday, 27 July

• Variations were agreed to

Thursday, 28 July

• Variations were agreed to

See also committee membership page

Agreed to

• Documents relating to the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, by no later than 1 August 2022
• Documents relating to the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Indonesia to be tabled by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, by no later than 1 August 2022
• Documents relating to the Australian Building and Construction Commission to be tabled by the Minister representing the Prime Minister, by no later than midday on 1 August 2022
• Documents relating to the Australian Building and Construction Commission to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, by no later than midday on 1 August 2022

• Economy tabled on behalf of the Treasurer
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• Australian parliamentary delegation to the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

Notice of motion to disallow

• Export Control (Animals) Amendment (Northern Hemisphere Summer Prohibition) Rules 2022 [F2022L00537] notice given by Senator Faruqi

• Mr Abe Shinzo, former Prime Minister of Japan
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• The Honourable Robert James (Bob) Brown AM, a former minister and member of the House of Representatives
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• The Honourable James Joseph Webster, a former minister and senator for Victoria
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• The sitting calendar for the remainder of 2022 was agreed to

• The Address-in-reply to the Governor-General’s opening speech was debated
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