• Assessment and support services for people with ADHD Community Affairs References Committee
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• Scrutiny digest 13 of 2023 Scrutiny of Bills Committee
• Report no. 13 of 2023 Selection of Bills Committee [also see above at new inquiries]
• Delegated legislation monitor 13 of 2023 Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee
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• Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 and a related bill Community Affairs Legislation Committee
• Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and a related bill Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
• Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
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Government response

• Response to Conduct of the 2022 federal election and other matters Joint Electoral Matters Committee
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• Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and related bill extended to18 April 2024
• Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 extended to 10 November 2023
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021 extended to 29 February 2024
• Murdoch Media Inquiry Bill 2023 extended to 30 April 2024
• Australia’s extinction crisis extended to 28 June 2024
• Middle Arm Industrial Precinct extended to 30 April 2024

• The Senate directed the Education and Employment Legislation Committee to hold a public hearing on Monday, 22 January 2024 from 9.30 am to 5 pm for the purposes of its inquiry into the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023

• Pursuant to the order agreed to on 7 November 2023, Senator McAllister, on behalf of the Minister representing the Treasurer (Senator Gallagher), attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding responses to questions taken on notice during Budget estimates hearings of the Economics Legislation Committee in May 2023, and the Senate debated the explanation
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Tabled

• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the draft Recycling and Waste Reduction (Export—Waste Paper and Cardboard) Rules 2023 agreed to on 18 October 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to CBUS Super Fund agreed to on 17 October 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to parole applications agreed to on 18 October 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to GST revenue agreed to on 18 October 2023
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to crypto asset secondary service providers agreed to on 23 November 2022
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to a review of the HELP ATO payment system agreed to on 7 November 2023
• Response to an order for the production of the final report of the independent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme agreed to on 7 November 2023

Agreed to

• Documents relating to national environmental laws and standards be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Monday, 13 November 2023
• National Competitive Grants Program and ARC final reports to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 5 pm on Monday, 13 November 2023
• Final report of the independent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme by no later than midday on Friday, 10 November 2023
• Documents relating to a review of the HELP ATO payment system to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Education, by no later than 4 pm on Friday, 10 November 2023
• Documents relating to the impact of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Multinationals Pay Their Fair Share - Integrity and Transparency) Bill 2023 to be tabled by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Monday, 27 November 2023
• Documents relating to the Competition Taskforce expert advisory panel to be tabled by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Thursday, 16 November 2023
• Documents relating to the Barossa gas project to be tabled by no later than 4 pm on 17 November 2023, by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy

Explanations by ministers

• Pursuant to the order agreed to on 14 September 2023, Senator McAllister, on behalf of the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator Farrell), attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding orders for the production of documents relating to the NDIS Financial Sustainability Framework (agreed to on 11 May, 19 June and 6 September 2023), and the Senate debated the explanation
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• Pursuant to the order agreed to on 19 October 2023, Senator McAllister, on behalf of the Minister for the Environment and Water (Senator Wong), attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding orders for the production of documents relating to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (agreed to on 6 September and 16 October 2023), and the Senate debated the explanation
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• A petition regarding regional bank closures was presented

Negatived

• Australian Education Amendment (2023 Capital Funding) Regulations 2023 [F2023L01064] moved by Senator Allman-Payne
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Notice of intention to withdraw

• Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Senator Reynolds) gave notice of her intention to withdraw notices to disallow the following:
• Australian Education Regulations 2023 [F2023L01020]
• Higher Education Support (Other Grants) Amendment (National Priorities Pool Program and Regional Partnerships Project Pool Program) Guidelines 2023 [F2023L00983]
• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2023 [F2023L00998]

Notice of motion to disallow

• National Portrait Gallery of Australia Regulations 2023 [F2023L01184] notice given by Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Senator Reynolds)

• The Senate took note of a Minister's explanation relating to the delay in providing an answer to a question on notice
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• The President made a statement regarding the relevance of amendments moved during the second reading stage of a bill
• Senator Waters made a statement regarding the conduct of debate
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• The President and Deputy President issued a joint statement regarding unparliamentary language and the conduct of debate, and senators made statements in response
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