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Selection of Bills Committee - Report No. 13 of 2011

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Senator Anne McEwen (Government Whip, Chair)
Senator Helen Kroger (Opposition Whip)
Senator John Williams (The Nationals Whip)
Senator Rachel Siewert (Australian Greens Whip)
Senator Judith Adams
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Mitch Fifield
Senator the Hon. Joe Ludwig

Secretary: Maureen Weeks
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SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

REPORT NO. 13 OF 2011

The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 at 6.58 pm.
The committee resolved to recommend—That the provisions of the Consumer Credit and Corporations Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2011 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 23 November 2011 (see appendix 1 for a statement of reasons for referral).
The committee resolved to recommend—That the following bills not be referred to committees:
- Banking Amendment (Covered Bonds) Bill 2011
- Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Coal Seam Gas) Bill 2011
- Migration Amendment (Declared Countries) Bill (No. 2) 2011
- Migration Legislation Amendment (Offshore Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2011.

The committee recommends accordingly.

The committee considered proposals to refer the provisions of the following bills to each of the Senate legislation committees, but was unable to reach agreement on whether the bills should be referred (see appendices 2 to 9 for statements of reasons for referral to each committee):
- Clean Energy Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011
  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011
  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011
  Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011
  Climate Change Authority Bill 2011
- Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011.
The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

Auditor-General Amendment Bill 2011
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
Higher Education Support Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) Bill 2011
Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 7) Bill 2011
Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011.

(Anne McEwen)
Chair
22 September 2011