Friday, 3 February 2023 in

On Monday 6 February, the House of Representatives will begin the first sitting week of 2023. Here is a brief overview of what is planned to be debated, and how you can stay up to date during the week.

Government bills

This week, the House plans to resume debate on the following Government bills that have already been introduced (sometimes these plans may change throughout the week):

Monday

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2022
  

Tuesday

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Medical Device and Human Tissue Product List and Cost Recovery) Bill 2022
• Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2022
• Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022
• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022
• Export Control Amendment (Streamlining Administrative Processes) Bill 2022
• Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022

Wednesday

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Australia’s Economic Accelerator) Bill 2022
• National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2022
• Customs Legislation Amendment (Controlled Trials and Other Measures) Bill 2022

Thursday

• Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022
• Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022

Private Members' bills

At 10.10am on Monday, the following private Members’ bills are expected to be introduced:

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023 — Mr Bates (AG, Brisbane, Qld)

Private Members' motions

On Monday at approximately 10.40am the following private Members’ motions will be debated in the House:

• Nuclear energy — Dr Gillespie (Nat, Lyne, NSW)
• Introduction of Medicare — Ms Stanley (ALP, Werriwa, NSW)
• Child care sector — Ms Le (Ind, Fowler, NSW)

At 11am on Monday the following private Member’s motions will be debated in the Federation Chamber.

• International Day of Women and Girls in Science — Mrs Andrews (LP, McPherson, Qld)
• Child care — Mr Smith (ALP, Bean, ACT)
• Digital economy — Mr Violi (LP, Casey, Vic)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians — Ms Thwaites (ALP, Jagajaga, Vic)

At 4.45pm on Monday the following private Members’ motions will be debated in the Federation Chamber.

• Australian Defence Force recruitment — Mr Hastie (LP, Canning, WA)
• Tobacco plain packaging — Dr Ananda-Rajah (ALP, Higgins, Vic)
• Fuel Excise — Mr Pasin (LP, Barker, SA)
• Manufacturing — Ms Byrnes (ALP, Cunningham, NSW)
• Fossil fuel subsidies — Mr Chandler-Mather (AG, Griffith, Qld)

Public Committee hearings

Public Committee hearings will continue throughout the week. To keep up to date with Committee hearings, a list of scheduled hearing dates and times is available at: Upcoming public hearings.

Keep up to date with activities in the House

Prior to each sitting week, the Department of the House of Representatives releases a publication ‘This week in the House’. It is a more detailed snapshot of what to expect in the sitting week ahead.

While the House is sitting, you can follow live updates through:

• About the House Twitter
• House of Representatives Live Minutes
• Parliament of Australia live streaming