House to sit Monday, 19 January and Tuesday, 20 January 2026

House sitting beginning Monday, 19 January 2026 — Parliament recalled.

This page summarises matters expected to be considered by the House of Representatives. It is updated weekly during sittings. For a full report of the business dealt with, including a list of documents presented, go to the Votes and Proceedings. To read the debates, including question time, go to Hansard.

For details about the proposed program of business for each sitting of the House and that sitting’s public hearings of House and joint committees go to the House Daily Program (usually available at least 1 hour before the House is scheduled to meet).

The House is expected to sit on Monday and Tuesday this week. On Monday, the House will sit at 9.30 am, when it is expected that a condolence motion for victims of the Bondi antisemitic terror attack will be moved and debated.

The Federation Chamber is not expected to meet.

For details about House and Federation Chamber standard hours see the order of business diagram at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Chamber_documents/HoR/Order_of_Business.

Real time tracking of business done by the House and the Federation Chamber

You can track each item of business as it is being done in the House Chamber by using the “LiveMinutes” service.

You can see proceedings of the House Chamber via the webcasts at Watch, Read, Listen – Parliament of Australia.

Legislation

For information on how laws are made go to Making laws, for the text of each bill go to Bills and Legislation after the Bill is introduced.

A government bill is expected to be introduced into the House this week. The bill will be listed on the House Daily Program and the text of the bill will be available on ParlInfo after it is introduced.

Details of bills to be introduced are not available prior to their introduction.

On Monday, it is expected that a Minister will introduce the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026, for debate on Tuesday.

• See also: Infosheet 7 - Making laws

Auditor-General’s reports

• Audit Reports on Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) website

• See also: Infosheet 2 – A typical sitting day

See also:

• Petitioning the House of Representatives
• Standing Committee on Petitions
• House and Federation Chamber debate times (order of business diagrams)