1The House met, at 9.30 am, pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker (the Honourable A. B. Wallace) took the Chair, made an acknowledgement of country and read Prayers.

 2Appropriations and Administration—Standing Committee—REPORT

The Speaker presented the following document:

Appropriations and Administration—Standing Committee—Report No. 23: Budget estimates 2022-23—Report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 3Australian Taxation Office—Fit-out of new leased premises, 255 George Street, Sydney—APPROVAL OF WORK

Mr Buchholz (Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport), for Mr Morton (Minister for the Public Service), pursuant to notice, moved—That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, it is expedient to carry out the following proposed work which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and on which the committee has duly reported to Parliament: Australian Taxation Office—Fit-out of new leased premises, 255 George Street, Sydney.

Mr Christensen, by indulgence, made his valedictory remarks.

Mr Irons, by indulgence, made his valedictory remarks.

Mr K. J. Andrews, by indulgence, made his valedictory remarks.

 4MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Messages from the Senate, 30 March 2022, were reported returning the following bills without amendment or requests:

No. 499—Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) 2022.

No. 500—Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) 2022.

No. 501—Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) 2022.

No. 502—Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) 2022.

No. 503—Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) 2022.

No. 504—Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Loans Scheme Enhancements) 2021.

No. 505—Social Security Amendment (Improved Child to Adult Transfer for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance) 2022.

No. 506—National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 1) 2021.

No. 508—National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) 2022.

No. 510—Australian Research Council Amendment 2021.

No. 511—Data Availability and Transparency 2022.

No. 513—Offshore Petroleum (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) 2021 (without requests).

No. 514—Treasury Laws Amendment (Laminaria and Corallina Decommissioning Cost Recovery Levy) 2021.

No. 515—Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) 2022.

No. 517—Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) 2021.

 5MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

Message No. 512, 30 March 2022, from the Senate was reported returning the Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 with amendments.

 6MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022

Message No. 507, 30 March 2022, from the Senate was reported returning the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 with amendments.

 7MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

Message No. 509, 30 March 2022, from the Senate was reported transmitting for the concurrence of the House a Bill for an Act to amend the Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018, and for related purposes.

Bill read a first time.

 8Petitions—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Mr O’Dowd (Chair) presented the following document:

Petitions—Standing Committee—Report 36: Petitions and Ministerial responses—Report, 31 March 2022.

 9Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT

Mr Sharma (Chair) presented the following document:

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—Report 200: International Labour Organization Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)—Report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 10Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Sharma presented the following document:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Strengthening Australia’s relationships in the Pacific—Report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 11Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Ms Swanson (Deputy Chair) presented the following document:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Inquiry into PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases: Final report—Report, incorporating a dissenting report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 12Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr K. J. Andrews presented the following document:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—First periodic report on human rights: Final report into certain aspects of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade annual report 2019-20—Report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 13National Disability Insurance Scheme—Joint Standing Committee—REPORTS—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Mr K. J. Andrews (Chair) presented the following documents:

National Disability Insurance Scheme—Joint Standing Committee—

General issues—Work of the committee in the 46th Parliament—Report.

 14Health, Aged Care and Sport—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Dr Freelander (Deputy Chair) presented the following documents:

Health, Aged Care and Sport—Standing Committee—Inquiry into childhood rheumatic diseases: Interim report—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 15Infrastructure, Transport and Cities—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Alexander (Chair) presented the following documents:

Infrastructure, Transport and Cities—Standing Committee—Government procurement: A sovereign security imperative—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 16Employment, Education and Training—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Mr Laming (Chair) presented the following documents:

Employment, Education and Training—Standing Committee—Inquiry into the Fair Work Commission annual report 2019-20 (sent to the Speaker on 22 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 17A secure future for regional Australia—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Mr Joyce (Deputy Prime Minister), by leave, made a ministerial statement relating to a secure future for regional Australia, and presented the following document:

 18MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021

Message No. 516, 30 March 2022, from the Senate was reported returning the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 with amendments.

 19Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Parliamentary Joint Committee—REPORT

Mr Laming presented the following document:

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Parliamentary Joint Committee—Examination of the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2020-21—Report, March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 20Employment, Education and Training—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Mr Laming (Chair) presented the following documents:

Employment, Education and Training—Standing Committee—Don’t take it as read: Inquiry into adult literacy and its importance (sent to the Speaker on 22 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

Corrigendum.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 21Indigenous Affairs—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Snowdon (Deputy Chair) presented the following documents:

Indigenous Affairs—Standing Committee—Interim report on better corporate engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers: an issues paper (sent to the Speaker on 21 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 22National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—REPORTS—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENTS—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Snowdon presented the following documents:

National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—

Interim report: Inquiry into availability and access to enabling communications infrastructure in Australia’s external territories (sent to the Speaker on 28 February 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—Report, February 2022.

 23Tax and Revenue—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Falinski (Chair) presented the following documents:

Tax and Revenue—Standing Committee—The Australian dream: Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia (sent to the Speaker on 17 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, incorporating a dissenting report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 24ECONOMICS—standing Committee—REPORTS—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENTS—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Mr Falinski (Chair) presented the following documents:

Economics—Standing Committee—

Report on the implications of common ownership and capital concentration in Australia (sent to the Speaker on 17 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, incorporating a dissenting report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

 25Corporations and Financial Services—Parliamentary Joint Committee—REPORT

Mr A. D. H. Smith (Chair) presented the following document:

Corporations and Financial Services—Parliamentary Joint Committee—Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation No. 1 of the 46th Parliament (sent to the Speaker on 23 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—Report.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 26Communications and the Arts—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENT BY MEMBER—MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF DOCUMENT—REFERENCE TO FEDERATION CHAMBER

Dr Webster (Chair) presented the following documents:

Communications and the Arts—Standing Committee—The future of regional newspapers in a digital world: Inquiry into Australia’s regional newspapers (sent to the Speaker on 23 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—

Report, March 2022.

Minutes of proceedings.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 27Human Rights—Parliamentary Joint Committee—REPORT

Dr Webster (Chair) presented the following document:

Human Rights—Parliamentary Joint Committee—Human rights scrutiny report: Report 2 of 2022 (sent to the Speaker on 25 March 2022, pursuant to standing order 247)—Report, 25 March 2022.

In accordance with standing order 39(e) the report was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 28 Social Media (Anti-Trolling) Bill 2022

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

Debate resumed.

 29MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

Members’ statements were made.

Mr Morrison (Prime Minister), by indulgence, made a statement on Shane Warne’s memorial service.

 30QUESTIONS

 31Death of David Taylor Irvine AO—STATEMENTS

Mr Morrison (Prime Minister), by indulgence, made a statement in relation to the death of David Taylor Irvine AO.

Mr Wallace (Speaker), made a statement re: behaviour during the Budget reply.

 32DOCUMENT 

The following document was presented: 

Procedure—Standing Committee—A window on the House: practices and procedures relating to Question Time—Government response, March 2022.

 33Auditor-General’s Report

The Speaker presented the following document:

Auditor-General—Audit report No. 21 of 2021-22—Performance audit—Operation of grants hubs: Department of Finance; Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources; Department of Social Services.

The document was made a Parliamentary Paper.

 34DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—Cost of Living

The House was informed that Ms Rishworth had proposed that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely, “The government’s failure to support Australians with cost of living expenses”.

 35POSTPONEMENT OF BUSINESS

Ordered—That business intervening before order of the day No. 7, government business, be postponed until a later hour this day.

Mr A. D. H. Smith, by indulgence, made his valedictory remarks.

 36Suspension of Standing Orders—Statements

Mr Gee (Minister for Veterans’ Affairs), by leave, moved—That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following:

(1)immediately following the resolution of this motion, Members to be permitted to make statements for no longer than five minutes each;

(2)at 5 pm, the House to suspend until the ringing of the bells; and

(3)any variation to this arrangement be made only by a motion moved by a Minister.

 37STATEMENTS

Statements, in accordance with the resolution agreed to earlier this sitting, being made—

Suspension of sitting

At 5 pm, the Deputy Speaker left the Chair.

 39ADDRESS BY THE President of Ukraine

The Speaker extended a welcome to the President of the Senate and Senators as guests.

The Speaker welcomed the President of Ukraine, His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Suspension of sitting

At 5.55 pm, the Speaker left the Chair.

 41 Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 

The order of the day having been read for the resumption of the debate on the question—That the bill be now read a second time—

 42ADJOURNMENT

At 8.09 pm—The Speaker adjourned the House until 10 am on Monday, 11 April 2022, in accordance with the resolution agreed to on 29 March 2022.

DOCUMENTS 

 The following documents were deemed to have been presented on 31 March 2022 (An explanatory statement has been presented with each instrument unless otherwise indicated by an asterisk): 

 A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999—A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) (GST-free Health Goods) Determination 2022 [F2022L00420].

Biosecurity Act 2015—Biosecurity (Exit Requirements) Repeal Determination 2022 [F2022L00433].

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, High Court of Australia Act 1979 and Judiciary Act 1903—High Court Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Rules 2022 [F2022L00322]—Replacement explanatory statement.

Competition and Consumer Act 2010—

Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2021 [F2021L01392]—Replacement explanatory statement.

Competition and Consumer (Consumer Data Right) Amendment Rules (No. 2) 2021 [F2021L01561]—Replacement explanatory statement.

Corporations Act 2001—

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2022/206 [F2022L00422].

ASIC Corporations (Commonwealth Financial Counselling—Financial Capability Services) Instrument 2022/221 [F2022L00421].

ASIC Corporations (Internal Dispute Resolution Data Reporting) Instrument 2022/205 [F2022L00430].

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999—

Amendment of List of Exempt Native Specimens—Northern Territory Offshore Net and Line Fishery, March 2022—EPBC303DC/SFS/2022/03 [F2022L00416].

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks) Proclamation 2022 [F2022L00427].

List of Threatened Species Amendment (Elaeocarpus miegei (302)) Instrument 2022 [F2022L00425].

List of Threatened Species Amendment (Tarennoidea wallichii (304)) Instrument 2021 [F2022L00426].

Family Law Act 1975—Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2001—Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Valuation and Information) Instrument 2022 [F2022L00431].

Higher Education Support Act 2003—Higher Education (HELP Program Commonwealth Officers) Amendment (Specifying University of Canberra Officers as HELP Program Commonwealth Officers) Instrument 2022 [F2022L00419].

Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012—Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency—national law) 2022—AMSA MO 2022/1 [F2022L00423].

Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 and Navigation Act 2012—Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 505—consequential changes) Order 2022—AMSA MO 2022/2 [F2022L00424].

Marriage Act 1961—Marriage Regulations 2017—Marriage (Celebrant Professional Development) Statement 2022 [F2022L00429].

National Health Act 1953—National Health (COVID-19 Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Special Arrangement Amendment (Extension for Receipt Requirements and Hospital Supplies) Instrument 2022—PB 32 of 2022 [F2022L00432].

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013—Notices under section 72—

Corporate Commonwealth entity acquires shares in a company—CSIRO Innovation Coinvestment Services—29 March 2022.

Corporate Commonwealth entity becomes a member of a company—SUPL Co Ltd—15 March 2022.

Social Security Act 1991—Social Security (Retention of Exemption for Asset-test Exempt Income Streams) Principles 2022 [F2022L00417].

Sydney Airport Curfew Act 1995—Dispensation report—03/22.

Therapeutic Goods Act 1989—Therapeutic Goods (Manufacturing Principles) Amendment Determination 2022 [F2022L00428].

Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012—Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Amendment (Reports by Relevant Employers) Instrument 2022 [F2022L00418].

ATTENDANCE

All Members attended (at some time during the sitting) except Ms Bird, Mr Burke, Mr Byrne, Mr Clare, Mrs Elliot, Mr Fitzgibbon, Mr Hill, Mr Hogan, Mr Keogh, Mr Leeser, Mrs McIntosh, Ms Ryan, Mr Tehan and Mr Zimmerman.