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

 2PRIVILEGE—COMPLAINT OF BREACH

Mr C. Kelly raised a matter of privilege in relation to a ban by Facebook affecting his communication with constituents.

 3Appropriations and Administration—Standing Committee—REPORT

The Speaker presented the following document:

Appropriations and Administration—Standing Committee—Report No. 21: Budget estimates 2021-2022—Report, May 2021.

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

 4Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021

Mr Tudge (Minister for Education and Youth) presented a Bill for an Act to impose registered higher education provider charge, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Tudge presented an explanatory memorandum to the bill.

Bill read a first time.

 5Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021

Mr Tudge (Minister for Education and Youth) presented a Bill for an Act to amend the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Tudge presented an explanatory memorandum to the bill.

Bill read a first time.

 6Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021

Mr Tudge (Minister for Education and Youth), pursuant to notice, presented a Bill for an Act to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003 in relation to the amount of a FEE-HELP debt, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Tudge presented an explanatory memorandum to the bill.

Bill read a first time.

 7Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021

Mr Sukkar (Assistant Treasurer), pursuant to notice, presented a Bill for an Act to establish the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Sukkar presented an explanatory memorandum to this bill and the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021.

 8Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021

Mr Sukkar (Assistant Treasurer), pursuant to notice, presented a Bill for an Act to deal with consequential and transitional matters in connection with the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Act 2021, and for related purposes.

Bill read a first time.

 9Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 3) Bill 2021

Mr Sukkar (Assistant Treasurer) presented a Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to taxation, social security, veterans’ entitlements and the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation, and for related purposes.

Document

Mr Sukkar presented an explanatory memorandum to the bill.

Bill read a first time.

 10Suspension of standing orders—Consideration of appropriation bills

Mr Morton (Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet), for Mr Dutton (Leader of the House), pursuant to notice, moved—That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the following from occurring in order to facilitate the work of the Federation Chamber in considering the appropriation bills:

(1) on Tuesday, 25 May the Federation Chamber to meet from 12.15 pm to 1.30 pm for government business in addition to its scheduled hours of meeting, and there to be no grievance debate;

(2) on Wednesday, 26 May the Federation Chamber to meet from 10 am to 1.30 pm and from 4 pm to 7.30 pm, and there to be no constituency statements;

(3) on Thursday, 27 May the Federation Chamber to meet from 10 am to 1.30 pm, adjourn without debate, and there to be no constituency statements;

(4) on Tuesday, 1 June the Federation Chamber to meet from 12.30 pm to 1.30 pm for government business in addition to its scheduled hours of meeting, and there to be no grievance debate;

(5) on Wednesday, 2 June the Federation Chamber to meet at 10 am and consider the following business:

(a) Members’ three minute constituency statements until 10.30 am;

(b) committee and delegation business and private Members’ business from 10.30 am to 1 pm;

(c) 90 second statements from 4 pm to 4.45 pm; and

(d) committee and delegation business and private Members’ business from 4.45 pm to 7.30 pm;

(6) on Monday, 21 June the period from 11 am to 1.30 pm and from 4.45 pm to 6.30 pm to be allocated to government business, and the Federation Chamber to adjourn at 6.30 pm;

(7) on Wednesday, 23 June the Federation Chamber to meet at 10 am and consider the following business:

(a) Members’ three minute constituency statements until 10.30 am;

(b) committee and delegation business and private Members’ business from 10.30 am to 1 pm;

(c) 90 second statements from 4 pm to 4.45 pm; and

(d) committee and delegation business and private Members’ business from 4.45 pm to 7.30 pm;

(8) the Selection Committee to:

(a) make determinations in relation to the selection, referral and timetabling of items of committee and delegation business and private Members’ business, for the Federation Chamber in accordance with this resolution; and

(b) report its determinations to the House in time for its decisions to be published on the Notice Paper of the sitting Thursday before the day being considered; and

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

 11Procedure—Standing Committee—REPORT—STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr Vasta (Chair) presented the following documents:

Procedure—Standing Committee—A window on the House: practices and procedures relating to Question Time—

Report, March 2021.

Minutes of proceedings.

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

 12Human Rights—Parliamentary Joint Committee—REPORTS—STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Dr Webster (Chair) presented the following documents:

Human Rights—Parliamentary Joint Committee—

Human Rights scrutiny report: Report 4 of 2021 (sent to the Speaker on 31 March 2021, pursuant to standing order 247)—Report, 31 March 2021.

 13Road Safety—Joint Select Committee—MEMBERSHIP

The House was informed that the Chief Government Whip had nominated a Member to be a member of the Joint Select Committee on Road Safety.

Mr Fletcher (Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts), by leave, moved—That Mr Conaghan be appointed a member of the Joint Select Committee on Road Safety.

 14 Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 

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—

 15SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS MOVED

Ms T. M. Butler moved—That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Griffith from moving the following motion immediately—That this House:

(1)notes:

(a)for two days, Coalition MPs have voted to keep the Member for Bowman as Chair of the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training, which allows him to claim an extra $23,000 on top of his base salary;

(b)the Member for Bowman stated on March 27 he would “step down from all Parliamentary roles effective immediately”, but has failed to do so;

(c)the Prime Minister now appears to accept the Member for Bowman’s defence of his behaviour towards women; and

(d)by voting to keep the Member for Bowman as Chair of this committee, the Prime Minister and everyone who sits behind him in this House is endorsing the Member for Bowman’s behaviour; and

(2)therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to discharge the Member for Bowman from the Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training immediately. 

 16rural and regional budget outcomes—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT

Mr McCormack (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development), by leave, made a ministerial statement relating to rural and regional budget outcomes.

 17 Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021 

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—

 18MEMBERS’ STATEMENTS

Members’ statements were made.

 19DEATH OF FORMER MEMBER (THE HONOURABLE ANDREW SHARP PEACOCK)—CONDOLENCE MOTION—REPORT FROM FEDERATION CHAMBER

The Speaker reported that the order of the day relating to the Prime Minister’s motion of condolence in connection with the death of the Honourable Andrew Sharp Peacock AC had been debated in the Federation Chamber and returned to the House, and presented a certified copy of the motion.

All Members present having risen, in silence—

Question—passed.

 20QUESTIONS

 21MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

Message No. 359, 12 May 2021, from the Senate was reported informing the House that the following Senators are discharged from, and appointed as members of, the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia:

18 May 2021—

Discharged—Senator Siewert

Appointed—Senator Thorpe

19 May 2021—

Discharged—Senator Thorpe

Appointed—Senator Siewert

28 May 2021—

Discharged—Senator Siewert

Appointed—Senator Thorpe

29 May 2021—

Discharged—Senator Thorpe

Appointed—Senator Siewert

8 June 2021—

Discharged—Senator Siewert

Appointed—Senator Thorpe

9 June 2021—

Discharged—Senator Thorpe

Appointed—Senator Siewert

 22DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—Infrastructure

The House was informed that Ms C. F. King had proposed that a definite matter of public importance be submitted to the House for discussion, namely, “The Government’s cuts to infrastructure spending and its failure to deliver on its promises”.

 23Intelligence and Security—Parliamentary Joint Committee—REPORTS—STATEMENT BY MEMBER

Mr Dreyfus presented the following documents:

Intelligence and Security—Parliamentary Joint Committee—

Advisory report on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020—Report, May 2021.

 24Competition and Consumer Amendment (Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Information Sharing Scheme) Bill 2021

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—And on the amendment moved thereto by Dr Leigh (see item No. 17, page #)—

Debate resumed.

 25POSTPONEMENT OF ORDER OF THE DAY

Ordered—That order of the day No. 3, government business, be postponed until the next sitting.

 26MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE

Messages from the Senate, 13 May 2021, were reported returning the following bills without amendment:

No. 360—Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) 2021.

No. 361—Migration Amendment (Tabling Notice of Certain Character Decisions) 2021.

No. 362—Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) 2021.

No. 363—Health Insurance Amendment (Prescribed Fees) 2021.

No. 364—Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Assistance and Other Measures) 2021.

 27MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE—Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021

Message No. 365, 13 May 2021, from the Senate was reported returning the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 with amendments.

 28 Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022 

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—

 29ADJOURNMENT

At 8.07 pm—The Speaker adjourned the House until 10 am on Monday, 24 May 2021, in accordance with the resolution agreed to on 11 May 2021.

DOCUMENTS 

 The following documents were deemed to have been presented on 13 May 2021 (An explanatory statement has been presented with each instrument unless otherwise indicated by an asterisk): 

 Defence Act 1903—Determination under section 58B—Defence Determination, Individual Payment Determination 2021 (No. 1) [F2021L00564].

Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012—Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) (Risk Rated Premium and Special Tuition Protection Components) Amendment Instrument 2021 [F2021L00091]—Replacement explanatory statement.

Lands Acquisition Act 1989—Statement under section 125—May 2021.

Taxation Administration Act 1953—Commissioner of Taxation—

Class Ruling—CR 2021/34.

Taxation Ruling—TR 2002/5 (Addendum).

ATTENDANCE

All Members attended (at some time during the sitting) except *Ms L. M. Chesters and Mr Ted O’Brien.

* On leave