• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Transparency) Bill 2020 [private senator’s bill]
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• Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020 [private senator’s bill]
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• Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020
  Recycling and Waste Reduction (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020
  Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (General) Bill 2020
  Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Customs) Bill 2020
  Recycling and Waste Reduction Charges (Excise) Bill 2020
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Debate on these bills will continue at a later date

Without amendments

• Electoral Amendment (Territory Representation) Bill 2020
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• VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020
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The House of Representatives will now consider the bills

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021
  Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2020-2021
  Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021
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• Family Law Amendment (Western Australia De Facto Superannuation Splitting and Bankruptcy) Bill 2020
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• Native Title Amendment (Infrastructure and Public Facilities) Bill 2020
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These bills now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

With amendments

• Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 Watch the debate [part one] [part two] [part three] [part four] [part five] [part six]  Read the transcript [part one] [part two] [part three] [part four] [part five] [part six]

The House agreed to the Senate’s amendment. The bill will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

• Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020

The House did not agree to the Senate’s amendment. The Senate will now consider the House’s message advising of its disagreement to the amendment.

• Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019

• National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill 2020 and a related bill Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
• Interim report Administration of Sports Grants Select Committee [The Senate adopted the recommendation contained in the interim report. See below at orders for the production of documents]
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• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020 Electoral Matters Joint Committee
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• Working Holiday Maker Program Migration Joint Committee
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• NDIS planning National Disability Insurance Scheme Joint Committee
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• Annual report 2019-20 Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
• Review of the operations of the Parliamentary Budget Office 2019-20 Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
• Statement concerning the appointment of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Public Accounts and Audit Joint Committee
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• Scrutiny digest 17 of 2020 Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills
• Delegated legislation monitor 13 of 2020 Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
• Interim report—Exemption of delegated legislation from parliamentary oversight Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation
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• Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020 [Provisions] Community Affairs Legislation Committee
• Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020 [Provisions] Community Affairs Legislation Committee
• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020 Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
• Regional inequality in Australia Economics References Committee
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• Effectiveness of the Australian Government’s Northern Australia agenda – Interim report Select Committee
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Government response

• Response to Examination of the Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2018-19 Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

• Litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry extended to 21 December 2020
• Regulation of the relationship between car manufacturers and car dealers in Australia extended to 18 March 2021

Monday, 30 November

• Variations were agreed to
• A member was appointed to a joint committee

Wednesday, 2 December

• Members were appointed to joint committees

See also committee membership page

Tabled

• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Inland Rail Interface Improvement Program agreed to on 10 November 2020
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to the Community Sport Infrastructure program agreed to on 1 December 2020
• Response to an order for the production of documents relating to Australia's sovereign naval shipbuilding capacity agreed to on 6 October 2020

Agreed to

• Documents relating to a review of new Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020 to be tabled by the Minister representing the Attorney-General, by 12pm on 7 December 2020
• Documents relating to the Australian Energy Market Operator – Generation Replacement Study to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction by no later than 10 am on 7 December 2020
• Documents relating to the Community Sport Infrastructure Grant program to be tabled by the Chair of the Australian Sport Commission by no later than 10 am on 3 December 2020 [see recommendation contained in the interim report of the Administration of Sports Grants Select Committee]
• Documents relating to the Review of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia by no later than 9.30 am on 7 December 2020
• Documents relating to ‘Overseas ships-voyage return’ forms for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to be tabled by the Minister for Finance by 9 December 2020
• Documents relating to the China-Australia free trade agreement to be tabled by the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment by no later than 5pm on 8 December 2020, and an explanation provided by the Minister

• Senator Hanson presented a petition regarding foreign ownership

Notice of motion to disallow

• Industry Research and Development (Forestry Recovery Development Fund Program) Instrument 2020 [F2020L01081] notice given by Senator Rice
• Industry Research and Development (Bankable Feasibility Study on High-Efficiency Low-Emissions Coal Plant in Collinsville Program) Instrument 2020 [F2020L00772] notice given by Senator Waters
• Notices given by the Chair of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee (Senator Fierravanti-Wells):
• Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court Amendment (Fees) Regulations 2020 [F2020Lo1416] notice given by Senator Griff
• ASIC Corporations (Litigation Funding Schemes) Instrument 2020/787 [F2020L01045] notice given by the Chair of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (Senator Fierravanti-Wells)

Negatived

• Part 3 of Schedule 1 of the Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Amendment Rules (No. 8) 2020 [F2020L01165]
• Corporations Amendment (Litigation Funding) Regulations 2020 [F2020L00942] notice given by Senator O’Neill
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Withdrawn

Senator Waters withdrew the following notice (given on 27 August 2020):

• Industry Research and Development (Bankable Feasibility Study on High Efficiency Low-Emissions Coal Plant in Collinsville Program) Instrument 2020 [F2020L00772]

Chair of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee (Senator Fierravanti-Wells) withdrew the following notices:

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020  [F2020L00572]
• Continence Aids Payment Scheme 2020 [F2020L00758]

• The Senate approved the Health Insurance (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2020 [F2020L01444]

• The Honourable Dame Margaret Georgina Constance Guilfoyle AC DBE, a former minister and senator for Victoria
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