• Report on the 2018–2019 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act Corporations and Financial Services Joint Committee
• PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases: second progress report Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee
• Centrelink's compliance program - Second interim report Community Affairs References Committee
• Scrutiny digest 11 of 2020 Scrutiny of Bills Committee
• Delegated legislation monitor 10 of 2020 Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee
• Centrelink's compliance program - Third interim report Community Affairs References Committee [The Senate adopted the recommendations contained in the interim report. See below at orders for the production of documents, and attendance of minister]
• Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology - Interim report Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology
• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 – Advisory report Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
• Examination of Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2018-19 Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
• Delegation – Visit to New Zealand and Vanuatu December 2019 Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

• Nationhood, national identity and democracy extended to 8 December 2020
• Final report of the Australia’s Family Law System Joint Select Committee extended to the last sitting day in February 2021
• Destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia extended to 9 December 2020
• Investigations into a possible cancer cluster on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria extended to the last sitting day in March 2021
• Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder extended to the second last sitting day in March 2021
• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Donation Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2020 extended to 3 December 2020

Monday, 31 August

• Members were appointed to a Joint Committee

Tuesday, 1 September

• Variations were agreed to

Thursday, 3 September

• Variations were agreed to
• Members were appointed to joint committees

See also committee membership page

Tabled

• Report outlining the status of all orders for the production of documents made during the current Parliament which have not been complied with in full [see continuing order of the Senate agreed to on 7 December 2017]
• Response to an order for the production of the Independent Observer report on MV Al Kuwait, Report 219 agreed to on 25 August 2020
• Response to an order for the production of documents regarding the MV Al Kuwait voyage agreed to on 31 August 2020

Agreed to

• Documents relating to the MV Al Kuwait voyage to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, by no later than 10 am on Thursday, 3 September 2020
• Documents relating to an Executive Minute to the Minister for Social Services to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services by no later than 12pm on 6 October 2020 [see recommendation 3 contained in the Community Affairs References Committee's third interim report]
• Documents relating to questions taken on notice during the inquiry into Centrelink's compliance program to be tabled by the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services by no later than 12pm on 6 October 2020 [see recommendation 2 contained in the Community Affairs References Committee's third interim report]

Explanation by minister

• Pursuant to the order agreed to on 26 August 2020, the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia (Senator Birmingham), attended the Senate to provide an explanation regarding an order for the production of documents relating to the Murray-Darling Basin agreed to on 16 November 2017, and the Senate debated the explanation]
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Negatived

• Industry Research and Development (Bankable Feasibility Study on High-Efficiency Low-Emissions Coal Plant in Collinsville Program) Instrument 2020 [F2020L00772] moved by Senator McAllister
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• Industry Research and Development (Water for Fodder Program) Instrument 2019 [F2019L01591] moved by Senator Hanson-Young
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Notice of motion to disallow

• Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Deferral of Sunsetting—Income Management and Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2020 [F2020L00572] notice given by the Chair of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee (Senator Fierravanti-Wells)
• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment (Threshold Test) Regulations 2020 [F2020L00435] notice given by the Chair of the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee (Senator Fierravanti-Wells) 

Withdrawn

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

• National Health (Take Home Naloxone Pilot) Special Arrangement 2019 [F2019L01542]
• Higher Education Provider Amendment (Tuition Protection and Other Measures) Guidelines 2019 [F2019L01699]
• Defence Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2020 [F2020L00120]
• Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes - Dairy) Regulations 2019 [F2019L01610]

• The Senate ordered the Minister representing the Minister for Government Services to attend the Senate at the conclusion of question time on 6 October 2020 to provide an explanation regarding claims of public interest immunity in answers to questions on notice relating to the inquiry into Centrelink's compliance program [see recommendation 1 contained in the Community Affairs References Committee's third interim report]

• The President made statements regarding remote participation in Senate proceedings, and security arrangements
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• The Senate agreed to vary the hours of meeting and routine of business for 6 and 8 October 2020