Documents presented out of sitting after the Senate adjourned on 2 September 2021

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Documents presented out of sitting

Committee reports

1. Intelligence and Security—Joint Statutory Committee—Annual report of committee activities 2020-2021, dated September 2021. [Received 14 September 2021]
2. Community Affairs Legislation Committee—Budget estimates 2021-22—Report, dated September 2021. [Received 15 September 2021]
3. Human Rights—Joint Statutory Committee—Human rights scrutiny report 11 of 2021, dated 16 September 2021. [Received 16 September 2021]
4. Intelligence and Security—Joint Statutory Committee—Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2020—Advisory report, dated September 2021. [Received 16 September 2021]
5. Scrutiny of Bills—Standing Committee—Scrutiny digest 15 of 2021, dated 16 September 2021. [Received 16 September 2021]

Government responses to Parliamentary Committee reports

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—Compassion, not commerce: An inquiry into human organ trafficking and organ transplant tourism—Government response, dated September 2021. [Received 16 September 2021]

Government documents

1. Australian Building and Construction Commission—Performance of the functions and the exercise of powers of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner—Quarterly report for the period 1 April to 30 June 2021. [Received 9 September 2021]
2. Civil Aviation Safety Authority—Corporate Plan 2021-22—Replacement. [Received 9 September 2021]
3. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare—Australia’s welfare 2021—Fifteenth biennial report. [Received 16 September 2021]
4. Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995—Report for 2017-18 on the operation of the Act. [Received 16 September 2021]

Reports of the Auditor-General

1. Audit report no. 2 of 2021–22—Performance audit—Workforce planning in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. [Received 8 September 2021]
2. Audit report no. 3 of 2021–22—Performance audit—Department of Health’s management of financial assistance under the Medical Research Future Fund: Department of Health. [Received 9 September 2021]
3. Audit report no. 4 of 2021–22—Performance audit—Defence’s contract administration — Defence Industry Security Program: Department of Defence. [Received 13 September 2021]

Returns to order

1. Department of Home Affairs—Protection visas—Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 14 November 2019—August 2021. [Received 9 September 2021]
2. COVID-19—Vaccination certificates—Order of 18 March 2021 (1077)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Government Services (Senator Reynolds), responding to the order. [Received 13 September 2021]
3. Australian Research Council—Grant recommendations—Letter of advice pursuant to the order of the Senate of 27 February 2020—August 2021. [Received 15 September 2021]

Indexed lists of departmental and agency files

Finance portfolio. [Received 9 September 2021]

Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio—Museum of Australian Democracy. [Received 8 September 2021]

Unanswered questions on notice

Home Affairs portfolio. [Received 8 September 2021]

Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio—Resources and Water. [Received 16 September 2021]