Documents presented out of sitting after the Senate adjourned on 27 November 2025

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Documents presented out of sitting

Documents presented by the President

1. Privileges—Standing Committee—187th report—Person referred to in the Senate: Mr Burchell Wilson. [Certified 28 November 2025]
2. Parliamentary Service Commissioner—Report for 2023–24, including the report of the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner. [Certified 11 December 2025]

Auditor-General’s reports for 2025–26

1. No. 10 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Regulation of Registered Company Auditors: Australian Securities and Investments Commission. [Received 4 December 2025]
2. No. 11 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Securing supply through onshore vaccine manufacturing capability: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and Department of Industry, Science and Resources. [Received 8 December 2025]
3. No. 12 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Managing the privacy of client information in Services Australia: Services Australia. [Received 9 December 2025]
4. No. 13 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Management of service delivery arrangements for Australia's external territories: Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. [Received 10 December 2025]
5. No. 14 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Compliance with domestic and international travel requirements in the Civil Aviation Safety Authority: Civil Aviation Safety Authority. [Received 11 December 2025]
6. No. 15 of 2025–26—Performance audit—Procurement and contract management of the new federal register of legislation project: Office of Parliamentary Counsel. [Received 15 December 2025]
7. No. 16 of 2025–26—2024–25 Major Projects Report: Department of Defence. [Received 17 December 2025]

Government responses to committee reports

1. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee—Report—Review of Schedule 9 of the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025—Government response, dated November 2025. [Received 4 December 2025]
2. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Report—bankruptcy Amendment (Enterprise Incentives) Bill 2017—Government response, dated November 2025. [Received 4 December 2025]
3. Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements—Select Committee—Report—Commonwealth Bilateral Air Service Agreements—Government response, dated December 2025. [Received 11 December 2025]
4. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee—Report—Issues relating to advocacy services for veterans accessing compensation and income support—Government response, dated December 2025. [Received 11 December 2025]

Committee reports

1. Intelligence and Security—Joint Statutory Committee—Review of Administration and Expenditure no. 23 (2023-24): Australian intelligence agencies—Report, dated October 2025. [Received 3 December 2025]
2. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2025 [provisions]—Report, dated 3 December 2025, documents presented to the committee, additional information and submissions. [Received 3 December 2025]
3. Environment and Communications References Committee—

   Climate risk assessment—Report, dated 10 December 2025, additional information and submissions. [Received 10 December 2025]

   Triple Zero service outage—Progress report, dated 10 December 2025. [Received 10 December 2025]

4. Education and Employment Legislation Committee—Quality of governance at Australian higher education providers—Final report, dated December 2025, documents presented to the committee, additional information and submissions. [Received 11 December 2025]

Responses to orders for the production of documents

1. Aged care—Systems and projects—Order of 29 October 2025 (201)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator McAllister), dated 27 November 2025, responding to the order, and attachments. [Received 28 November 2025]
2. Housing Australia—Board meetings—Order of 4 November 2025 (211)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Industry and Innovation (Senator Ayres), dated 26 November 2025, responding to the order, and attachments. [Received 28 November 2025]
3. Housing Australia Future Fund—Expenditure—Order of 25 August 2025 (71)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Industry and Innovation (Senator Ayres), dated 26 November 2025, responding to the order and raising public interest immunity claims, and attachments. [Received 28 November 2025]
4. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Order of 28 November 2023 (405)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell), dated 27 November 2025, maintaining a public interest immunity claim raised in response to the order, and attachment. [Received 28 November 2025]
5. Yanchep—Hospital or other healthcare facility—Order of 25 November 2025 (266)—

   Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator McAllister), dated 28 November 2025, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 28 November 2025]

   Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Indigenous Australians (Senator McCarthy), dated 1 December 2025, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 3 December 2025]

   Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator McAllister), dated 12 December 2025, responding to the order, and attachments. [Received 15 December 2025]

6. Bail and remand reports—Order of 2 September 2025 (144)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) responding to the order and maintaining a public interest immunity claim, and attachments. [Received 1 December 2025]
7. Online gambling—Order of 23 July 2025 (9)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Senator McAllister), dated 1 December 2025, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 1 December 2025]
8. Public service—Cost-saving targets—Order of 26 November 2025 (288)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher), dated 1 December 2025, responding to the order and raising a public interest immunity claim. [Received 1 December 2025]
9. Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation—Independent review—Order of 26 November 2025 (282)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Industry and Innovation (Senator Ayres), dated 1 December 2025, responding to the order. [Received 2 December 2025]
10. National Reconstruction Fund Corporation—Patties Food group; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—Ministerial submissions; Net Zero Economic Authority—Research; and Industry and Innovation—Ministerial correspondence—Orders of 25 November 2025 (269, 271, 272 and 273)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Industry and Innovation (Senator Ayres), dated 1 December 2025, responding to the order. [Received 2 December 2025]
11. Review of public sector board appointments processes—Order of 23 July 2025 (10)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher), dated 2 December 2025, responding to the order and attachment. [Received 2 December 2025]
12. eSafety Commissioner meetings - Digital Industry Group Inc; and Global Alliance for Responsible Media—Orders of 27 August 2025 (116 and 117)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) responding to the order, and attachments. [Received 4 December 2025]
13. Social media ban—Academic advisory group—Order of 3 November 2025 (215)—Letters to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell) responding to the order [2], and attachments. [Received 8 December 2025]
14. Central Land Council—Conflicts of interest—Order of 26 November 2025 (287)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Indigenous Australians (Senator McCarthy), dated 9 December 2025, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 10 December 2025]

Government documents

1. Audit reports on the annual performance statements for 2024–25—

   Attorney-General's Department. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Australian Taxation Office. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Defence. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Education. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Finance. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Home Affairs. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Industry, Science and Resources. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Parliamentary Services. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Social Services. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of the Treasury. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Department of Veterans' Affairs. [Received 4 December 2025]

   National Disability Insurance Agency. [Received 4 December 2025]

   National Indigenous Australians Agency. [Received 4 December 2025]

   Services Australia. [Received 4 December 2025]

2. Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU)—Construction and General Division Administrator—Financial Statements for the 6 month period ended 22 August 2025. [Received 4 December 2025]
3. Crimes Act 1914—Department of Home Affairs—Assumed identities—Report for 2024–‍25. [Received 4 December 2025]
4. Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia—Report for 2024–25 [Replacement]. [Received 4 December 2025]
5. National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People—Report for 2024–25. [Received 8 December 2025]
6. Consolidated financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025. [Received 11 December 2025]
7. Services Trust Funds—Reports for 2024-25. [Received 11 December 2025]
8. Wet Tropics Management Authority—

Report for 2024–25. [Received 11 December 2025]

State of Wet Tropics 2024–25. [Received 11 December 2025]

Returns to order

1. Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines for 2024—Order of 12 May 2020—Reports and correspondence received by the Minister for Finance, and a summary of the decisions reported under paragraphs 4.11 and 4.12 of the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024 for the period 1 July to 30 September 2025. [Received 1 December 2025]
2. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission—Report to the Australian Senate on anti-competitive and other practices by health insurers and providers in relation to private health insurance for the period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025 pursuant to the order of the Senate of 25 March 1999, as amended. [Received 3 December 2025]
3. Entity contracts for 2024—Letter of advice pursuant to the order of the Senate of 20 June 2001, as amended—Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio. [Received 4 December 2025]
4. Entity contracts for 2024-25—Letter of advice pursuant to the order of the Senate of 20 June 2001, as amended—Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water portfolio. [Received 4 December 2025]
5. Australian Research Council—Grant recommendations—Letter of advice pursuant to the order of the Senate of 27 February 2020—November 2025. [Received 17 December 2025]
6. Department of Home Affairs—Protection visas—Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 14 November 2019—November 2025. [Received 17 December 2025]