Documents presented out of sitting after the Senate adjourned on 27 March 2024

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Documents presented out of sitting

Committee reports

1. Community Affairs Legislation Committee—Additional estimates 2023-24—Report, dated March 2024, documents presented to the committee and additional information. [Received 28 March 2024]
2. Economics Legislation Committee—Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023 [Provisions]—Report, dated March 2024, additional information and submissions. [Received 28 March 2024]
3. Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—Annual reports referred to legislation committees—Report no. 1 of 2024, dated March 2024. [Received 28 March 2024]
4. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee—Additional estimates 2023-24—Report, dated March 2024, documents presented to the committee and additional information. [Received 28 March 2024]
5. Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation—Standing Committee—Delegated legislation monitor 4 of 2024, dated 28 March 2024, and ministerial correspondence. [Received 28 March 2024]
6. Environment and Communications References Committee—Glencore’s proposed carbon capture and storage project—Progress report, dated 4 April 2024. [Received 4 April 2024]
7. Environment and Communications References Committee—Middle Arm Industrial Precinct—Progress report, dated 4 April 2024. [Received 4 April 2024]
8. Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-siphoning) Bill 2023 [Provisions]—Report, dated April 2024, additional information and submissions. [Received 9 April 2024]
9. Community Affairs Legislation Committee—Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024 [Provisions]—Report, dated April 2024, additional information and submissions. [Received 10 April 2024]
10. Economics Legislation Committee—Help to Buy Bill 2023 [Provisions] and Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]—Progress report, dated 16 April 2024. [Received 16 April 2024]
11. Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee—Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2023 [Provisions] and Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]—Progress report, dated 15 April 2024. [Received 16 April 2024]
12. Human Rights—Joint Statutory Committee—Human rights scrutiny report 3 of 2024, dated 17 April 2024. [Received 17 April 2024]
13. Economics Legislation Committee—Help to Buy Bill 2023 [Provisions] and Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]—Report, dated April 2024, additional information and submissions. [Received 18 April 2024]
14. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee—Red imported fire ants: Don’t let this come back to bite us—Report, dated April 2024, documents presented to the committee, additional information and submissions. [Received 18 April 2024]
15. Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—COVID-19 Royal Commission—Report, dated April 2024, documents presented to the committee, additional information and submissions. [Received 19 April 2024]
16. Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee—Statutory inquiry into ASIC, the Takeovers Panel, and the corporations legislation: Competition in clearing and settlement and the ASX CHESS Replacement Project: The CHESS Replacement Project is too important to fail—Interim report, dated April 2024, documents presented to the committee, additional information and submissions. [Received 24 April 2024]
17. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Additional estimates 2023‑24—Report, dated April 2024. [Received 24 April 2024]
18. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee— Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024—Report, dated April 2024, additional information and submissions. [Received 24 April 2024]

Government responses to parliamentary committee reports

1. Education and Employment References Committee—Report—The national trend of school refusal and related matters—Government response, dated April 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
2. National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—Report—Restoring democracy: Local governance on Norfolk Island—Government response, dated April 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
3. Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee—Report—Fisheries quota system—Government response, dated April 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
4. Education and Employment Legislation Committee—Report—Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022—Government response, dated April 2024. [Received 18 April 2024]
5. Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—Report—Criminal Code Amendment (Prohibition of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2023—Government response, dated March 2024. [Received 18 April 2024]
6. Intelligence and Security—Joint Statutory Committee—Advisory report—Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2023—Government response, dated September 2023. [Received 26 April 2024]

Government documents

1. Australian Education Act 2013—National School Resourcing Board—Annual review of state and territory compliance with section 22A of the Act—Report for 2022. [Received 4 April 2024]
2. Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995—Report for 2021-22 on the operation of the Act. [Received 11 April 2024]
3. National School Resourcing Board—Review of the School Resourcing Standard indexation arrangements, dated March 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
4. Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority—Reports for 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022‑23. [Received 18 April 2024]
5. Infrastructure Australia Act 2008—Annual statements on functions of Infrastructure Australia—Annual budget statement 2024—April 2024. [Received 26 April 2024]
6. Infrastructure Australia Act 2008—Annual statements on functions of Infrastructure Australia—Annual performance statement 2024—April 2024. [Received 26 April 2024]
7. Northern Land Council—Report for 2022-23—Correction. [Received 26 April 2024]

Reports of the Auditor-General for 2023-24

1. No. 21—Performance audit—Management of the Australian War Memorial’s Development Project: Australian War Memorial. [Received 11 April 2024]
2. No. 22—Performance audit—Management of Taxpayers’ Use of Transfer Pricing for Related Party Debt: Australian Taxation Office. [Received 17 April 2024]
3. No. 23—Performance audit—Management of Complaints by the National Disability Insurance Agency: National Disability Insurance Agency. [Received 22 April 2024]

Returns to order

1. Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel—Orders of 28 February and 18 March 2024 (474 and 491)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Assistant Minister for Trade (Senator Ayres), maintaining the public interest immunity claim raised in response to the orders. [Received 28 March 2024]
2. Deductible gift recipient status—Order of 20 March 2024 (496)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher), dated 27 March 2024, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 28 March 2024]
3. Maugean skate—Order of 20 March 2024 (497)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Assistant Minister for Education (Senator Chisholm), dated 27 March 2024, responding to the order and raising a public interest immunity claim, and attachments. [Received 28 March 2024]
4. Murray-Darling Basin—Orders of 7 February 2024 (455, 456 and 457)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Assistant Minister for Education (Senator Chisholm), dated 27 March 2024, responding to the orders and raising public interest immunity claims, and attachments. [Received 28 March 2024]
5. National Legal Assistance Partnership—Independent review—Order of 26 March 2024 (510)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Watt), dated 27 March 2024, responding to the order and raising a public interest immunity claim. [Received 28 March 2024]
6. National Legal Assistance Partnership—Independent review—Order of 26 March 2024 (510)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Senator Watt), dated 28 March 2024, maintaining the public interest immunity claim raised in response to the order. [Received 4 April 2024]
7. First Nations cultural heritage reforms—Order of 20 March 2024 (493)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy (Senator McAllister) responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 9 April 2024]
8. National competition reform—Order of 20 March 2024 (495)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Finance (Senator Gallagher), dated 5 April 2024, responding to the order, and attachment. [Received 9 April 2024]
9. Australian Research Council—Grant recommendations—Letter of advice pursuant to the order of the Senate of 27 February 2020—March 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
10. Department of Home Affairs—Protection visas—Statement pursuant to the order of the Senate of 14 November 2019—February 2024. [Received 11 April 2024]
11. Brookline Advisory, PsiQuantum and Mandala—Order of 29 February 2024 (487)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell), dated 15 April 2024, responding to the order and raising public interest immunity claims, and attachments. [Received 16 April 2024]
12. Housing Australia availability payments—Order of 26 March 2024 (504)—Letter to the President of the Senate from the Minister for Trade and Tourism (Senator Farrell), dated 15 April 2024, responding to the order, and attachments. [Received 16 April 2024]
13. Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines for 2023—Order of 12 May 2020—Reports and correspondence received by the Minister for Finance, and a summary of the decisions reported under paragraph 4.12 of the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017. [Received 17 April 2024]

Entity contracts for 2023

Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio. [Received 17 April 2024]

Indexed lists of departmental and agency files

Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio—Comcare and Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority. [Received 28 March 2024]

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio. [Received 4 April 2024]