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List of Recommendations

Abbreviations

Chair's foreword

Chapter 1—Introduction

  Referral of the inquiry
  Committee resolution
  Conduct of the inquiry
  Structure and scope of the report
  Parliamentary codes of conduct

Chapter 2—Background

  Human Rights Commission—Respect@Work review (2018)
  Review of the Parliamentary Workplace 2021
  Human Rights Commission—
  Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet— Review of the
  Implementation of the Set the Standard report recommendations
  Set the Standard report—proposal for codes of conduct
  Set the Standard report—code enforcement

Chapter 3—Codes of conduct in comparative jurisdictions

  Broad overview of other codes
  Parliamentarian codes
  Enforcement approaches in other jurisdictions
  Staff codes—parliamentarian and ministerial

Chapter 4—Issues raised during the inquiry

  Goals and purposes of codes
  Objective one: Standards of behaviour
  Objective two: highlighting existing obligations
  Objective three: an appropriate enforcement regime
  Other issues
  Concluding committee comment

Chapter 5—Committee view and recommendations

  Introduction
  Behaviour Standards and Codes
  Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission
  Interim measures pending the finalisation of an enforcement mechanism
  Enactment of standards and codes
  Scope and coverage
  Provisions of the standards and codes
  Additional protections for staff
  Review of the Behaviour Standards and Codes
  Parliamentary oversight
  Guidance material and policy development

Appendix 1—Draft Behaviour Standards and Codes

  Welcome to this Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplace. Please be aware we have clear guidelines on how we must behave towards each other.
  Behaviour Code
  for Australian Parliamentarians
  Behaviour Code
  for staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984

Appendix 2—Example supporting page to accompany the Behaviour Code for Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces

  Welcome to this Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplace. Please be aware we have clear guidelines on how we must behave towards each other.

Appendix 3—Submissions and additional information

Appendix 4—Public hearings

Appendix 5—Analysis of committee's survey

  Overall analysis

Appendix 6—Comparison of codes of conduct for parliamentarians in Australia and internationally