Community Affairs Legislation Committee

• New   Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021
• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Transparency) Bill 2020

Community Affairs References Committee

• Investigations into a possible cancer cluster on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
• Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
• Centrelink's compliance program

Economics Legislation Committee

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
• Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No.1) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Benefit to Australia) Bill 2020
• COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020
• National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Supporting Economic Recovery) Bill 2020

Economics References Committee

• Foreign investment proposals
• Unlawful underpayment of employees' remuneration
• Australia’s oil and gas reserves
• Australia’s sovereign naval shipbuilding capability

Education and Employment Legislation Committee

• Australian Education Legislation Amendment (Prohibiting the Indoctrination of Children) Bill 2020
• Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 [Provisions]

Education and Employment References Committee

• Regulation of the relationship between car manufacturers and car dealers in Australia (formerly General Motors Holden Operations in Australia)

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

• New   Online Safety Bill 2021 and Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

The bills aim to create a new online safety framework for Australians.

• New   Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021
• New   Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021

On 25 February 2021, the Senate referred the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021 to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 2 December 2021.

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020

The Bill seeks to amend the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002, to clarify that forestry operations covered by a Regional Forest Agreement are exempted from Part 3 of the EPBC Act.

• Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Bills 2020
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020

Environment and Communications References Committee

• New   Australia Post inquiry
• Media diversity in Australia
• Impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment

An inquiry into the effects of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment.

• Press Freedom

An inquiry into the adequacy of Commonwealth laws and frameworks covering the disclosure and reporting of sensitive and classified information.

• Impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia
An inquiry into the impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia, and national priorities to prevent the problems worsening for the natural environment, community and farmers.
• Australia’s faunal extinction crisis
An inquiry into Australia's Faunal extinction crisis including the wider ecological impact of faunal extinction, the adequacy of Commonwealth environment laws, the adequacy of existing monitoring practices, assessment process and compliance mechanisms for enforcing Commonwealth environmental law, and a range of other matters.

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

• Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020 [Provisions] and Data Availability and Transparency (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
• Operation and management of the Department of Parliamentary Services
• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2020

The bill proposes amendments to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that will prohibit political donations from certain industries, and impose a cap on all other donations.

Finance and Public Administration References Committee

• The planning, construction and management of the Western Sydney Airport project
• The current capability of the Australian Public Service (APS)
• Lessons to be learned in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20

Lessons to be learned in relation to the preparation and planning for, response to and recovery efforts following the 2019-20 Australian bushfire season

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee

• Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020

Inquiry into the Customs Amendment (Banning Goods Produced By Uyghur Forced Labour) Bill 2020.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee

• New   Funding for public research into foreign policy issues

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

• Migration and Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Information Provisions) Bill 2020 [Provisions]
• National Emergency Declaration Act 2020

The National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 enables the Governor-General to make a national emergency declaration in certain circumstances.

• Judges’ Pensions Amendment (Pension Not Payable for Misconduct) Bill 2020

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

• New   The efficacy, fairness, timeliness and costs of the processing and granting of visa classes which provide for or allow for family and partner reunions

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee

• New   Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2020
• Australia's general aviation industry

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee

• The fisheries quota system
• The future of Australia’s aviation sector, in the context of COVID-19 and conditions post pandemic
• Federal Government’s response to the drought, and the adequacy and appropriateness of policies and measures to support farmers, regional communities and the Australian economy

An inquiry into the Federal Government’s response to the drought, and the adequacy and appropriateness of policies and measures to support farmers, regional communities and the Australian economy

• Performance of Australia's dairy industry and the profitability of Australian dairy farmers since deregulation in 2000
• Management of the Inland Rail project by the Australian Rail Track Corporation and the Commonwealth Government
• Importance of a viable, safe, sustainable and efficient road transport industry

Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants

• Administration of Sports Grants

Select Committee on Autism

• Select Committee on Autism

Select Committee on COVID-19

• COVID-19

Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

• Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media

• Foreign Interference through Social Media

Select Committee on Job Security

• Select Committee on Job Security

Select Committee on Temporary Migration

• Temporary Migration

Select Committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government’s Northern Australia agenda

• Select Committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government’s Northern Australia agenda

Select Committee on the Multi-Jurisdictional Management and Execution of the Murray Darling Basin Plan

• Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019
• Multi-Jurisdictional Management and Execution of the Murray Darling Basin Plan

The committee will inquire and report on matters relating to the responsibilities for Commonwealth, state and territory governments arising out of the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation

• Exemption of delegated legislation from parliamentary oversight
The Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation has resolved, under standing order 23(12), to inquire into and report on the exemption of delegated legislation from parliamentary oversight.