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Home Parliamentary Business Committees Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025 Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025

Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Ban Unethical Contractors) Bill 2025

REPORT - March 2026

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Full Report (PDF)

List of recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.101The committee recommends that the Senate not pass the bill.

Contents

Members
Abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • Purpose and provisions of the bill
  • Background to the bill
  • The existing Commonwealth procurement framework
  • Debarment regimes in other jurisdictions
  • Human rights and consideration by other committees
  • Conduct of the inquiry
  • Structure of the report
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on references
Chapter 2 - Matters raised in evidence and committee view
  • Support for the bill and its intentions
  • Concerns raised in evidence
  • Scope and definitions underpinning the proposed debarment regime
  • Implementation and operational concerns
  • Existing and enhanced measures to support the ethical conduct of suppliers
  • Need for adequate guidance materials
  • Committee view
Coalition Senators' Additional Comments
  • Need for a debarment regime
  • Unethical behaviour from the Big 4
  • Support for the bill
  • Conclusion
Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses
In this section
  • About this inquiry


  • Chapters
    • Chapter 1 - Introduction
    • Chapter 2 - Matters raised in evidence and committee view
  • Other information
    • Members
    • Abbreviations
    • List of recommendations
    • Coalition Senators' Additional Comments
    • Australian Greens Senators' Dissenting Report
    • Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information
    • Appendix 2 - Public hearings and witnesses
Full Report (PDF)
14 Submissions
1 Public hearings
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