Bills referred to committees—2011

Number of bills referred to committees:
Referred in 2011: 123
Referred in 2010, report tabled 2011: 19
Referred in 2010, additional information tabled 2011: 1
Bills
Bill short title Committee Status
Access to Justice (Federal Jurisdiction) Amendment Bill 2011 LC Referred 25/11/11
Report due 22/03/12
Air Navigation and Civil Aviation Amendment (Aircraft Crew) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) RAT Referred 18/08/11
Report due 29/02/12
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment (Disallowance and Amendment Power of the Commonwealth) Bill 2010 LC Referred 02/03/11
Presented 04/05/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011 EC Referred 25/03/11
Interim report presented 20/05/11
Report presented 27/05/11
Reports tabled 14/06/11
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Bill 2011 EC Referred 13/10/11
Tabled 07/11/11
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 EC Referred 13/10/11
Tabled 07/11/11
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Tabled 20/06/11
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Collection) Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Tabled 20/06/11
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Tabled 20/06/11
Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 FADT Referred 30/09/10
Tabled 03/03/11
Bankruptcy Amendment (Exceptional Circumstances Exit Package) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) Eco Referred 07/07/11
Tabled 21/09/11
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011 EC Referred 03/03/11
Tabled 22/03/11
Correction presented 25/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 10/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 EC Referred 25/03/11
Interim report presented 20/05/11
Report presented 27/05/11
Reports tabled 14/06/11
Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 EC Referred 25/03/11
Interim report presented 20/05/11
Report presented 27/05/11
Reports tabled 14/06/11
Child Support (Registration and Collection) Amendment Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Presented 19/05/11
Tabled 14/06/11
Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010 LC Referred 30/09/10
Presented 02/12/10
Tabled 09/02/11
Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Online Games) Bill 2011 LC Referred 03/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Clean Energy Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Climate Change Authority Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Combating the Financing of People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2011 LC Referred 03/03/11
Tabled 21/03/11
Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Hanson-Young) LC1 Referred 30/09/10
Tabled 12/05/11
Consumer Credit and Corporations Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 22/09/11
Presented 07/12/11
Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Fees) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) Eco Referred 07/07/11
Tabled 14/09/11
Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) Eco Referred 15/09/11
Tabled 25/11/11
Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 25/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Corporations Amendment (Future of Financial Advice) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 03/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Hanson-Young) LC Referred 25/11/11
Report due 22/03/12
Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011 LC Referred 23/06/11
Tabled 23/08/11
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 FADT Referred 28/10/10
Presented 25/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) Eco Referred 03/03/11
Tabled 22/06/11
Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 22/06/11
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Ronaldson) FPA Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Defence Legislation Amendment (Security of Defence Premises) Bill 2010 FADT Referred 30/09/10
Tabled 02/03/11
Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011 FADT Referred 10/11/11
Report due 12/04/12
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 LC Referred 03/11/11
Tabled 21/11/11
Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Bill 2001 EEWR Referred 13/10/11
Report due 27/02/12
Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Tuition Protection Service) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 13/10/11
Report due 27/02/12
Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 13/10/11
Report due 27/02/12
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Emergency Listings) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Waters) EC Referred 10/11/11
Report due 01/03/12
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Colbeck) EC Referred 03/03/11
Interim report presented 27/05/11
Tabled 14/06/11
Report tabled 15/06/11
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Prohibition of Support for Whaling) Bill 2010 — private senators' bill (Senators Siewert and Bob Brown) EC Referred 23/11/10
Presented 25/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Protecting Australia’s Water Resources) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Waters) RAT Referred 10/11/11
Report due 27/02/12
Fair Work Amendment (Textile, Clothing and Footwear Industry) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 25/11/11
Report due 27/02/12
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010—Schedule 4 LC Referred 28/10/10
Tabled 09/02/11
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011—Schedule 4 Eco Referred 15/06/112
Tabled 22/06/11
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 CA Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 02/06/11
Interim report presented 03/06/11
Tabled 14/06/11
Report tabled 22/06/11
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 LC Referred 25/03/11
Tabled 22/08/11
Federal Financial Relations Amendment (National Health and Hospitals Network) Bill 2010 Eco Referred 28/10/10
Tabled 09/02/11
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Genetically Modified Material) Bill 2010 — private senators' bill (Senators Xenophon and Siewert) CA Referred 26/11/10
Tabled 24/08/11
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling—Palm Oil) Bill 2010 — private senators' bill (Senators Xenophon and Bob Brown) CA Referred 27/10/10
Tabled 16/06/11
Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010 — private senators' bill (Senators Xenophon and Milne) Eco Referred 10/02/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Government Advertising (Accountability) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) FPA Referred 07/07/11
Tabled 21/09/11
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 LC Referred 30/09/10
Interim report presented 07/12/10
Report presented 28/01/11
Reports tabled 09/02/11
Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 LC Referred 30/09/10
Interim report presented 07/12/10
Report presented 28/01/11
Reports tabled 09/02/11
Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 CA Referred 10/02/11
Tabled 22/03/11
Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2011 RAT Referred 25/11/11
Report due 08/02/12
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 03/03/11
Tabled 21/03/11
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011
EcoR  Referred 03/03/114
Interim report presented 20/04/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Interim report presented 30/06/11
Tabled 04/07/11
Interim report presented 29/07/11
Tabled 16/08/11
Report tabled 22/09/11
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Amendment Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Tabled 07/07/11
Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 LC Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 22/06/11
Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) GR Referred 20/06/115
Report due 30/06/13
Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill [No. 2] — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) RATR Referred 23/06/11
Tabled 23/11/11
Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2] — private senator's bill (Senator Siewert) RATR Referred 23/06/11
Tabled 23/11/11
Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Hanson-Young) LC Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 18/08/11
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 LC Referred 12/05/11
Presented 29/06/11
Tabled 04/07/11
Migration Amendment (Visa Capping) Bill 2010 LC Additional information tabled 03/03/11
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 EC Referred 10/02/11
Interim report presented 16/03/11
Report presented 17/03/11
Reports tabled 21/03/11
National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority Bill 2011) FPA Referred 25/08/11
Tabled 15/09/11
National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011 CA Referred 24/03/11
Presented 09/06/11
Tabled 14/06/11
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011] EEWR Referred 10/02/11
Tabled 21/03/11
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 10/02/11
Tabled 21/03/11
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011] EEWR Referred 10/02/11
Tabled 21/03/11
Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Siewert) LC Referred 12/05/11
Tabled 09/11/11
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (National Regulator) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 25/05/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Registration Fees) Amendment Bill 2011 Eco Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 25/05/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Amendment Bill 2011 Eco Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 25/05/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 2) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 25/05/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Offshore Resources Legislation Amendment (Personal Property Securities) Bil 2011 Eco Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 25/05/11
Tabled 16/06/11
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010 — private senators' bill (Senators Coonan, Heffernan, Siewert and Xenophon) LC Referred 26/11/10
Tabled 21/09/11
Pay As You Go Withholding Non compliance Tax Bill 2011 Eco Referred 03/11/11
Tabled 21/11/11
Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011 LC Referred 03/11/11
Tabled 21/11/11
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 CA Referred 25/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 CA Referred 25/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Poker Machine harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 [2010] — private senator's bill (Senator Fielding) GR Referred 28/10/10
Presented 10/08/11
Tabled 12/09/11
Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) GR Referred 28/10/10
Presented 10/08/11
Tabled 12/09/11
Product Stewardship Bill 2011 EC Referred 25/03/11
Interim report presented 14/04/11
Report presented 09/05/11
Reports tabled 10/05/11
Public Service Amendment (Payments in Special Circumstances) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) FPA Referred 07/07/11
Tabled 18/08/11
Qantas Sale Amendment (Still Call Australia Home) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senators Xenophon and Bob Brown) RAT Referred 15/09/11
Report due 29/02/12
Quarantine Amendment (Disallowing Permits) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) RAT Referred 15/09/11
Tabled 02/11/11
Remuneration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 FPA Referred 12/05/11
Presented 17/06/11
Tabled 20/06/11
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Fair Protection for Firefighters) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 05/07/11
Tabled 15/09/11
Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 LC Referred 30/09/10
Tabled 01/03/11
Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Nash) EEWR Referred 17/11/10
Tabled 09/02/11
Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 12/05/113
Introduced into the House 26/05/11
Presented 03/06/11
Tabled 14/06/116
Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 CA Referred 25/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011—Schedule 3 CA Referred 07/07/11
Tabled 19/09/11
Additional information tabled 02/11/11
Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011 ACEFL Referred 14/09/11
Presented 07/10/11
Tabled 11/10/11
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 CA Referred 25/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 CA Referred 25/11/11
Report due 29/02/12
Superannuation Guarentee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 08/02/12
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2010—Schedule 2 Eco Referred 10/02/11
Presented 25/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011—Schedule 5 Eco Referred 15/06/11
Tabled 22/06/11
Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 03/11/11
Tabled 21/11/11
Tax Laws Amendment (Stronger, Fairer, Simpler and Other Measures) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 10/11/11
Report due 14/03/12
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011 Eco Referred 03/03/11
Tabled 21/03/11
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011
EcoR Referred 03/03/114
Interim report presented 20/04/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Interim report presented 30/06/11
Tabled 04/07/11
Interim report presented 29/07/11
Tabled 16/08/11
Report tabled 22/09/11
Telecommunications (Industry Levy) Bill 2011 EC Referred 03/11/11
Report due 27/02/12
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Service Reform) Bill 2011 EC Referred 03/11/11
Report due 27/02/12
Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 EC Referred 03/11/11
Report due 27/02/12
Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 LC Referred 30/09/10
Presented 26/11/10
Tabled 09/02/11
Additional information tabled 03/03/11
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2010 EC Referred 10/02/11
Interim report presented 16/03/11
Report presented 17/03/11
Reports tabled 21/03/11
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Billl 2011 EEWR Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011 LC Referred 18/08/11
Tabled 19/09/11
Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports) Bill 2010 — private senator's bill (Senator Xenophon) RATR Referred 30/09/107
Interim report presented 04/05/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Report tabled 23/06/11
Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011 FADT Referred 15/06/11
Tabled 18/08/11
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2011 — private senator's bill (Senator Scullion) LC Referred 24/03/11
Tabled 10/05/11
Correction tabled 11/05/11
Work Health and Safety Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 07/07/11
Presented 26/08/11
Tabled 12/09/11
Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011 EEWR Referred 07/07/11
Presented 26/08/11
Tabled 12/09/11
 

1 On 26 October 2010 the reference was transferred from the Community Affairs Legislation Committee to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee.
2 Selection of Bills Committee Report No. 7 of 2011, tabled on 15 June 2011, ordered that the bill be referred upon its introduction into the Senate on 16 June 2011.
3 On 12 May 2011 the Senate agreed that all bills introduced into the House of Representatives after 12 May and before 2 June 2011 that contain provisions commencing on or before 1 July 2011 be referred to committees for inquiry and report by 14 June 2011.
4 As only the provisions of the bill were referred to the committee as part of a broader inquiry the Senate was able to consider the bill before the report was tabled.
5 The bill was referred to the Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform upon introduction pursuant to the resolution of appointment of the committee.
6 Pursuant to the order of the Senate of 12 May 2011, the committee determined that the bill had no substantive matters requiring examination.
7 The bill was referred to the committee as part of a broader inquiry.