The SPEAKER (15:19): For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 4 December 2019. Copies of the schedule are being made available to honourable members and it will be incorporated in Hansard. The schedule read as follows— SPEAKER ' S SCHEDULE OF THE STATUS OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS (as at 4 December 2019) SPEAKER ' S SCHEDULE OF THE STATUS OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS The Speaker's schedule to the House of Representatives on the status of government responses to committee reports is presented at six monthly intervals, usually in the last sitting weeks of the winter and spring sittings. The schedule presents a list of committee reports that contain recommendations requiring a government response. The last schedule was presented in the House on 4 July 2019. Government responses received during the period are included in the schedule and the report it relates to is then removed from subsequent schedules. The timeframe for government responses to committee reports in this schedule is determined by the resolution adopted by the House on 29 September 2010, in which government responses to House and Joint committee reports are required within a six month period from the presentation of the report in the House. The Senate has resolved to require government responses to Senate and Joint committee reports within three months of a report being tabled.A This schedule does not list reports that do not require a government response. In the past, the practice was to include all reports tabled in the House in the Speaker's schedule. However, the intent of this schedule is to provide an update to the House on the status of government responses to committee reports. The schedule does not include advisory reports on bills introduced into the House of Representatives unless the reports make recommendations that are wider than the provision of the bill and would therefore be the subject of a government response. The Government's response to bill inquiry reports is apparent in the resumption of consideration of the relevant legislation by the House. Also not included are reports from the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, the House of Representatives Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests, and the Publications Committee (other than reports on inquiries). Government responses to reports of the Public Works Committee are usually reflected in motions for the approval of works after the relevant report has been presented and considered. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights' regular scrutiny reports on the human rights compatibility of bills and legislative instruments are not listed, as the timeframe for a response is specified in correspondence to the relevant minister. Reports of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit primarily make administrative recommendations but may make policy recommendations. A government response is required in respect of such policy recommendations made by the committee. Responses to administrative recommendations are made in the form of an Executive Minute provided to, and subsequently tabled by, the committee. Agencies responding to administrative recommendations are required to provide an Executive Minute within six months of the tabling of a report. Executive Minutes are included in this schedule. A This practice has arisen from a Senate resolution of 14 March 1973, in which the Senate declared its opinion that the government should provide a response to committee reports within three months of tabling. Successive governments have affirmed their commitment to providing such responses. The table below provides a summary of received (since tabling of the last schedule on 4 July 2019) and outstanding government responses spanning the last four parliaments. Table of responses received (since tabling of the last schedule on 4 July 2019) and outstanding (as at 4 December 2019): Parliament Awaiting response (time expired) Awaiting response (time not expired) Response received (time expired) Response received (time not expired) 42nd 1 - - - 43rd 4 - - - 44th 19 - - - 45th 49 20 6 4 46th - 6 - - Description of Report Date Tabled or Published 1 Date of Government Response 2 Responded in Period Specified 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (House, Standing) Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Stores 16/11/09 No response to date No Agriculture and Industry (House, Standing) Smart farming—Inquiry into agricultural innovation 4/5/16 No response to date No Agriculture and Water Resources (House, Standing) Making every drop count 20/12/17 No response to date No Super-charging Australian Agriculture 11/12/18* No response to date No Australia Fund Establishment (Joint, Select) Report 25/6/15 No response to date No Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (Joint, Statutory) Integrity of overseas Commonwealth law enforcement operations 24/6/13 No response to date No Inquiry into the jurisdiction of the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity 5/5/16 No response to date No Examination of the Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner 2016-17 3/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Communications and the Arts (House, Standing) Report on the inquiry into the Australian film and television industry 7/12/17 No response to date No Report on the inquiry into the Australian music industry 2/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Joint, Select) Progress report 27/10/14 No response to date No Final report 25/6/15 No response to date No Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Joint, Select) Final report 29/11/18 No response to date No Corporations and Financial Services (Joint, Statutory) Impairment of Customer Loans 4/5/16 No response to date No Life Insurance Industry 27/3/18 No response to date No Options for greater involvement by private sector life insurers in worker rehabilitation 24/10/18 No response to date No Statutory Oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation: Report No. 1 14/2/19 No response to date No Fairness in franchising 14/3/19* No response to date No Report on the 2017-2018 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act 2/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Economics (House, Standing) Review of the Four Major Banks (Third Report) 7/12/17 No response to date No Report on the inquiry into the implications of removing refundable franking credits 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Report on the inquiry into impediments to business investment 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Electoral Matters (Joint, Standing) Second interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2013 federal election: An assessment of electronic voting options 20/11/14 No response to date No The 2013 Federal Election: Report on the conduct of the 2013 election and matters related thereto 15/4/15 No response to date No Third interim report on the inquiry into the conduct of the 2016 federal election: AEC modernisation 21/6/17 No response to date No Excluded: The impact of section 44 on Australian democracy 17/5/18 No response to date No Report on the conduct of the 2016 federal election and matters related thereto 5/12/18 No response to date No Employment, Education and Training (House, Standing) Innovation and Creativity 19/6/17 No response to date No Unique Individuals, Broad Skills 30/5/18 No response to date No Australian Government funding arrangements for non-NHMRC research 26/11/18 No response to date No Status of the teaching profession 28/11/19 No response to date Time not expired Environment (House, Standing) Streamlining environmental legislation: Inquiry into streamlining environmental regulation, 'green tape', and one stop shops 23/2/15 No response to date No Inquiry into the Register of Environmental Organisations 4/5/16 No response to date No Environment and Energy (House, Standing) Living with fruit bats: Inquiry into flying-fox management in the eastern states 27/2/17 No response to date No Powering our future: Inquiry into modernising Australia's electricity grid 5/2/18 No response to date No Report on the inquiry into the management and use of Commonwealth environmental water 7/12/18 No response to date No Cane toads on the march: Inquiry into controlling the spread of cane toads 26/3/19* No response to date Time not expired Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Joint, Standing) Modern slavery and global supply chains – interim report 17/8/17 No response to date No Hidden in Plain Sight: An inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia 7/12/17 No response to date No Inquiry into the management of PFAS contamination in and around Defence bases 3/12/18 No response to date No Compassion, Not Commerce: An inquiry into human organ trafficking and organ transplant tourism. 3/12/18 No response to date No From little things big things grow: Supporting Australian SMEs go global 14/2/19 No response to date No Inquiry into transition from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) 3/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Second Interim Report: freedom of religion and belief, the Australian experience 3/4/19 No response to date Time not expired First report: Inquiry into Australia's aid program in the Indo-Pacific 3/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Health (House, Standing) Inquiry into Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Health Care 5/5/16 No response to date No Health and Ageing (House, Standing) Lost in the labyrinth: Report on the inquiry into registration processes and support for overseas trained doctors 19/3/12 No response to date No Bridging the dental gap: Report on the inquiry into adult dental services 17/6/13 No response to date No Health, Aged Care and Sport (House, Standing) Report on the Inquiry into the Use and Marketing of Electronic Cigarettes and Personal Vaporisers in Australia 28/3/18 No response to date No Report on the inquiry into Biotoxin- related Illnesses in Australia 17/10/18 No response to date No Report on the inquiry into the quality of care in residential aged care facilities in Australia 22/10/18 24/10/19 No Report on the Inquiry into the 2017- 18 Annual Reports of the Department of Health and Australian Hearing 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Bedtime Reading: Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness in Australia 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Human Rights (Joint, Statutory) Eleventh Report of 2013: Review of Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012 and related legislation – Interim report 26/6/13 No response to date No 2016 Review of Stronger Futures measures: Final Report 16/3/16 No response to date No Freedom of speech in Australia: Inquiry into the operation of Part IIA of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and related procedures under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) 28/2/17 Partial response No Quality of Care Amendment (Minimising the Use of Restraints) Principles 2019 13/11/19 No response to date Time not expired Indigenous Affairs (House, Standing) Interim report: First steps for improving educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students 4/5/16 No response to date No The power of education from surviving to thriving: Educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students 15/12/17 No response to date No Report on the impact of inauthentic art and craft in the style of First Nations peoples 19/12/18* No response to date No Industry, Innovation, Science & Resources (House, Standing) Internet Competition Inquiry: Inquiry into impacts on local businesses in Australia from global internet-based competition 11/4/18 23/10/19 No Keep it in the regions: Mining and resources industry support for businesses in regional economies 3/12/18 No response to date No Infrastructure, Transport and Cities (House, Standing) Smart ICT: Report on the inquiry into the role of smart ICT in the design and planning of infrastructure 15/3/16 No response to date No Building up & Moving Out 17/9/18 No response to date No Innovating Transport across Australia 2/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Intelligence and Security (Joint, Statutory) Review of the re-listing of five organisations and the listing of two organisations as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code: Al-Shabaab, Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Lashkar-e- Tayyiba, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Jemaah Anshorut Daulah and Jama ' at Mujahideen Bangladesh 20/9/18 No response to date No Advisory Report on the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police Powers at Airports) Bill 2018 13/2/19 4/7/19 Yes Review of the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 3/4/19 17/10/19 Yes Advisory report on the Counter- Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 3/4/19 4/7/19 Yes Intergenerational Welfare Dependence (House, Select) Living on the Edge: Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence 22/3/19* No response to date Time not expired Law Enforcement (Joint, Statutory) Inquiry into financial related crime 7/9/15 No response to date No An inquiry into human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like practices 18/7/17 No response to date No Inquiry into crystal methamphetamine (ice): First Report 6/9/17 No response to date No Inquiry into crystal methamphetamine (ice): Final Report 27/3/18 No response to date No Examination of the Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2015-16 28/3/18 No response to date No Inquiry into the trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn 19/9/18 No response to date No Impact of new and emerging information and communications technology 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Theft and export of motor vehicles and parts 4/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Migration (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration and education agents 21/2/19 No response to date No The report of the inquiry into review processes associated with visa cancellations made on criminal grounds 21/2/19 No response to date No National Capital and External Territories (Joint, Standing) Telling Australia's story - and why it's important: Report on the inquiry into Canberra's national institutions 3/4/19* No response to date Time not expired National Disability Insurance Scheme (Joint, Standing) Market readiness for provision of services under the NDIS 20/9/18 No response to date No Progress report 29/3/19* No response to date Time not expired NDIS Planning Interim Report 3/12/19 No response to date Time not expired Northern Australia (Joint, Standing) Northern Horizons – Unleashing Our Tourism Potential 28/6/18 No response to date No Oversight of the implementation of redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Joint, Select) Getting the National Redress Scheme right: An overdue step towards justice 21/2/19 No response to date No Petitions (House, Standing) Your voice can change our future: The inquiry into the future of petitioning in the House 21/2/19 No response to date No Procedure (House, Standing) Role of the Federation Chamber: Celebrating 20 years of operation 22/6/15 No response to date No Division required? Electronic voting in the House of Representatives 2/5/16 No response to date No Maintenance of the standing orders - Interim Report 21/5/18 27/11/19 No Maintenance of the standing orders – Final Report 4/12/18 27/11/19 No Public Accounts and Audit (Joint, Statutory) Report 460: Public Sector Governance – Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report 29 (2015-16) 16/2/17 No response to date No Report 463: Commonwealth Financial Statements 5/9/17 Partial response received No Report 472: Commonwealth Procurement — Second Report 17/10/18 Partial response received No Report 475: Defence First Principles Review, Naval Construction and Mental Health in the AFP 14/2/19 Partial response received No Report 477: Commonwealth Financial Statements - Second Report, and Foreign Investment in Real Estate 2/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Report 478: Issuing of a Certificate under section 37 of the Auditor- General's Act 1997 2/4/19 No response to date Time not expired Report 479: Australian Government Security Arrangements 2/4/19 Partial response received Time not expired Report 480: Annual Report 2018-19 4/12/19 No response to date Time not expired Public Works (Joint, Standing) Report 2/2019 9/9/19 No response to date Time not expired Social Policy and Legal Affairs(House, Standing) Breaking barriers: A national adoption framework for Australian children 26/11/18 12/9/19 No Tax and Revenue (House, Standing) Taxpayer Engagement with the Tax System 10/9/18 No response to date No 2017 annual report of the Australian Taxation Office: Fairness, functions and frameworks—Performance review 21/2/19 No response to date No Trade and Investment Growth (Joint, Select) Inquiry into Australia's Future Research and Innovation 3/5/16 No response to date No Trade and Investment Growth (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into Australia's Future in Research and Innovation 3/5/16 No response to date No Trade and the digital economy 20/9/18 28/11/19 No Austrade's role in attracting investment in Australia 18/2/19 6/9/19* Yes Treaties (Joint, Standing) Report 186: IA-CEPA and A-HKFTA 9/10/19* No response to date Time not expired Notes 1 The date of tabling is the date the report was presented to the House of Representatives or to the Speaker, whichever is earlier. In the case of joint committees, the date shown is the date of first presentation to either the House or the Senate or to the President or Speaker (if presented earlier out of session). Reports published when the House (or Houses) are not sitting are tabled at a later date. 2 If the source for the government response date is not the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives or the Journals of the Senate, the source is shown in an endnote. 3 For reports up to the end of 42nd Parliament, the time specified is three months from the date of tabling. The Government has undertaken to respond to committee reports within a six month period—see House of Representatives Standing Orders, resolution of the House of Representatives of 29 September 2010. This resolution also puts in place additional steps for reports not responded to within that six month period. The period from when the 44th Parliament was prorogued on 9 May 2016 to the commencement of the 45th Parliament on 30 August 2016 is not included in the response period. The period from when the 45th Parliament was prorogued on 11 April 2019 to the commencement of the 46th Parliament on 2 July 2019 is not included in the response period.