The SPEAKER (15:18): For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of the status of government responses to committee reports as at 20 June 2023. The schedule will be incorporated in Hansard. The schedule read as follows: Speaker's Schedule of the Status of Government Responses to Committee R eports As at 20 June 2023 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 last schedule was presented in the House on 1 December 2022. The schedule presents a list of committee reports that contain recommendations requiring a government response. 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.[1] 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 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 and are listed as (Partial response) The table below provides a summary of government responses received and outstanding to committee reports of the 43rd to 47th Parliaments inclusive: Parliament Awaiting response (time expired) Awaiting response (time not expired) Response received .(time expired) Response received .(time not expired) 43rd 2 - - - 44th 13 - - - 45th 37 - - - 46th 65 - 16 - 47th 3 14 - 2 The following table lists responses received (since tabling of the last schedule on 1 December 2022) and outstanding (as at 20 June 2023): Report title Date tabled or published[2] Date of government response[3] Responded in period specified[4] Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into community safety support services and job opportunities in the Northern Territory 1/3/23* No response to date Time not expired Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum (Joint, Select) Advisory Report on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 12/5/23* 24/5/23 Yes 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 Growing Australia: Inquiry into growing Australian agriculture to $100 billion by 2030 11/12/20 No response to date No Aussie logs for Aussie jobs: Inquiry into timber supply chain constraints in the Australian plantation sector 23/3/21 No response to date No Supporting a strong future for Australian aquaculture 9/2/22 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 Integrity of Australia's border arrangements 8/12/20 No response to date No Examination of the annual report of the Integrity Commissioner 2020-21 31/3/22 No response to date No Australia's Family Law System (Joint, Select) Improvements in family law proceedings: Interim report 7/10/20 *25/1/23 No Improvements in family law proceedings: Second interim report 15/3/21 *25/1/23 No Australia's Child Support Scheme: Third Interim Report 22/11/21 *25/1/23 No Final report 22/11/21 *25/1/23 No Australia Fund Establishment (Joint, Select) Report 25/6/15 No response to date No Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (House, Standing) Inquiry into the 2009 and 2013 amendments to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Protocol) 13/6/23 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 No Sculpting a National Cultural Plan: Igniting a post-COVID economy for the arts 27/10/21 No response to date No The Future of Regional Newspapers in a Digital World: Inquiry into Australia's regional newspapers 23/3/22 No response to date No 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) Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation 14/2/19 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 No Regulation of auditing in Australia: Interim Report 27/2/20 No response to date No Regulation of auditing in Australia: Final Report 11/11/20 No response to date No Report on the 2019-2020 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act 25/8/21 No response to date No Regulation of the use of financial services such as credit cards and digital wallets for online gambling in Australia 19/11/21 9/5/23 No 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 No Report on the inquiry into impediments to business investment 4/4/19 No response to date No Report on the implications of common ownership and capital concentration in Australia 17/3/22 No response to date No Electoral Matters (Joint, Standing) Report on the Candidate Qualification Checklist 31/3/22 No response to date No Advisory report on the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 13/2/23 23/5/23 Yes Conduct of the 2022 federal election and other matters: interim report 19/6/23 No response to date Time not expired Employment, Education and Training (House, Standing) Innovation and Creativity 19/6/17 No response to date No Unique Individuals, Broad Skills: Inquiry into school to work transition 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 No Education in remote and complex environments 11/11/20 No response to date No Don't take it as read—Inquiry into adult literacy and its importance 22/3/22 No response to date No 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 Not without your approval: a way forward for nuclear technology in Australia 13/12/19* No response to date No Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into transition from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) 3/4/19 No response to date No Second Interim Report: freedom of religion and belief, the Australian experience 3/4/19 No response to date No First report: Inquiry into Australia's aid program in the Indo-Pacific 3/4/19 No response to date No Inquiry into the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for Australia's foreign affairs, defence and trade 8/12/20 No response to date No One Region, One Family, One Future: Deepening relations with the Pacific nations through trade 1/9/21 No response to date No Inquiry into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2019-20 25/11/21 No response to date No Inquiry into the human rights of women and girls in the Pacific 29/11/21 20/2/23* No Expanding the membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership 10/2/22 No response to date No Inquiry into PFAS remediation in and around Defence bases: Final report 30/3/22 No response to date No Strengthening Australia's relationships with countries in the Pacific 30/3/22 No response to date No Inquiry into international armed conflict decision making 31/3/23* No response to date Time not expired The Defence Industry Security Program: Review of Auditor-General Report 4 of 2021-22 19/6/23 No response to date Time not expired Health, Aged Care and Sport (House, Standing) Bedtime Reading: Inquiry into Sleep Health Awareness in Australia 4/4/19 No response to date No Walking the allergy tightrope: Addressing the rise of allergies and anaphylaxis in Australia 15/6/20 No response to date No The New Frontier—Delivering better health for all Australians 25/11/21 No response to date No Inquiry into childhood rheumatic diseases: Interim Report 31/3/22 No response to date No Sick and tired: Casting a long shadow: Inquiry into Long COVID and Repeated COVID Infections 19/4/23* 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 in the Northern Territory Act 2012 and related legislation: 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 ParentsNext: examination of Social Security (Parenting payment participation requirements-class of persons) Instrument 2021 4/8/21 No response to date No Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 and related bills 4/2/22 No response to date No Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (Joint, Select) Second Interim Report of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme, November 2021 23/11/21 No response to date No Industry, Innovation, Science & Resources (House, Standing) Keep it in the regions: Mining and resources industry support for businesses in regional economies 3/12/18 No response to date No The Now Frontier: Developing Australia's Space Industry 2/12/21 1/12/22 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 Government Procurement: A sovereign security imperative 31/3/22 No response to date No Intelligence and Security (Joint, Statutory) Review of the mandatory data retention regime 28/10/20 20/2/23* No Annual Report of Committee Activities 2020-2021 14/9/21* No response to date No Advisory report on the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 and Statutory Review of the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 29/9/21 No response to date No Review of police powers in relation to terrorism, the control order regime, the preventative detention order regime and the continuing detention order regime 14/10/21* No response to date[5] No Review of the amendments made by the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 22/12/21 No response to date No Advisory Report on the Intelligence Oversight and Other Legislation Amendment (Integrity Measures) Bill 2020 7/2/22 No response to date No Review of Part 14 of the Telecommunications Act 1997—Telecommunications Sector Security Reform 7/2/22 No response to date No Inquiry into national security risks affecting the Australian higher education and research sector 25/3/22 14/2/23 No Advisory Report on the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 25/3/22 No response to date No Review of the listing and re-listing of eight organisations as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code 26/9/22 No response to date No Advisory Report on the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Bill 2022 20/3/23 No response to date Time not expired Advisory Report on Item 250 of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2022 29/3/23 No response to date Time not expired Review of the Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Act 2019 10/5/23 No response to date Time not expired Advisory report on the National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 2) Bill 2023 12/5/23* No response to date Time not expired Law Enforcement (Joint, Statutory) Inquiry into financial related crime 7/9/15 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 rhino 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 No Summary report of the 24 June 2020 public hearing on the Australian Institute of Criminology's National Deaths in Custody Program 8/10/20 No response to date No Public communications campaigns targeting drug and substance abuse 12/5/21 No response to date No COVID-19, criminal activity and law enforcement 21/6/21 No response to date No Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (House, Select) Mental Health and Suicide Prevention—Final Report 01/11/21 No response to date No 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 Migration in regional Australia 18/6/20 No response to date No Interim Report of the Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program 15/9/20 No response to date No Final Report of the Inquiry into the Working Holiday Maker Program 30/11/20 No response to date No Interim Report of the Inquiry into Australia's Skilled Migration Program 18/3/21 No response to date No Final Report of the Inquiry into Australia's Skilled Migration Program 9/8/21 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 No Interim Report—Inquiry into economic, social and environmental sustainability in the Indian Ocean Territories 28/2/22 No response to date No Interim Report—Inquiry into availability and access to enabling communications infrastructure in Australia's external territories 28/2/22 No response to date No National Disability Insurance Scheme (Joint, Standing) Independent Assessments 19/10/21 7/3/23 No NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 30/11/21 9/5/23 No General Issues—Work of the Committee in the 46th Parliament 30/11/21 9/2/23 No NDIS Workforce Final Report 15/2/22 No response to date No Current Scheme Implementation and Forecasting for the NDIS 31/3/22 2/2/23 No Capability and culture of the NDIA interim report 30/3/23 No response to date Time not expired Northern Australia (Joint, Standing) Final report into the engagement of traditional owners in the economic development of Northern Australia 8/2/22 No response to date No Northern Australia (Joint, Select) Inquiry into the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool: First report on the Cyclone Reinsurance Pool 27/3/23 No response to date Time not expired 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 31/1/22 No response to date 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 Partial response received No Report 478: Issuing of a Certificate under section 37 of the Auditor-General's Act 1997 2/4/19 No response to date No Report 479: Australian Government Security Arrangements 2/4/19 Partial response received No Report 485: Cyber Resilience: Inquiry into Auditor-General's Reports 1 and 13 (2019-20) 9/12/20 Partial response received No Report 486: Regulatory Activities—Inquiry into Auditor-Generals Reports 33, 47, 48 (2019-20) and 5 and 8 (2020-21) 24/8/21 Partial response received No Report 488 Commonwealth Financial Statements 2019-20 31/3/22 Partial response received No Report 490 Alternative Financing Mechanisms 31/3/22 Partial response received No Report 491 Review of the Auditor-General Act 1997 31/3/22 Partial response received No Report 492 Governance in the Stewardship of Public Resources 12/4/22 Partial response received No Report 494: Inquiry into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's crisis management arrangements 30/3/23 No response to date Time not expired Regional Australia (House, Select) Pride of Place: Inquiry into the future of Regional Australia 31/3/22 No response to date No Road Safety (Joint, Select) Driving Reform: final report for the Inquiry into Road Safety 25/3/22 No response to date No Social Media and Online Safety (House, Select) Social Media and Online Safety 15/3/22 30/3/23 No Social Policy and Legal Affairs (House, Standing) Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence 31/3/21 30/3/23 No Inquiry into constitutional reform and referendums 22/12/21 No response to date No Tax and Revenue (House, Standing) 2017 annual report of the Australian Taxation Office: Fairness, functions and frameworks—performance review 21/2/19 No response to date No Owning a Share of Your Work: Tax Treatment of Employee Share Schemes 23/8/21 No response to date No The Development of the Australian Corporate Bond Market: A Way Forward 25/10/21 No response to date No 2018-19 Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 26/10/21 No response to date No The Australian Dream: Inquiry into housing affordability and supply in Australia 17/3/22 No response to date No Trade and Investment Growth (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into Australia's Future Research and Innovation 3/5/16 No response to date No The Prudential Regulation of Investment in Australia's Export Industries 17/12/21 No response to date No Treaties (Joint, Standing) Report 189: Capital Increase WBG IBRD; Capital Increase WBG IFC; Amendments CMS; Termination IPPA-Indonesia 6/8/20 No response to date No Report 194: Certifications—Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; Amendments 2020—CITES 16/3/21 9/2/23 No Report 201: Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 16/11/22* No response to date No Report 202: Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement 18/11/22* No response to date No Workforce Australia Employment Services (House, Select) Your Future Planning—Interim report on ParentsNext 1/3/23* No response to date Time not expired Notes [1] 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. [2] 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. [3] 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. [4] 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. The period from when the 46th Parliament was prorogued on 11 April 2022 to the commencement of the 47th Parliament on 26 July 2022 is not included in the response period. [5] In his second reading speech on the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (AFP Powers and Other Matters) Bill 2022, delivered in the House of Representatives on 8 September 2022, the Attorney-General referenced this report, stating that 'This bill would extend the relevant [police powers'] sunset dates by 12 months so that there is sufficient time to consult on, and then implement, the government's response to the committee's bipartisan recommendations over the coming months.' [*] Presented out of session