The SPEAKER: For the information of honourable members, I present a schedule of outstanding government responses to reports of House of Representatives and joint committees, incorporating reports tabled and details of government responses made in the period between 7 July 2011, the date of the last schedule, and 23 November 2011. Copies of the schedule are being made available to honourable members and it will be incorporated in Hansard. The document read as follows — The Speaker's Schedule of O utstanding Government Responses t o Reports of House of Representatives and Joint Committees (also incorporating reports tabled and details of Government responses made in the period between 7 July 2011, the date of the last schedule, and 23 November 2011) 24 November 2011 The Speaker's Schedule o f O utstanding Government Responses t o Committee Reports The attached schedule lists committee reports tabled and government responses to House and joint committee reports made since the last schedule was presented on 7 July 2011. It also lists reports for which the House has not received a government response. Schedules of outstanding responses will continue to be presented at approximately six monthly intervals, generally in the last sitting weeks of the winter and spring sittings. The schedule does not include advisory reports on bills introduced into the House of Representatives unless the reports make recommendations which are wider than the provisions of the bills and which could be the subject of a government response. The Government's response to these 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 normally reflected in motions for the approval of works after the relevant report has been presented and considered. Reports from other committees which do not include recommendations are only included when first tabled. 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 6 months of tabling a report. The committee monitors the provision of such responses. November 2011 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) Indigenous Australia at work: Successful initiative in Indigenous employment 13-08-07 No response to date No Open for business: Developing Indigenous enterprises in Australia 20-10-08 No response to date No Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Stores 16-11-09 No response to date No Doing time – Time for doing: Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system 20-06-11 Time has not expired Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry (House, Standing) Seeing the forest through the trees: inquiry into the future of the Australian Forestry Industry 23-11-11 Time has not expired Australian Commission for the Law Enforcement Integrity (Joint, Parliamentary) Inquiry into the operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 (Final Report) 07-07-11 Time has not expired Report on the inquiry into integrity testing 21-11-11 Time has not expired Christmas Island Tragedy (Joint, Select) Joint Select Committee on the Christmas Island tragedy of 15 December 2010 29-06-11 12-10-11 Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (House, Standing) Digital Television: Who's Buying It? 13-02-06 21-11-11 No Community Television: Options for digital broadcasting 12-02-07 No response to date No Report: Tuning in to community broadcasting 20-06-07 No response to date No Corporations and Financial Services (Joint, Statutory) Inquiry into the review of the Managed Investments Act 1998 12-12-02 No response to date4 No Structure and operation of the superannuation industry 07-08-07 No response to date5 No Better shareholders – Better company: Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia 23-06-08 No response to date6 No Aspects of agribusiness managed investment schemes 07-09-09 No response to date No Access for small and medium business to finance 28-04-11 No response to date No Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission 25-08-11 Response not required Statutory oversight of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission 23-11-11 Response not required Cyber-Safety (Joint, Select) High-wire act: Cyber-safety and the young – Interim report 20-06-11 Time has not expired Economics (House, Standing) Inquiry into raising the productivity growth rate in the Australian economy 24-05-10 No response to date No Inquiry into Indigenous economic development in Queensland and review of the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 12-05-11 No response to date No Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2010 (Third Report) 21-11-11 Response not required Education and Training (House, Standing) Adolescent Overload? Report of the inquiry into combining school and work: supporting successful youth transitions 16-11-09 No response to date No Education and Employment (House, Standing) School libraries and teacher librarians in 21 st century Australia 23-05-11 No response to date No Electoral Matters (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into the implications of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Act 2009 (NSW) for the conduct of Commonwealth elections 25-02-10 No response to date No Report on the conduct of the 2010 Federal Election and matters related thereto 07-07-11 Time has not expired Employment and Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation (House, Standing) Making it work: Inquiry into independent contracting and labour hire arrangements 17-08-05 No response to date7 No Employment and Workplace Relations (House, Standing) Making it Fair: Pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce 23-11-09 No response to date No Environment and Heritage (House, Standing) Sustainable cities 12-09-05 No response to date8 No Sustainability for survival—Creating a climate for change: Report on the inquiry into a sustainability charter 17-09-07 No response to date No Family, Community, Housing and Youth (House, Standing) Housing the Homeless: Report on the inquiry into homelessness legislation 26-11-09 No response to date No Avoid the Harm – Stay Calm: Report on the inquiry into the impact of violence on young Australians 07-07-10 23-11-11 No Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Joint, Standing) Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities 19-04-10 No response to date No Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with the Countries of Africa 23-06-11 Time has not expired Review of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2009-10 21-07-11 Response not required Inquiry into Australia's trade and investment relations with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America 22-08-11 Time has not expired Gambling Reform (Joint, Select) First Report: The design and implementation of a mandatory pre-commitment system for electronic gaming machines 06-05-11 No response to date No Health and Ageing (House, Standing) Weighing it up: Obesity in Australia 01-06-09 No response to date No Regional health issues jointly affecting Australia and the South Pacific: Delegation Report 18-03-10 No response to date9 No Roundtable forum on burns prevention in Australia 16-07-10 No response to date No Before it's too late: Report on early intervention programs aimed at preventing youth suicide 04-07-11 Time has not expired Industry, Science and Innovation (House, Standing) Seasonal forecasting in Australia 23-11-09 No response to date No Infrastructure and Communications (House, Standing) Broadening the debate: Inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network 25-08-11 Time has not expired Find the right balance: Cabin crew ratios on Australian aircraft 21-11-11 Time has not expired Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (House, Standing) Rebuilding Australia's coastal shipping industry: Inquiry into coastal shipping policy and regulation 20-10-08 No response to date No Intelligence and Security (Joint, Statutory) Review of Administration and Expenditure: No 8 – Australian Intelligence Agencies 21-06-10 22-09-11 No Annual Report of Committee Activities 2009-2010 20-06-11 Response not required Review of the listing of AQAP and the re-listing of six terrorist organisations 22-08-11 Response not required Annual Report of Committee Activities 2010-2011 21-11-11 Response not required Law Enforcement (Joint) Inquiry into the adequacy of aviation and maritime security measures to combat serious and organised crime 16-06-11 03-11-11 Examination of the annual report of the Australian Federal Police 2009-10 22-08-11 Response not required Examination of the annual report of the Australian Crime Commission 2009-10 22-08-11 Time has not expired Legal and Constitutional Affairs (House, Standing) A Time for Change: Yes/No? Inquiry into the Machinery of Referendums 08-02-10 No response to date No Migration (Joint, Standing) Immigration detention in Australia: A new beginning – Criteria for release from immigration detention 01-12-08 No response to date No Immigration detention in Australia: Community-based alternatives to detention 25-05-09 No response to date No Immigration detention in Australia: Facilities, services and transparency 18-08-09 No response to date No Enabling Australia: Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability 21-06-10 No response to date No National Broadband Network (Joint, Standing) Rollout of the National Broadband Network – First Report 31-08-11 Time has not expired National Capital and External Territories (Joint, Standing) Inquiry into the changing economic environment in the Indian Ocean Territories 11-05-10 03-11-11 No Etched in stone? Inquiry into the administration of the National Memorials Ordinance 1928 23-11-11 Time has not expired Parliamentary Budget Office (Joint, Select) Inquiry into the proposed Parliamentary Budget Office 23-03-11 01-08-11 Yes Petitions (House, Standing) Electronic Petitioning to the House of Representatives 16-11-09 No response to date No The work of the First Petitions Committee 2008-2010 21-06-10 No response to date10 No Primary Industries and Resources (House, Standing) Farming the future: The role of Government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impact of climate change 15-03-10 No response to date No Procedure (House, Standing) Motion to suspend standing orders and condemn a Member: Report on events of 10 October 2006 07-12-06 No response to date No Building a modern committee system: An inquiry into the effectiveness of the House Committee system 21-06-10 No response to date No Interim report No. 1: Monitoring and review of procedural changes implemented in the 43rd Parliament 23-05-11 No response to date No Interim Report No. 2: Monitoring and review of procedural changes implemented in the 43rd Parliament – Referral of bills to committees by the House Selection Committee 04-07-11 Time has not expired Public Accounts and Audit (Joint, Statutory) Report 417: Review of Auditor-General's reports tabled between February 2009 and September 2009 22-06-10 No response to date11 No Report 418: Review of Auditor-General's Reports Nos. 04 to 38 (2009/10) 22-12-10 No response to date12 No Report 419: Inquiry into the Auditor-General Act 1997 22-12-10 13-09-11 No Report 421: The role of the Auditor-General in scrutinising government advertising 03-03-11 09-09-11 No Report 422: Review of the 2009-10 Defence Materiel Organisation Major Projects Report 11-05-11 23-11-1113 No Report 423: Review of Auditor-General's reports Nos 39 (2009-10) to 15 (2010-11) 04-07-11 Time has not expired Report 424: Eighth biannual hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation 04-07-11 Time has not expired Report 425: Annual Report 2010-11 12-10-11 No response required Report 426: Ninth biannual hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation 23-11-11 Time has not expired Public Works (Parliamentary Standing) Public works on Christmas Island 12-10-11 Time has not expired Publications (Joint) Inquiry into the development of a digital repository and electronic distribution of the Parliamentary Papers Series 24-06-10 25-11-1014 15-09-11 No Regional Australia (House, Standing) Of drought and flooding rains: Inquiry into the impact of the Guide to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan 02-06-11 Time has not expired Social Policy and Legal Affairs (House, Standing) Reclaiming public space: Inquiry into the regulation of billboard and outdoor advertising 04-07-11 Time has not expired15 Advisory report on the Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 12-09-11 19-09-1116 Treaties (Joint, Standing) Treaties tabled on 25 June 2008 (2) (100th Report) 19-03-09 No response to date No Treaties tabled on18, 25 (2) and 26 November 2009 and 2 (2) February 2010 (110th Report) 15-03-10 No response to date No Treaties tabled on 24 and 25 November 2010, 9 February and 1 March 2011 and Treaties referred on 16 November 2010 (part 3) (116th Report) 11-05-11 22-09-11 Treaties tabled on 23 March and 11 May 2011 (118th Report) 17-08-11 Response not required Treaty tabled on 5 July 2011 (119th Report) 15-09-11 Response not required Treaties tabled on 5 July and 16 August 2011(120th Report) 12-10-11 Response not required Treaty tabled on 16 August 2011(121st Report) 01-11-11 Response not required Treaties tabled on 23 August, 13 and 20 September and 13 October 2011 22-11-11 Response not required