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FOR – Documents — Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; Order for the Production of Documents

Ross Cadell

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Treasurer, by no later than midday on Tuesday, 26 November 2024, the following:

(a) any briefs prepared by the General Counsel of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for the APRA Executive in relation to operation of section 56 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (SIS Act) since December 2020;

(b) any briefs prepared by the General Counsel of APRA for the APRA executive in relation to APRA's appearance in legal proceedings brought by superannuation trustees seeking the advice of the court on trust deed changes relating to amendments to section 56 of the SIS Act; and

(c) any submissions made by APRA to a supreme court of any state or territory as part of legal proceedings brought by superannuation trustees seeking the advice of the court on trust deed changes relating to amendments to section 56 of the SIS Act.

Andrew McLachlan

The question is that the motion be agreed to.

A division having been called and the bells being rung—

Anne Ruston

Can we cancel?

Anthony Chisholm

No, we oppose it.

Andrew McLachlan

I can cancel if there's concurrence.

I'll cancel the division. Let me put the question again. The question is that the motion moved by Senator Cadell, standing in the name of Senator Bragg, for an order for the production of documents of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority be agreed to.

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FOR – Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report

David Pocock

I move paragraphs (a) and (b) as circulated, to try give the crossbench a bit more time on these bills:

At the end of the motion, add:

"but, in respect of

(a) the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 3 March 2025; and

(b) the provisions of the Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024, the Economics Legislation Committee report by 3 February 2025."

Andrew McLachlan

The question before the Senate is that paragraphs (a) and (b) of the amendment moved by Senator Pocock be agreed to.

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FOR – Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report

David Pocock

DAVID POCOCK () (): I move paragraph (c) of my amendment:

At the end of the motion, add:

"(c) the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, the provisions of the bill be referred immediately to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 28 November 2024".

I move this amendment to give us an extra couple of days to have a look at the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024.

Sue Lines

I do draw your attention to the Greens' motion which was similar and has just been defeated, but if you want it put, I will put it. The question is that paragraph (c) of the amendment moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.

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FOR – Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report

Sue Lines

The question now is that the amendment moved by the minister be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

Nick McKim

As flagged, we have another amendment, in relation to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 and associated bills. I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

"but, in respect of the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 and Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2024, the provisions of the bills be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 3 February 2025".

I'm aware that my colleague Senator Waters wants to make an observation in regard to that, if that is possible.

Sue Lines

She can't, the time has expired. The question is that paragraph (b) of the amendment which was circulated earlier by Senator McKim be agreed to.

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FOR – Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report

Anne Urquhart

I present the 13th report of 2024 of the Selection of Bills Committee, and I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard.

Leave granted.

The report read as follows—

Selection of Bills Committee

REPORT NO. 13 OF 2024

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Senator Anne Urquhart (Government Whip, Chair)

Senator Wendy Askew (Opposition Whip)

Senator Ross Cadell (The Nationals Whip)

Senator Pauline Hanson (Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip)

Senator Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network Whip) Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens Whip)

Senator Ralph Babet

Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm

Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher

Senator Maria Kovacic

Senator Matt O'Sullivan

Senator Fatima Payman

Senator David Pocock

Senator Gerard Rennick

Senator Lidia Thorpe

Senator Tammy Tyrrell

Senator David Van

Secretary: Tim Bryant 02 6277 3020

  1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 7.14 pm.

  2. The committee recommends that—

(a) the provisions of the Free TAFE Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 27 February 2025 (see appendix 1 for a statement of reasons for referral);

(b) the provisions of the National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 6 February 2025 (see appendix 2 for a statement of reasons for referral);

(c) the provisions of the Oversight Legislation Amendment (Robodebt Royal Commission Response and Other Measures) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 30 January 2025 (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral);

(d) the provisions of the Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 30 January 2025 (see appendix 4 for a statement of reasons for referral); and

(e) the provisions of the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 30 January 2025 (see appendix 5 for a statement of reasons for referral).

  1. The committee recommends that the following bills not be referred to committees:

Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 [No. 2]

  1. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2024

  1. The committee considered the following bill but was unable to reach agreement:

(Anne Urquhart)

Chair

21 November 2024

Appendix 1

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Free TAFE Bill 2024

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To allow the Committee to scrutinise this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Education and Employment Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

January 2025

Possible reporting date:

27 February 2025

(s igned )

Wendy Askew

Appendix 2

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To allow the Committee to scrutinise this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

January 2025

Possible reporting date:

27 February 2025

(signed)

Wendy Askew

Appendix 3

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Oversight Legislation Amendment (Robodebt Royal Commission Response and Other Measures) Bill

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To allow the Committee to scrutinise this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

January 2025

Possible reporting date:

30 January 2025

(signed)

Wendy Askew

Appendix 4

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To allow the Committee to scrutinise this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Economics Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

January 2025

Possible reporting date:

17 February 2025

(signed)

Wendy Askew

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Scams Prevention Framework Bill 2024

Reasons for referra1/principal issues for consideration:

To examine the Bill in more detail and hear from stakeholders

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Economics Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

Possible reporting date:

23 January, 2025

(signed)

Nick McKim

Appendix 5

SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE

Proposal to refer a bill to a committee

Name of bill:

Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill

Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:

To allow the Committee to scrutinise this legislation.

Possible submissions or evidence from:

Interested parties and stakeholders.

Committee to which bill is to be referred:

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

Possible hearing date(s):

January 2025

Possible reporting date:

30 January 2025

(signed)

Wendy Askew

I move:

That the report be adopted.

Anthony Chisholm

I move:

At the end of the motion, add: ", and the provisions of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 be referred immediately to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2024".

Nick McKim

I would like to move an amendment to the minister's amendment:

Omit "26 November 2024", substitute "3 February 2025".

Just so folks are clear, we've circulated a sheet in my name with two amendments. I'm just moving (a) at the moment, which is in respect of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. To anticipate the next matter, I believe my colleague Senator Hanson-Young would like to make a contribution on this amendment.

Sarah Hanson-Young

The stitch-up is in, isn't it? The two big parties are desperate for distraction and desperate to get something done in this space so quickly before anybody looks at the detail and before they've worked out they've got no answers to the real questions. They want to smash through before Christmas this bill that kicks young people off the internet. They want to smash it through the parliament with a fake inquiry of only five days. What a joke. Have the courage of your convictions to put forward legislation and have it scrutinised properly.

Why are they smashing this through so quickly? Why do they not want anyone to look at the details and to ask the hard questions? Their very own joint social media inquiry report, handed down only on Monday this week, didn't recommend this as a measure. In fact it was the exact opposite. All of the experts have said that, if you want to protect young people online, you have to make these platforms safer, you have to regulate them properly, you have to put in place guardrails and you have to work with parents to make sure their needs and their children's needs are being met. But you are desperate to get a distraction, because nothing else is getting through this parliament this fortnight. Your mis- and disinformation bill is a bloody bin fire. That's what's going on. This is a distraction because you haven't even been able to run the argument on your own response to mis- and disinformation, so you ram this through as a big distraction.

It's not very often, I must say, that I agree with Senator Canavan, but on this particular issue, on social media, I agree that this should not be rammed through. This should not be put through, on such a complex issue, without proper review and proper scrutiny. But, of course, we know what's going on here: the government's desperate for a distraction because of the mis- and disinformation bill bin fire, and the opposition are split on the issue of social media, so Mr Dutton wants this done as quickly as possible, before anyone realises that he can't keep his own team in the tent. That is what is going on here.

We're about to see it all over again on the next bill, which is, of course, the electoral reform legislation, another stitch-up. When the two big parties decide to get together and ram stuff through in this place, you know they are failing the public debate. They are always failing the public debate when they want to ram stuff through with no real inquiry, no review and no scrutiny, because they have no bloody answers. It's a disgrace.

Sue Lines

Senator Hanson-Young, please. Have you finished your remarks?

Sarah Hanson-Young

I have.

Jacqui Lambie

I would like to make a short statement, if I can, on this as well.

Sue Lines

You're free to speak for five minutes, Senator Lambie.

Jacqui Lambie

Thank you. I am terribly worried about this, as much as we all have good intentions. I haven't even seen a draft. How am I supposed to, over a weekend, get expert advice on this when you've given it five days?

Sarah Hanson-Young

It was tabled an hour ago.

Long debate text truncated.

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FOR – Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading

Jordon Steele-John

I move the second reading amendment as foreshadowed and circulated in my name:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommended that no person with disability under the age of 65 should remain living in residential aged care from 2025,

(ii) while the Government accepted this recommendation, this Bill works in direct opposition to the recommendation by formalising a pathway to place people under 65 in aged care,

(iii) there are 911 people aged under 65 in residential aged care who are NDIS participants who should be receiving the disability-specific supports they need to exit residential aged care; and

(b) calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Royal Commission and ensure no disabled person under the age of 65 remains living in residential aged care".

Sue Lines

The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Steele-John be agreed to.

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FOR – Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading

Sue Lines

The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Kovacic be agreed to.

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FOR – Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference

Sue Lines

I will now move to the second deferred vote, a proposed reference to the Senate Legal and Constitution Affairs References Committee, moved by Senator Rennick. The question is that the motion as moved by Senator Rennick be agreed to:

That the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 7 March 2025:

The benefits of establishing an independent and transparent judicial commission to encourage public confidence in the justice system and uphold the separation of powers, with particular regard to:

(a) current and best practice complaints handling and resolution processes related to judicial officers and courts administration;

(b) the financial cost associated with establishing such a commission;

(c) current and best practice processes to support appropriate scrutiny and accountability of courts, commissions and tribunals, to ensure equity is upheld;

(d) processes to improve efficiency of the justice system;

(e) how the Commonwealth Government can support the effective and efficient administration of state and territory courts, tribunals and commissions;

(f) how costs are awarded and whether reform in this area is required; and

(g) any other related matters.

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FOR – Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference

Sue Lines

I remind senators that yesterday evening a vote was deferred. I understand it suits the convenience of the Senate to hold that vote. The Senate shall now deal with the motion moved by Senator Hanson-Young, concerning a proposed reference to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee. The question is that the motion as moved by Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to:

That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 12 February 2025:

Gambling harm in Australian society, with particular reference to:

(a) the impact of gambling on Australian communities, families and children;

(b) the harm caused by gambling advertising and inducements, and their role in gambling addiction and the grooming of young gamblers;

(c) the relationship between gambling advertising, media companies and sporting codes, including consideration of alternate funding streams;

(d) the influence of the gambling industry and their political donations on public policy and responsible ministers;

(e) the Government's response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm, chaired by the late Ms Peta Murphy; and

(f) any other related matters.

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FOR – Documents — Housing; Order for the Production of Documents

Wendy Askew

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move:

(1) That the Senate—

(a) notes that the order for production of documents no. 563 made on 13 August 2024 requiring the Minister representing the Treasurer to provide, by no later than midday on Tuesday 20 August 2024, any reports prepared by external consultants engaged by the Commonwealth to identify planning reforms that states and territories should consider undertaking to meet their commitments under the Housing Accord, has not been complied with; and

(b) rejects the claim of public interest immunity made by the Treasurer on 8 November 2024 on the basis that it does not comply with the Senate's requirement that such a claim should provide sufficient detail about the actual harm that would be caused by providing the information.

(2) That there be laid on the table by 5 pm on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 by the Minister representing the Treasurer, any reports prepared by external consultants engaged by the Commonwealth to identify planning reforms that states and territories should consider undertaking to meet their commitments under the Housing Accord, in full compliance with the order made on 13 August 2024.

Sue Lines

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 676 standing in the name of Senator Bragg and moved by Senator Askew be agreed to.

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