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  • Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
  • Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023

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  • <p class="speaker">Anne Urquhart</p>
  • <p>URQUHART (&#8212;) (): I present the 11th report of 2023 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in <i>Hansard</i>.</p>
  • <p>Leave granted.</p>
  • <p class="italic"> <i>The report read as follows&#8212;</i></p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS CO MMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">REPORT NO. 11 OF 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic"> <i>14 September 2023</i></p>
  • <p class="italic">MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Anne Urquhart (Government Whip, Chair)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Wendy Askew (Opposition Whip)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Ross Cadell (The Nationals Whip)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Pauline Hanson (Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens Whip)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Ralph Babet</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator the Hon. Anthony Chisholm</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Matt O'Sullivan</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator David Pocock Senator Paul Scarr</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Lidia Thorpe</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senator Tammy Tyrrell</p>
  • <p class="italic">Secretary: Tim Bryant 02 6277 3020</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">REPORT NO. 11 OF 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 7.11 pm.</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the <i>provisions </i>of the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023, and the Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 be <i>referred immediately </i>to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 9 November 2023 (see appendix 1 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) the <i>provisions </i>of the Identity Verification Services Bill 2023, and the Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 be <i>referred immediately </i>to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 9 November 2023 (see appendix 2 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) the <i>provisions </i>of the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023 be <i>referred i</i><i>mmediately </i>to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 12 October 2023 (see appendix 3 for a statement of reasons for referral);</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) the Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023 be <i>referred immediately </i>to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by</p>
  • <p class="italic">31 May 2024 (see appendix 4 for a statement of reasons for referral); and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(e) the <i>provisions </i>of the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, and the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 be <i>referred immediately </i>to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 22 November 2023 (see appendix 5 for a statement of reasons for referral).</p>
  • <p class="italic">2. The committee recommends that the following bills <i>not </i>be referred to committees:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">3. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">4. The committee considered the following bill but was unable to reach agreement:</p>
  • <ul></ul><p class="italic">(Anne Urquhart)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Chair</p>
  • <p class="italic">14 September 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Appendix 1</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Disability Services and Inclusion Act 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">This Bill will be accompanied by consequential and technical amendment legislation to ensure that the changes in the DSI Bill do not trigger any unintended legislative consequences in other legislative contexts and ensure smooth transition to the new legislative framework this Bill will enable.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">High public interest. The legislation is a repeal and replace of the Disability Services Act 1986 so it is significant reform.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proactive engagement with the sector and additional scrutiny by the Parliament will benefit passage of the Bill.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Community Affairs Legislation Committee (CALC)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">2 hearings (accessible format- online) between w/c 25 October and w/c 16 October 2023)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Have requested 9 November. Subject to broader Senate scheduling and to the agreement of the CALC Chair, we could manage 15 November reporting to have Senate Debate Week 9.</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Anne Urquhart</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referra1/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">This repeals the Disability Services Act and replaces it. The consultation has not been made public.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">PWDA, WYDA, FNDN and other disability peak bodies.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which b ill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Community Affairs</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">Priority is that there needs to be at least one hearing</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">9 November 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p class="italic">Whip/ Selection of Bills Committee member</p>
  • <p class="italic">Appendix 2</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referra1/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">In addition to submissions from members of the public including those impacted by recent data breaches, submission might come from a range of stakeholders:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Legal and Constitutional Affairs</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">November</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">9 November 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p class="italic">Whip/ Selection of Bills Committee member</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Identity Verification Services Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Complicated Bill</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Various Stakeholders</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Legal and Constitutional Affairs</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">9 November 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Wendy Askew</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and Identity Verification Services (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Provide stakeholders an opportunity to speak to the measures in the Bills providing legislative authority for identity verification services.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence f rom:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation at UNSW Law</p>
  • <p class="italic">Australian Banking Association</p>
  • <p class="italic">Business Council of Australia</p>
  • <p class="italic">Human Rights Law Centre</p>
  • <p class="italic">Human Technology Institute, UTS</p>
  • <p class="italic">Law Council of Australia</p>
  • <p class="italic">Australian Lawyers Alliance</p>
  • <p class="italic">Electronic Frontiers Australia</p>
  • <p class="italic">Tech Council</p>
  • <p class="italic">Telecommunications providers</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">TBC</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible report ing date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">18 October 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Appendix 3</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referra1/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Explore scope and impact of Bill and the potential to include other harmful interactive wagering services like, for example, lotteries.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Alliance for Gambling Reform</p>
  • <p class="italic">Charles Livingston, Senior Lecturer and Head of Gambling and Social Determinants Unit, Monash University School of public Health and Preventative Medicine</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Environment and Communication</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">12 October 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p class="italic">Whip/ Selection of Bills Committee member</p>
  • <p class="italic">Appendix 4</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Legalising Cannabis Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">In addition to submissions from members of the public including those impacted by recent data breaches, submission might come from a range of stakeholders:</p>
  • <ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">Early 2024, February or March</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">31 May 2024</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p class="italic">Whip / Selection of Bills Committee member</p>
  • <p class="italic">Appendix 5</p>
  • <p class="italic">SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referra1/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Very large changes to Tobacco legislation.</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Cancer Council, PHAA, Lung Foundation</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Community Affairs</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">Poss ible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">22 November 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p class="italic">Whip/Selection of Bills Committee member</p>
  • <p class="italic">S ELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE</p>
  • <p class="italic">Proposal to refer a bill to a committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Name of bill:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">Reasons for referral/principal issues for consideration:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Complicated Bill</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible submissions or evidence from:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Various Stakeholders</p>
  • <p class="italic">Committee to which bill is to be referred:</p>
  • <p class="italic">Community Affairs Legislation Committee</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible hearing date(s):</p>
  • <p class="italic">September-November</p>
  • <p class="italic">Possible reporting date:</p>
  • <p class="italic">22 November 2023</p>
  • <p class="italic">(signed)</p>
  • <p class="italic">Wendy Askew</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the report be adopted.</p>
  • <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-09-14.57.1) to Queensland Senator [Anthony Chisholm's](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/anthony_chisholm) [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-09-14.56.1), which means it failed. The amendment was introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Nick McKim](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/nick_mckim) (Greens).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *Omit "not be referred to a committee", substitute "be referred immediately to the [Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport) for inquiry and report by 6 November 2023".*
  • ### Senator Chisholm's amendment text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add "and the [Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=s1394) not be referred to a committee".*