The Legislation Committee examines bills referred to it by the Senate, scrutinises proposed government expenditure and oversees the performance of government departments and agencies, including their annual reports. Portfolios allocated to the committee since 2009 include health, ageing, families, housing, Indigenous affairs, human services and social services.
Senator Sue Boyce receiving flowers from members of the Standing Committees on Community Affairs upon her retirement from the Senate, 24 June 2014. L-R: Senators Zed Seselja, Sue Boyce [Chair, Legislation], Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and Dean Smith. DPS Auspic.
Senator Sue Boyce receiving flowers from members and staff of the Standing Committees on Community Affairs upon her retirement from the Senate, 24 June 2014. L-R: Tasman Larnach [Research Officer], Richard Grant [Principal Research Officer], Senators Zed Seselja and Sue Boyce [Chair, Legislation], Monika Sheppard [Senior Research Officer], Senators Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and Dean Smith, Carol Stewart [Administrative Officer] and Jeanette Radcliffe [Secretary]. DPS Auspic.
Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, and officers from the Department of Social Services appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 25 October 2017. Seated facing witnesses L-R: Senator Lisa Singh, Sophie Dunstone [Secretary], Senators Slade Brockman [Chair], Jonathon Duniam and Derryn Hinch. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee member Senator Lisa Singh questioning witnesses, 25 October 2017. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee chair Senator Slade Brockman questioning witnesses, 25 October 2017. L-R: Sophie Dunstone [Secretary], Senators Slade Brockman [Chair] and Jonathon Duniam. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee chair Senator Slade Brockman speaking with committee member Senator Pauline Hanson, 25 October 2017. DPS Auspic.
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Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 Provisions relating to the social housing programParliamentary paper number 149/2009
Interim report - Compliance Audits on Medicare Benefits (presented out of session on 10 June 2009)
Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Compliance Audits on Medicare BenefitsParliamentary paper number 118/2009
Budget estimates 2009-10Parliamentary paper number 148/2009
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Doctors and Other Health Workers (presented out of session on 6 August 2009)Parliamentary paper number 157/2009
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 5 August 2009)Parliamentary paper number 425/2009
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and two related bills (presented out of session on 5 August 2009)Parliamentary paper number 425/2009
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 7 August 2009)Parliamentary paper number 425/2009
Interim report - Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills (presented out of session on 7 August 2009)
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related BillsParliamentary paper number 425/2009
Community Affairs Legislation Committee hearing evidence from witnesses at a public hearing of its inquiry into the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills, 6 August 2009. L-R: Senators Carol Brown and Sue Boyce, Ivan Powell [Acting Secretary], Senators Claire Moore [Chair], Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair], Judith Adams and Mark Furner. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee hearing evidence from witnesses, 6 August 2009. L-R: Ivan Powell [Acting Secretary], Senators Claire Moore [Chair] and Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair]. DPS Auspic.
Representatives of the Australia Nursing Federation, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Australian College of Midwives giving evidence to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, 6 August 2009. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee hearing evidence from witnesses, one via videoconference, 6 August 2009. DPS Auspic.
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills (presented out of session on 1 February 2010)Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Additional estimates 2009-10Parliamentary paper number 78/2010
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and two related billsParliamentary paper number 59/2010
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2010)Parliamentary paper number 79/2010
Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Consideration of Time Critical Bills: Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions]
Exposure Draft and Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session 3 June 2010)Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 165/2010
Budget estimates 2010-11Parliamentary paper number 164/2010
Poker Machine (Reduced Losses - Interim Measures) Bill 2009 and Protecting Problem Gamblers Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 26 August 2010)
National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 24 August 2010)
Final Report: Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling - Palm Oil) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 26 August 2010)
Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 26 August 2010)
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 August 2010)
Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010 (presented out of session on 26 August 2010)
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 395/2010
Provisions of Schedules 2 and 3 of the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010Parliamentary paper number 395/2010
National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 395/2010
Additional estimates 2010-11Parliamentary paper number 71/2011
Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 186/2011
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2011)Parliamentary paper number 72/2011
Interim report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 June 2011)
National Health Reform Amendment (National Health Performance Authority) Bill 2011 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 9 June 2011)Parliamentary paper number 186/2011
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling-Palm Oil) Bill 2010Parliamentary paper number 186/2011
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 186/2011
Budget estimates 2011-12Parliamentary paper number 180/2011
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2011)Parliamentary paper number 191/2011
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling-Genetically Modified Material) Bill 2010Parliamentary paper number 455/2011
Disability Impairment Tables: Provisions of Schedule 3 of the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011Parliamentary paper number 455/2011
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 [Provisions]; Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 [Provisions]; Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 96/2012
Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Ntaria (Hermannsburg), NT, 20 February 2012. L-R: Broadcasting and Hansard officers, Senators Nigel Scullion and Claire Moore (obscured), Dr Ian Holland [Secretary], Senators Rachel Siewert and Sue Boyce.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012. L-R: Witnesses, audience members, Senators Trish Crossin and Claire Moore, Dr Ian Holland [Secretary], Senators Rachel Siewert, Sue Boyce and Nigel Scullion
Senators Rachel Siewert, Claire Moore and Nigel Scullion watching a cultural performance, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012.
Senators Rachel Siewert, Claire Moore, Nigel Scullion and Sue Boyce watching a cultural performance, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012.
Senators Trish Crossin and Claire Moore, Sandra Kennedy [Principal Research Officer], Senators Rachel Siewert, Sue Boyce and Nigel Scullion, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012.
Stuart Dwyer, Maningrida School Principal, and other witnesses from Maningrida School appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012.
Students and witnesses from Maningrida School appear before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012.
Stuart Dwyer, Maningrida School Principal, and other witnesses from Maningrida School appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012
Witnesses from the Babbarra Women's Centre appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Maningrida, NT, 22 February 2012. L-R: Senators Trish Crossin and Claire Moore, Ms Sandra Kennedy [Principal Research Officer] and Senators Rachel Siewert, Sue Boyce and Nigel Scullion.
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2012)Parliamentary paper number 97/2012
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 460/2012
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Bill 2011 [Provisions] and Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 460/2012
Additional estimates 2011-12 (presented out of session on 29 March 2012)Parliamentary paper number 466/2012
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (2012 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 460/2012
Budget estimates 2012-13 (corrigendum tabled on 14 August 2012)Parliamentary paper number 467/2012
Senator Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, and officers from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee at a budget estimates hearing, 29 May 2012. DPS Auspic
Community Affairs Legislation Committee member Senator Richard Di Natale at a budget estimates hearing, 29 May 2012. DPS Auspic.
Liza Carroll, Deputy Secretary at the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee, 29 May 2012. DPS Auspic.
Community Affairs Legislation Committee deputy chair Senator Rachel Siewert (right) and Senator Bridget McKenzie questioning witnesses during the estimates hearing, 29 May 2012. DPS Auspic.
Administration of Indigenous Business Australia in relation to certain evidence given to the Senate Community Affairs Committee (presented out of session on 3 August 2012)Parliamentary paper number 471/2012
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2012)Parliamentary paper number 465/2012
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012 [Provisions] and related billsParliamentary paper number 468/2012
Interim report: Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 21 September 2012)
Audio [duration 7:03]—'Opal fuel fails to win Senate committee backing', ABC Radio Radio National Drive program, 26 September 2012.
Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012 (presented out of session on 26 September 2012)Parliamentary paper number 468/2012
Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 468/2012
National Gambling Reform Bill 2012 [Provisions]; National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012 [Provisions]; National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 468/2012
Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 483/2013
National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 483/2013
Witness and audience members at the Perth hearings, 18 February 2013.
Committee members and witnesses at a public hearing in City Hall, Geelong, 20 February 2013. L-R: Senators Carol Brown, Rachel Siewert, Claire Moore, Sue Boyce and Mitch Fifield. Witnesses L-R: Dr John Chesterman, Manager of Policy and Education, Office of the Public Advocate; Lynne Coulson Barr, Deputy Disability Services Commissioner and Laurie Harkin AM, Disability Services Commissioner.
Video [duration 3:43]—Senator the Hon Jan McLucas on amendments to the bill resulting from the committee inquiry, 20 March 2013.
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2013)Parliamentary paper number 235/2013
Additional estimates 2012-13Parliamentary paper number 480/2013
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 482/2013
Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Bill 2013 [Provisions] and related bills (presented out of session on 31 May 2013)Parliamentary paper number 482/2013
Aboriginal Land Rights and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 28 May 2013)Parliamentary paper number 482/2013
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 483/2013
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Base Premium) Bill 2013 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 483/2013
Budget estimates 2013-14Parliamentary paper number 481/2013
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2013) (presented out of session on 25 October 2013)Parliamentary paper number 479/2013
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Public Housing Tenants' Support) Bill 2013 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 12 August 2013)Parliamentary paper number 490/2013
Homelessness Bill 2013 [Provisions] and Homelessness (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 12 August 2013)Parliamentary paper number 272/2013
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 490/2013
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 454/2014
Additional estimates 2013-14Parliamentary paper number 457/2014
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2014)Parliamentary paper number 449/2014
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 454/2014
Budget estimates 2014-15Parliamentary paper number 458/2014
Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014 [Provisions] and Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014 [Provisions] (correction tabled on 16 July 2014)Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious Failures) Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014 [Provisions] and Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2014)Parliamentary paper number 450/2014
Private Health Insurance Amendment (GP Services) Bill 2014Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Interim report: Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 [Provisions] and a related bill (presented out of session on 10 September 2014)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No.1)Bill 2014 [Provisions] and related bill(presented out of session 12Sep2014)(Corrigendum to dissenting report from Opposition senators presented out of session 19Sep,tabled 22Sep14)Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 459/2014
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2015)Parliamentary paper number 509/2015
Additional estimates 2014-15Parliamentary paper number 511/2015
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (A Stronger Land Account) Bill 2014Parliamentary paper number 513/2015
Private Health Insurance Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2014 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 513/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 513/2015
Consideration of Time Critical Bills: Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 513/2015
Social Services legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 513/2015
Budget estimates 2015-16Parliamentary paper number 512/2015
Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015 [Provisions] and Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Consideration of Time Critical Bills: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 521/2015
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Amendment Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2015)Parliamentary paper number 510/2015
Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 521/2015
Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 521/2015
Health Insurance Amendment (Safety Net) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 521/2015
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 520/2015
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 484/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 484/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2015 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 484/2016
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2016)Parliamentary paper number 466/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 March 2016)Parliamentary paper number 484/2016
Additional Estimates 2015-16 (presented out of session on 6 April 2016)Parliamentary paper number 487/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 488/2016
National Cancer Screening Register Bill 2016 [Provisions] and the National Cancer Screening Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 488/2016
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2016)Parliamentary paper number 467/2016
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 488/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 488/2016
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 488/2016
Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 11/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 49/2017
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2017)Parliamentary paper number 50/2017
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 65/2017
Additional estimates 2016-17Parliamentary paper number 69/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Queensland Commission Income Management Regime) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 199/2017
Budget estimates 2017-18Parliamentary paper number 177/2017
Consideration of Time Critical Bills: Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 [Provisions] and related billsParliamentary paper number 225/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 232/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 September 2017)Parliamentary paper number 268/2017
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2017)Parliamentary paper number 272/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 285/2017
Audio [duration 3:58]—'Senate inquiry into welfare reforms wraps up', ABC Radio PM program, 31 August 2017.
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 287/2017
Vaporised Nicotine Products Bill 2017Parliamentary paper number 310/2017
Interim report: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 13 October 2017)
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 8 November 2017)Parliamentary paper number 623/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Housing Affordability) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 564/2017
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 565/2017
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 [Provisions] and Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Amendment Bill 2017 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 2 February 2018)Parliamentary paper number 7/2018
Progress report:Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 [Provisions];Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017[Provisions](presented out of session 13 Mar 2018)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2018)Parliamentary paper number 57/2018
Additional estimates 2017-18Parliamentary paper number 82/2018
Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 [Provisions] and Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 104/2018
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 4 May 2018)
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2018)Parliamentary paper number 133/2018
Consideration of Time Critical Bills:Health Insce(Approved Pathology Specimen Collection Centres)Tax Amend't Bill 2018[Provisions];Health Legislation Amend’t (Improved Medicare Compliance and Other Measures)Bill 2018[Provisions] (presented OOS 5June2018)
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 18 May 2018)
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 25 May 2018)
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 15 June 2018)
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018 [Provisions]; National Redress Scheme for Insitutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented OOS 15 Jun 2018) (Corrigendum tabled 13 Aug 2018)Parliamentary paper number 180/2018
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 22 June 2018)
Progress report: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 29 June 2018)
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and related billsParliamentary paper number 241/2018
Budget estimates 2018-19 (presented out of session on 13 July 2018)Parliamentary paper number 234/2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 248/2018
Community Affairs Legislation Committee members (L-R) Senators Louise Pratt, Susan Lines, Rachel Siewert and Slade Brockman meeting in the Legislative Council Committee Office of Western Australia, questioning witnesses by teleconference, 7 August 2018.
Witnesses from the Department of Social Services appearing before the committee by teleconference in Parliament House, Canberra, 7 August 2018. L-R: Bruce Taloni, Families and Communities Reform Group; Selena Pattrick, Welfare Quarantining and Gambling Branch; Elizabeth Hefren-Webb, Deputy Secretary, Families and Communities; Philip Brown, Policy Strategy and Capability Branch.
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2018)Parliamentary paper number 277/2018
My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 12 October 2018)Parliamentary paper number 339/2018
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2018 (presented out of session on 12 October 2018)Parliamentary paper number 340/2018
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Bill 2018 [Provisions] and Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 October 2018)Parliamentary paper number 524/2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 568/2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 567/2018
Additional estimates 2018-19Parliamentary paper number 146/2019
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 (presented out of session on 1 April 2019)Parliamentary paper number 125/2019
Budget estimates 2019-20 (presented out of session on 14 May 2019)Parliamentary paper number 178/2019
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2019) (presented out of session on 14 May 2019)Parliamentary paper number 168/2019
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2019)Parliamentary paper number 230/2019
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 September 2019)Parliamentary paper number 236/2019
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019 (presented out of session on 6 September 2019)Parliamentary paper number 243/2019
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 October 2019)Parliamentary paper number 284/2019
Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud Prevention) Bill 2019Parliamentary paper number 382/2019
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 November 2019)Parliamentary paper number 480/2019
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment (Assisted Reproductive Treatment Statistics) Bill 2019Parliamentary paper number 532/2019
Progress report: Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia’s Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 February 2020)
Progress report: Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 February 2020)
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 14/2020
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 20 February 2020)Parliamentary paper number 32/2020
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia’s Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 35/2020
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2020)Parliamentary paper number 45/2020
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 19 March 2020)Parliamentary paper number 72/2020
Additional estimates 2019-20 (presented out of session on 24 March 2020)Parliamentary paper number 86/2020
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2020)Parliamentary paper number 241/2020
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 November 2020)Parliamentary paper number 469/2020
Time-critical bill: Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 November 2020)
Budget estimates 2020-21 (presented out of session on 17 November 2020)Parliamentary paper number 495/2020
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 17 November 2020)Parliamentary paper number 497/2020
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 1) Bill 2020 and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 November 2020)Parliamentary paper number 514/2020
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Extension of Coronavirus Support) Bill 2020 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 November 2020)Parliamentary paper number 515/2020
Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 537/2020
Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 538/2020
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2021)Parliamentary paper number 39/2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 12 March 2021)Parliamentary paper number 67/2021
Progress report: Additional estimates 2020-21 (presented out of session on 20 April 2021)
Time-critical bill: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 June 2021)
Additional estimates 2020-21 (presented out of session on 17 May 2021)Parliamentary paper number 126/2021
Time-critical bill: Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 10 June 2021)
Time-critical bill: Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 1) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 11 June 2021)Parliamentary paper number 157/2021
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Transparency) Bill 2020Parliamentary paper number 183/2021
Progress report: Budget estimates 2021-22 (presented out of session on 8 July 2021)
Progress report: Budget estimates 2021-22 (presented out of session on 6 August 2021)Parliamentary paper number 212/2021
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) Bill 2021 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 233/2021
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 18 August 2021)Parliamentary paper number 231/2021
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2021)Parliamentary paper number 277/2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Waiting Periods for New Migrants) Bill 2021 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 September 2021)Parliamentary paper number 282/2021
Budget estimates 2021-22 (presented out of session on 15 September 2021)Parliamentary paper number 272/2021
Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
(presented out of session on 16 November 2021)Parliamentary paper number 521/2021
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2021 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 546/2021
Social Security Amendment (Improved Child to Adult Transfer for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 24 March 2022)Parliamentary paper number 138/2022
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 24 March 2022)Parliamentary paper number 139/2022
Additional estimates 2021-22Parliamentary paper number 132/2022
Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 145/2022
Budget estimates 2022-23 (presented out of session on 16 May 2022)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2022) (presented out of session on 20 June 2022)
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 2 September 2022)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (Presented out of session 24 August 2022)
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (presented out of session 31 August 2022)
Progress report: Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 31 August 2022)
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2022)
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022 (presented out of session 30 September 2022)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Incentivising Pensioners to Downsize) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (presented out of session 20 October 2022)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022 [Provisions] (Presented out of session 10 November 2022)
Budget Estimates 2022-23
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022 (presented out of Session 24 February 2023)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2023)
Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023 and Inspector-General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 28 April 2023)
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 6 June 2023)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 24 July 2023)
Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 26 July 2023)
Budget estimates 2023-24
Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 23 August 2023)
Improving Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 1 September 2023)
Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022 (presented out of session on 31 August 2023)
National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023 and National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 30 August 2023)
Annual report (No. 2 of 2023)
Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 and Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 23 November 2023)
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 and Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 22 November 2023)
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 (presented out of session on 5 February 2024)
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2024)
Additional Estimates 2023–24 (presented out of session on 28 March 2024)
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 10 April 2024)
Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 8 May 2024)
National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 20 June 2024)
Budget estimates 2024-25
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 9 August 2024) (additional information tabled 10 September 2024)
Progress report: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 5 August 2024)
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2024)
Aged Care Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 4 November 2024)
Progress report: Aged Care Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 31 October 2024)
Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record–Sharing by Default) Bill 2024 (presented out of session on 30 January 2025)
Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 (presented out of session - will be tabled at the commencement of the 48th Parliament)
![Senator Sue Boyce receiving flowers from members of the Standing Committees on Community Affairs upon her retirement from the Senate, 24 June 2014. L-R: Senators Zed Seselja, Sue Boyce [Chair, Legislation], Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and Dean Smith. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/223/2237cfbcbed1922d77ef/c023-140219-001-community-affairs-24-june-2014.jpg)
![Senator Sue Boyce receiving flowers from members and staff of the Standing Committees on Community Affairs upon her retirement from the Senate, 24 June 2014. L-R: Tasman Larnach [Research Officer], Richard Grant [Principal Research Officer], Senators Zed Seselja and Sue Boyce [Chair, Legislation], Monika Sheppard [Senior Research Officer], Senators Rachel Siewert [Deputy Chair, Legislation] and Dean Smith, Carol Stewart [Administrative Officer] and Jeanette Radcliffe [Secretary]. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/77f/77f84ea0a2c5496e68c5/c023-140219-004-community-affairs-24-june-2014.jpg)
![Senator the Hon Zed Seselja, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Multicultural Affairs, and officers from the Department of Social Services appearing before the Community Affairs Legislation Committee at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 25 October 2017. Seated facing witnesses L-R: Senator Lisa Singh, Sophie Dunstone [Secretary], Senators Slade Brockman [Chair], Jonathon Duniam and Derryn Hinch. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/b9e/b9ef0a565a7bdcb71900/c023-pb16045.jpg)
![Community Affairs Legislation Committee chair Senator Slade Brockman questioning witnesses, 25 October 2017. L-R: Sophie Dunstone [Secretary], Senators Slade Brockman [Chair] and Jonathon Duniam. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/7d7/7d7821754696f3f281c2/c023-pb28681.jpg)
