COMMITTEES
Senator SHELDON (New South Wales—Chief Government Whip in the Senate) (11:15): I present Report No. 9 of 2026 of the Selection of Bills Committee. I seek leave to have the report incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted.
The report read as follows— Selection of Bills Committee REPORT NO. 9 OF 2026 13 August 2026 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE Senator Tony Sheldon (Government Whip, Chair) Senator Maria Kovacic (Opposition Whip) Senator Sean Bell (One Nation Whip) Senator Nick McKim (Australian Greens Whip) Senator Ralph Babet Senator Ross Cadell (The Nationals Whip) Senator the Hon.
Anthony Chisholm Senator Jessica Collins Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher Senator Jacqui Lambie Senator Kerrynne Liddle Senator Fatima Payman Senator David Pocock Senator Lidia Thorpe Secretary: Tim Bryant 02 6277 3020 SELECTION OF BILLS COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 9 OF 2026 1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 7.10 pm. 2.
The committee made no recommendations to refer bills to committees. 3. The committee recommends that the following bills not be referred to a committee: Trade and Investment Agreements (Consultation) Bill 2026 Wine and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 4. The committee deferred consideration of the following bills to its next meeting: A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Amendment (No Jab No Pay Repeal) Bill 2025 Anti-Discrimination Legislation Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Sex Characteristics Discrimination Commissioner) Bill 2026 Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026 Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019 Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2025 Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) Bill 2026 Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill 2026 Competition and Consumer Amendment (Divestiture Powers) Bill 2024 Constitution Alteration (Right to Free Speech) 2025 Copyright Legislation Amendment (Fair Pay for Radio Play) Bill 2023 Crimes Amendment (Repeal Mandatory Minimum Sentences) Bill 2025 Criminal Code Amendment (Equal Access to Voluntary Assisted Dying) Bill 2026 Customs Legislation Amendment (Commercial Greyhound Export and Import Prohibition) Bill 2021 Digital ID Repeal Bill 2024 Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2025 (No. 2) Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fair Territory Representation) Bill 2024 Electoral Legislation Amendment (Fairer Contracts and Grants) Bill 2023 Electoral Legislation Amendment (Lowering the Voting Age) Bill 2023 Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Low Emissions Future) Bill 2025 Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2026 Fair Work Amendment (Paid Reproductive Health Leave and Flexible Work Arrangements) Bill 2025 Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025 Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Amendment (Consideration of UNDRIP) Bill 2023 Lobbying (Improving Government Honesty and Trust) Bill 2025 National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 News Journalism Payments Bill 2026 News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026 News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026 Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Domestic Reserve) Bill 2026 Online Safety Amendment (Broadening Adult Cyber Abuse Protections) Bill 2026 Online Safety Amendment (Fix Our Feeds) Bill 2026 Passenger Movement Charge Amendment Bill 2026 Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018 Protecting Australians from Foreign Terrorist Fighters Bill 2026 Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026 Right to Protest Bill 2025 Social Media Minimum Age Repeal Bill 2025 Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2] Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment (Frontline Emergency Service Workers) Bill 2025 Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Fair Super for Young Workers) Bill 2026 Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media Bargaining) (Consequential) Bill 2026 Treasury Laws Amendment (Removing the Widows and Spouses Tax) Bill 2026 Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser Misconduct and Other Measures) Bill 2026 Unlocking Supply of Family Homes Bill 2025 Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Clearing the Fair Work Commission Backlog) Bill 2026 5.
The committee considered the following bills but could not reach agreement: Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026 (Tony Sheldon) Chair 12 August 2026 Senator SHELDON: I move: That the report be adopted.