COMMITTEES
Senator SHELDON (New South Wales—Chief Government Whip in the Senate) (11:35): I present the 12th report for 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. 12 OF 2026 17 September 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. 12 OF 2026 1. The committee met in private session on Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 7.08 pm. 2.
The committee recommends that— (a) the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner and Other Measures) Bill 2026 be referred immediately to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 9 October 2026 (see appendix 1 for statements of reasons for referral), (b) contingent upon introduction in the House of Representatives, the provisions of the Child Support and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Ending Financial Abuse in the Child Support Scheme No. 1) Bill 2026 be referred immediately to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 12 November 2026, (c) the provisions of the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2026 be referred immediately to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 8 October 2026, and (d) the provisions of the Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2026 be referred immediately to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 16 October 2026. 3.
The committee recommends that the following bills not be referred to a committee: National Student Ombudsman Levy Bill 2026 Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (National Student Ombudsman Levy) 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 Broadcasting Services Amendment (Audio Description) Bill 2019 Broadcasting Services Amendment (Register of Media Interests) Bill 2026 Census and Statistics Amendment (Parliamentary Oversight of the Census) Bill 2026 Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Banning Dirty Donations) 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 Diplomatic Appointments (Selection Process) Bill 2026 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 (Fast Tracking Coal, Gas and Oil Projects) Bill 2026 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 Migration Amendment (Overseas Organ Transplant Disclosure) Bill 2026 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Protecting Veterans' Healthcare) Bill 2026 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026 National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 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 Online Safety and Other Legislation Amendment (My Face, My Rights) Bill 2025 Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018 Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026 (No. 2) Repeal Net Zero Bill 2025 [No. 2] 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] Sport Legislation Amendment (World Anti-Doping Code Implementation) Bill 2026 Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment (Frontline Emergency Service Workers) Bill 2025 Tax Laws Amendment (Incentivising Food Donations to Charitable Organisations) Bill 2026 Treasury Laws Amendment (Removing the Widows and Spouses Tax) 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: Red Lines Package Omnibus Bill 2026 [No. 2] Wearable Recording Devices (Import Control) Bill 2026 (Tony Sheldon) Chair 17 September 2026 Senator SHELDON: I move: That the report be adopted.