Bills and Instruments With No Committee Comment [2019] AUPJCHR 70 (10 September 2019)

• Bills and instruments with no committee comment1

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Bills and instruments with no committee comment^[1]

1.58 The committee has no comment in relation to the following bills which were introduced into the Parliament, or restored to the notice paper, between 29 July and 1 August 2019, or which were previously deferred. This is on the basis that the bills do not engage, or only marginally engage, human rights; promote human rights; and/or permissibly limit human rights:^[2]

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Rural and Regional Measures) Bill 2019

• Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019^[3]

• Constitution Alteration (Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Press) 2019 [No. 2]

• Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019 [No. 2]

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Bill 2019

• Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Bill 2019

• Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015

• New Skilled Regional Visas (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019

• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019^[4]

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Ending Grandfathered Conflicted Remuneration) Bill 2019

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Partner Service Pension and Other Measures) Bill 2019

1.59 The committee has examined the legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between 5 June 2019 and 1 August 2019.^[5] The committee has reported on one legislative instrument from this period earlier in this chapter. The committee has determined not to comment on the remaining instruments from this period on the basis that the instruments do not engage, or only marginally engage, human rights; promote human rights; and/or permissibly limit human rights.

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[1] This section can be cited as: Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Bills and instruments with no committee comment, Report 4 of 2019; [2019] AUPJCHR 70.

[2] Inclusion in the list is based on an assessment of the bill and relevant information provided in the statement of compatibility accompanying the bill. The committee may have determined not to comment on a bill notwithstanding that the statement of compatibility accompanying the bill may be inadequate. Where the committee considers that a statement of compatibility is inadequate it may write to the relevant minister setting out its concerns, see Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Annual Report 2018, pp. 36-37.

[3] Previously deferred, see Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 3 of 2019 (30 July 2019) p. 23.

[4] Previously deferred, see Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 3 of 2019 (30 July 2019) p. 23. The committee has determined not to comment on this bill as it provides for individuals to apply to exit the cashless debit card trial. However, the committee notes that underlying concerns regarding the human rights implications of the cashless debit card trial and income management remain: see, most recently, pp. 21-24 of this report and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 2 of 2019 (2 April 2019) pp. 146-152.

[5] The committee examines all legislative instruments registered in the relevant period, as listed on the Federal Register of Legislation. To identify all of the legislative instruments scrutinised by the committee during this period, select 'legislative instruments' as the relevant type of legislation, select the event as 'assent/making', and input the relevant registration date range in the Federal Register of Legislation’s advanced search function, available at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/AdvancedSearch.