The following government documents were tabled:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act—Reports for 1996-97—

   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

   Torres Strait Regional Authority.

ANL Limited—Report for 1996-97.

Audit Act—Reports for 1996-97—

   Australian Broadcasting Authority.

   Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

   Australian National Maritime Museum.

   Australian National Training Authority.

   Australian Sports Commission.

   Australian Sports Drug Agency.

   Australian War Memorial.

   Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee.

Audit Act and Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act—Reports for 1996-97—

   Grains Research and Development Corporation and Grains Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee.

   Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation and Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation Selection Committee.

Australian Federal Police Act—Australian Federal Police—Report for 1996-97, including a report pursuant to the Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981 .

Australian Heritage Commission Act—Australian Heritage Commission—Report for 1996-97.

Australian Multimedia Enterprise Limited—Report for 1996-97.

Australian National Training Authority Act—Australia's vocational education and training system—Report for 1996—Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act—Safety Review Committee—Report for 1996-97.

Australian Science and Technology Council Act—Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council—Report for 1996-97.

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act—Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation—Report for 1996-97.

Customs Administration Act—Australian Customs Service—Report for 1996-97.

Dairy Produce Act—Australian Dairy Corporation—Report for 1996-97.

Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal—Report for 1996-97.

Employment, Education and Training Act—National Board of Employment, Education and Training—Report for 1996-97.

Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act—Supervising Scientist—Report for 1996-97 on the operation of the Act.

Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act—Reports for 1996-97—

   Equal employment opportunity program—Australia Post.

   Equity and diversity program—Airservices Australia.

Financial Transaction Reports Act—Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)—Report for 1996-97.

Health Insurance Act—Professional Services Review—Report for 1996-97.

Protection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act—Report for 1996-97 on the working of the Act and the administration of the National Cultural Heritage Fund.

Public Service Act—Reports for 1996-97—

   Defence.

   Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

   Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, including reports pursuant to the Immigration (Education) Act 1971 and the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 .

Repatriation Medical Authority—Report for 1996-97.

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act and Audit Act—Comcare Australia, Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and QWL Corporation Pty Limited—Reports for 1996-97, including reports pursuant to the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 .

Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act—Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority Report for 1996-97.

Social Security Act and Public Service Act—Department of Social Security—Report for 1996-97.

Superannuation Act 1922 and Superannuation Act 1976 —Commissioner for Superannuation (ComSuper)—Report for 1996-97, including a report on the administration and operation of the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973 .

Telecommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act—Spectrum Management Agency—Report for 1996-97 (Final report).

Veterans' Entitlements Act, Public Service Act and Audit Act—Repatriation Commission and the Department of Veterans' Affairs—Reports for 1996-97, including a report of the National Treatment Monitoring Committee and reports pursuant to the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 and the War Graves Act 1980 .

Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act—Wet Tropics Management Authority—Report for 1996-97.

Workplace Relations Act—Employment Advocate—Report for the period 2 January to 30 June 1997.