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REPORTS OF HOUSE AND JOINT COMMITTEES AWAITING GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

The Government is to respond to committee r eports within six months, otherwise the relevant minister must present a signed statement to the House indicating the reasons for non-response.

This list indicates the status of Government responses to committee reports of this parliament, and appears in the first Notice Paper of each sitting fortnight. It includes committee reports requiring an explicit formal Government response to recommendations, but not advisory reports on bills, reports of the Public Works committee, and other domestic committees, etc. A complete list of all House and joint committee reports for the current parliament is available at:

http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/info/npschedule.htm

 

Date tabled +

Committee

Report

Response in six months

Ministerial statement

22 December 2010

Public Accounts and Audit

No. 419: Inquiry into the Auditor-General’s Act 1997

Time not expired

-

3 March 2011

Public Accounts and Audit

No. 421 : Role of the Auditor-General in scrutinising government advertising campaigns

Time not expired

-

23 March 2011

Parliamentary Budget Office

Inquiry into the proposed Parliamentary Budget Office

Time not expired

-

28 April 2011

Corporations and Financial Services

Access for Small and Medium Business to Finance

Time not expired

-

6 May 2011

Gambling Reform

The design and implementation of a mandatory pre-commitment system for electronic gaming machines

Time not expired

-

11 May 2011

Public Accounts and Audit

No. 422: Review of the 2009-10 Defence Major Projects Report

Time not expired

-

+ In the House or presented to the Speaker (and/or the President of the Senate in the case of joint committees), whichever is first.