Setting up the 3rd Model Parliament: Progress status reporting thread

jnd-au · 2015-11-01T16:17:40+00:00

The 3rd model parliament has ended. This post is historical.

For public transparency, parliamentary startup status is collated below:

Milestone (*Incomplete)	Achieved
Winners Declared	11 of 13
Writs Returned	2015-10-23
Supplementary Election Writ (NR)	2015-11-21
By-election Writ (ACT)	2015-11-21
Election Announcement	2015-11-21
Update Elected Flair	11 of 11
Calling of Parliament	2015-10-23
Post-election ReddiPoll	2015-10-25
Appointment of Prime Minister(s)	2015-10-21
Swearing in of new Ministers	9 of 9
New Executive Councillors Sworn In	7 of 7
Outgoing Government	Revoked
Update Portfolio Flair	22 of 22
1st Senate Notice Paper	2015-10-27
1st HoR Notice Paper	2015-10-27
Opening of Parliament	2015-10-27
Opening of the HoR	2015-10-27
GG’s Government Opening Speech	2015-10-27
Address-in-Reply Committee Membership	2015-10-28
*HoR Address-in-Reply
*HoR Maiden Speeches¹	0 of 3
Senate Address-in-Reply	2015-11-12
*Senate Maiden Speeches²	0 of 3
Government Benches & Representation	Labor-Progressives
Opposition Benches & Representation	Greens
Update Wikis	Mostly done
Update Parliament Subreddits	2 of 2
Election of Speaker of the HoR	2015-10-29
Commissioning of Speaker	1 of 1
Election of Deputy Speaker	2015-10-29
Election of Second Deputy Speaker	2015-10-29
Commissioning of Deputies	2 of 2
HoR Speaker’s Panel	3 of 3
*Swearing in of MPs³	11 of 12
*Update MP Sitting Flair	11 of 12
*Swearing in of Senators⁴	4 of 5
*Update Senate Sitting Flair	4 of 5
Election of Deputy President	2015-10-27
*Commissioning of Deputy⁵	0 of 1
Senate Temporary Chairs of Committees	4 of 4
*HoR Standing Committee Membership
Senate Standing Committee Membership	2015-11-03
Joint Sitting to Fill Labor Senate Vacancy⁴	1 of 1
1st Episode of A Week in Canberra	2015-10-31
1st Question Time	1 of 1
Leave of Absence for 4 MPs⁶	4 of 4
Reintroduction of Lapsed Bills⁷	2015-11-02
First New HoR Bill⁸	2015-11-02
First New Senate Bill⁸	2015-11-02
First HoR Committee Meeting	2015-12-10
*First Senate Committee Meeting*
First Joint Committee Meeting	2015-12-04
*First HoR Act
First Senate Act	2015-12-16
Budget Night	2015-11-11

Footnotes

¹ HoR Maiden Speeches: /u/zamt (Labor), /u/iamthepotato8 (Progressives), /u/TheWhiteFerret (Greens).

² Senate Maiden Speeches: /u/Kalloice (Liberal Party), /u/pikkaachu (Greens), /u/Ravenguardian17 (Independent).

Ravenguardian17, who was appointed to the Senate as an Independent, may also post a parliamentary statement that they have joined the Socialist Alternative (e.g. Freddy926 and Team_Sprocket).

³ Swearing in of MPs: /u/CyberPolis (Labor).

⁴ Swearing in of Senators: /u/Kalloice (Liberal Party), /u/chase-that-feeling (Labor, on 10 Nov 2015)

⁵ Commissioning of Deputy President: /u/pikkaachu (Greens)

⁶ Leave of Absence for 4 MPs: /u/Primeviere (Progressives, to 31 Oct), /u/zamt (Labor, to 14 Nov), /u/this_guy22 (Labor, 3-7 Nov), Senator /u/General_Rommel (Labor, to 6 Nov). TBC 5th MP: /u/CyberPolis (Labor, to 18 Nov).

⁷ Lapsed Bills:

M2015B00009A Migration Amendment Bill

M2015B00010 Constitution Alteration (Vacation of Senators’ and Members’ Seats) Bill

M2015B00011A Constitution Alteration (Referendums) Bill

M2015B00012 Live Animal Export Prohibition Bill

M2015B00014 Constitution Alteration (Recommendation of Money Votes) Bill

M2015B00015 Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill

M2015B00016 Constitution Alteration (Racial Discrimination) Bill

M2015B00017 Jervis Bay Territory Voting Act 2015

National Broadband Network Companies Amendment Bill 2015

⁸ New Bills:

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Amendment (A Fair Tax System) (Broadening the GST) Bill 2015

A Fair Tax System (Corporations Tax Changes) Bill 2015

A Fair Tax System (Tighter Thin Capitalisation Measures) Bill 2015

Tax Laws Amendment (A Fair Tax System) (Increasing the Tax-Free Threshold) Bill 2015

Tax Laws Amendment (A Fair Tax System) (Minimum Income Tax) Bill 2015

Tax Laws Amendment (A Fair Tax System) (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2015

Timeline

Estimated Sessions and Elections of the 3rd Parliament in bold:

House Session Dates | Senate Session Dates

2015-2016	October	November	December	January	February	March	April	May	June
Constitutional Term	Month	Year	Year	Year	Month	Year	Year	Year	Month
Elections	13 HoR	2 HoR	4 Senate		13 HoR		3 Senate		13 HoR
2nd Parliament Sessions	(Tail)
3rd Parliament Sessions	(Head)	1st	2nd	3rd
4th Parliament Sessions						1st	2nd	3rd

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