Fuel
and Energy
Select Committee on Fuel and Energy
1 July 2010 to 30 August 2010
Method of appointment
Pursuant to
resolution agreed to by the Senate on 25 June 2008.
Current members
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Date of appointment
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Senator Mathias
Cormann (WA, LP)
(elected Chair on 26.06.08)
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26.06.08
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Senator Steve
Hutchins (NSW, ALP)
(elected Deputy Chair on 26.06.08)
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26.06.08
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Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Mitch
Fifield (VIC, LP)
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12.11.08
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Senator the Hon
Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)
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18.03.10
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Senator Anne
McEwen (SA, ALP)
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26.06.08
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Participating members
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Date of appointment
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Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)
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12.03.09
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Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)
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26.06.08
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Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator David Feeney (VIC, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)
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11.11.08
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Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)
|
26.06.08
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Senator Barnaby
Joyce (QLD, NATS)
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18.03.10
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Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)
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26.06.08
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Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)
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01.07.08
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Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)
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01.07.08
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Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)
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01.07.08
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Former members
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Term of appointment
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Senator Steve
Fielding (VIC, FFP)
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26.06.08–11.11.08
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Senator Concetta
Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08–12.11.08
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Senator Barnaby
Joyce (QLD, NATS)
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26.06.08–18.03.10
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Former participating members
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Term of appointment
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Senator Mark
Arbib (NSW, ALP)
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01.07.08–10.03.09
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Senator the Hon
Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)
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26.06.08–30.01.09
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Senator Mitch
Fifield (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08–12.11.08
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Senator John Hogg
(QLD, ALP)
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01.07.08–26.08.08
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Inquiries
As
at 1 July 2010
(a) The impact
of higher fuel and energy prices on:
(i) families
(ii) small
business
(iii) rural
and regional Australia
(iv) grocery
prices, and
(v) key
industries, including but not limited to tourism and transport;
(b)
the role and activities of the Petrol Commissioner, including whether
the Petrol Commissioner reduces the price of petroleum;
(c)
the operation of the domestic energy markets, and petroleum, diesel and
gas markets, including the fostering of maximum competition and provision of
consumer information;
(d)
the impact of an emissions trading scheme on the fuel and energy
industry, including but not limited to:
(i)
prices,
(ii)
employment in the fuel and energy industries, and any related adverse
impacts on regional centres reliant on these industries,
(iii)
domestic energy supply, and
(iv)
future investment in fuel and energy infrastructure;
(e)
the existing set of federal and state government regulatory powers as
they relate to fuel and energy products;
(f)
taxation arrangements on fuel and energy products including:
(i)
Commonwealth excise,
(ii)
the goods and services tax, and
(iii)
new state and federal taxes;
(g)
the role of alternative sources of energy to coal and alternative fuels
to petroleum and diesel, including but not limited to: LPG, LNG, CNG, gas to
liquids, coal to liquids, electricity and bio-fuels such as, but not limited
to, ethanol;
(h)
domestic energy supply and the domestic oil/gas exploration and
refinement industry, with particular reference to:
(i)
the impact of Commonwealth, state and local government regulations on these
industries,
(ii)
increasing domestic oil/gas exploration and refinement activities, with
a view to reducing Australia’s reliance on imported oil, and
(iii)
other tax incentives; and
(iv)
securing Australia's future domestic energy supply;
(i) the
impact of higher petroleum, diesel and gas prices on public transport systems,
including the adequacy of public transport infrastructure and record of public
transport investment by state governments.
(j) any
related matters.
Current inquiries
As
at 30 August 2010
New references
1 July
2010–30 August 2010
Public hearings
1 July
2010–30 August 2010
-
5 & 13 July 2010, Canberra
Reports tabled
1 July
2010–30 August 2010
-
The mining tax: Still bad for the economy—Still bad for jobs
(Second Interim Report) (presented out of session on 30 July 2010; tabled 28
September 2010)
-
Final Report (presented out of session on 30 August 2010; tabled
28 September 2010)
Government responses
1 July
2010–30 August 2010
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