Current Committee Inquiries

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Current inquiries fall into two categories: those still accepting submissions and those no longer accepting submissions but yet to report.

Current Senate and Joint Committee inquiries can be located by subject matter, committee name or by bill title | Recently tabled reports |

Current Inquiries

Senate legislative and general purpose Committees

Community Affairs Committee

• Gene Patents
• Government Expenditure on Indigenous Affairs and Social Services in the Northern Territory
• Petrol Sniffing and Substance Abuse in Central Australia
• Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008
• Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports

Economics Committee

• Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisations
• Gas explosion at Varanus Island, Western Australia
• Statutory definition of Unconscionable Conduct
• Joint marketing arrangements on the North West Shelf
• Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008; Nation-Building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008;COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008
• Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Bill 2008

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee

• Academic Freedom
• The Effects of Climate Change on Training and Employment Needs
• Building and Construction Industry (Restoring Workplace Rights) Bill 2008
• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008
• Schools Assistance Bill 2008 & the Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee

• The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008
• Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008

Finance and Public Administration

• Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
• Residential and community aged care in Australia

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

• Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system
• Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

• The effectiveness of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality
• Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 [Exposure Draft]

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee

• Climate Change and the Australian Agricultural Sector
• Establishment of an Australian Football League team for Tasmania
• Meat Marketing
• Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges
• Water management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes - Implications for the long-term sustainable management of the Murray Darling Basin system

Joint Committees administered by the Senate

Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

• Law enforcement integrity models

Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission

• Legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups

Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

• Franchising Code of Conduct

Senate Select Committees

• Agricultural and Related Industries
  • Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market
  • Food production in Australia
• Fuel and Energy
• Men's Health
• National Broadband Network
• Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities

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