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Inquiry into the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008

Information about the Inquiry

On Wednesday 18 June 2008 the Senate adopted report No. 5 from its Selection of Bills Committee which recommended that the  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 be referred to the Finance and Public Administration Committee for inquiry and report by Tuesday 24 June 2008.

See Appendix 1 to the report for further details of the committee's recommendations.

Written submissions are invited and should be received by midday on Thursday 19 June 2008.

The Committee requests that where possible, that submissions be provided by email to fpa.sen@aph.gov.au preferably as MS Word or RTF format documents.

Written submission can also be sent to:

Committee Secretary
Finance and Public Administration Committee
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it is not protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.

A Public Hearing has been scheduled for Friday 20 June, from 9:00 am to 13:00 pm approx. Please see the Public Hearings page for a program.

Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02 6277 7799). Adobe also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. These tools are available at: http://access.adobe.com/.

If you need any further information, contact the Committee Secretariat on +61 2 6277 3530 (phone), +61 2 6277 5809 (fax); or by email to fpa.sen@aph.gov.au.

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3530
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5809
Email:	fpa.sen@aph.gov.au

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