Committee activities (inquiries and reports)
42nd Parliament (February 2008 – )
Standing Committee on Communications
Inquiry into Cyber Crime
Current Inquiry
Phoning home: Inquiry into international mobile roaming Report of the inquiry into service that allows you to use your own phone and phone number wherever you are in the world (completed)
Parliamentary paper: TBA; Tabled: 19 March 2009
Tabling Speech: Chair - Ms Belinda Neal MP; Member - The Hon Bruce Billson MP
Date of government response: 9 September 2009 (PDF 494KB)
41st Parliament (November 2004 - October 2007)
Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Tuning in to Community Broadcasting Second report of the Inquiry into community broadcasting (completed)
Parliamentary paper: 125/2007; Tabled: 20 June 2007
Tabling Speech: Chair - The Hon Jackie Kelly MP; Deputy Chair - Ms Julie Owens MP
Date of government response: no response to date Community Television: Options For Digital Broadcasting First report of the Inquiry into community broadcasting (completed)
Parliamentary paper: 30/2007; Tabled: 12 February 2007
Tabling Speech: Chair - The Hon Jackie Kelly MP; Deputy Chair - Ms Julie Owens MP
Date of government response: no response to date
Digital Television: Who's Buying It? Report of the Inquiry into the uptake of digital television in Australia
Parliamentary paper: 34/2006; Tabled 13 February 2006
Tabling Speech: Chair - The Hon Jackie Kelly MP; Deputy Chair - Ms Julie Owens MP; Mr Peter Garrett MP; Mr Chris Hayes; Mr Michael Keenan MP; Mr Ken Ticehurst MP
Date of government response: no response to date 
40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Inquiry into Structure of Telstra:
On 11 December 2002 the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator the Hon. Richard Alston, asked the Committee to inquire into the proposal for the structural separation of Telstra (lapsed)
From Reel to Unreal: Future opportunities for Australia's film, animation, special effects and electronic games industries
Report of the inquiry into the future opportunities for Australia's film, animation, special effects and electronic games industries
Parliamentary paper: 155/2004; Tabled 21 June 2004
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Bob Baldwin MP (PDF 31KB)
Date of Goverment Response: 23 June 2005 (PDF 22KB)
Review of the Special Broadcasting Service Annual Report 2002-2003
Parliamentary paper: 156/2004; Tabled 21 June 2004
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Bob Baldwin MP (PDF 31KB)
Date of Goverment Response: Not required
Connecting Australia: Wireless Broadband Report of the inquiry into wireless broadband technologies.
Parliamentary paper: 500/2002; Tabled 11 November 2002
Tabling Speech: Chair - Mr Christopher Pyne (PDF 10KB)
Date of government response: 23 June 2005 (PDF 41KB)
39th Parliament (November 1998 - October 2001)
Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and the Arts
Local Voices: Inquiry into Regional Radio
Inquiry into the adequacy of radio services in non-metropolitan Australia
Parliamentary paper: 200/2001; Tabled 24 September 2001
Tabling speeches: Chairman - Mr Paul
Neville MP
Date of Government Response: 9 September 2003 (PDF 1958KB)
Covering Your Arts: Art Indemnity in Australia
Parliamentary paper: 188/2001; Tabled 20 September 2001
Tabling speeches: Chairman - Mr Paul
Neville MP
Date of Government Response: 5 December 2002 (PDF 290KB)
Back on Track: Progress in rail reform
Parliamentary paper: 92/2001; Tabled 4 June 2001
Tabling speeches: Chairman - Mr Paul
Neville MP
Date of Government Response: 26 March 2003 (PDF 2199KB)
Beyond the Midnight Oil
An inquiry into managing fatigue in transport
Parliamentary paper: 211/2000; Tabled 9 October 2000
Tabling speeches: Chairman - Mr Paul
Neville MP
Date of Government Response: Tabled 7 August 2001 (dated June 2001)
Regional Radio Racing
Services
An inquiry into the impact of the decision by ABC
radio to discontinue its radio racing service
Parliamentary paper: 129/2000; Tabled 26 June 2000
Date of Government Response: 26 September 2001 (PDF 24KB)
38th Parliament (May 1996 - August 1998)
Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform
Reports are listed below with links to the inquiry pages where available.
Ship safe An inquiry
into the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Annual Report 1996-97
Parliamentary paper 150/98; Tabled 23 November 1998 (presented to the Speaker 26 August 1998)
Date of Government Response: August 1999
Tracking Australia
An inquiry into the role of rail in the national transport network
Parliamentary paper 149/98; Tabled 23 November 1998 (presented to the Speaker July 1998)
Date of Government Response: April 2000
Planning not Patching
An inquiry into Federal road funding
Parliamentary paper 312/97; Tabled November 1997
Date of Government Response: April 2000
Jet Fresh An inquiry into air freight exports of perishable and time
sensitive products
Parliamentary paper 396/96; Tabled December 1996
Date of Government Response: November 1997
Keeping rural Australia posted An inquiry into Australia Post: Rural
and remote letter delivery services
Parliamentary paper 117/96; Tabled September 1996
Date of Government Response: June 1997
Plane Safe Inquiry into aviation safety - the commuter and general aviation sectors
Parliamentary paper 480/95; Tabled 7 May 1996
Date of Government Response: 5 December 1996
Ships of shame
Inquiry into ship safety
Parliamentary paper 494/92; Tabled 17 December 1992
Date of Government Response: 6 September 1993
Earlier reports
For a list of earlier reports by this Committee, see the Register of Committee Reports (1901 to current day).
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