Committee establishment, role and history
The standing committee is one of twelve general purpose investigatory committees
established by the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia.
Information on the establishment, role and powers of House of Representatives
committees can be found at the Committee
Office home page and in chapters 16 and 17 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives.
In summary, the role of the Standing Committee on Communications is to carry out inquiries into matters referred to it by the House of Representatives or a Minister of the Commonwealth Government. The Committee can also inquire into matters raised in annual reports of Commonwealth Government departments and authorities and into reports of the Commonwealth Auditor-General.
The Committee has had the following name changes in previous Parliaments:
- 2001-07 Standing Committee on Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
- 1998-01 Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and the Arts
- 1996-98 Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform
- 1987-96 Standing Committee on Transport, Communications and Infrastructure.
The following report of a joint select committee was also tabled.
Report of the Joint Select Committee on Video Material: Tabled 28 April, 1988.
A full list of reports tabled by the Committee and its predecessors is available online together with reports of inquiries completed since 1997.
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