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Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

41st Parliament (November 2004 - October 2007)

Inquiry into the Future Development of the Australian Honey Bee Industry (lapsed on the prorogation of the 41st Parliament)

Skills: Rural Australia's Need
Inquiry into rural training and research
Parliamentary paper 37/2007;Tabled 26 February 2007
Date of Government Response: No response to date

Taking control: a national approach to pest animals
Inquiry into the impact on agriculture of pest animals
Parliamentary paper 430/2005; Tabled 28 November 2005
Date of Government Response: No response to date

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Getting Water Right(s) The future of rural Australia
Inquiry into future water supplies for Australia's rural industries and communities
Parliamentary paper 152/2004; Tabled 21 June 2004
Date of Government Response: No response to date

39th Parliament (December 1998 - October 2001)
Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services

Bioprospecting: Discoveries changing the future
Inquiry into development of high technology industries in regional Australia based on bioprospecting
Parliamentary paper 192/2001; Tabled 20 September 2001
Date of Government Response: 26 September 2002 (PDF 551KB)

Work in progress: Proceed with Caution
Inquiry into primary producer access to gene technology
Parliamentary paper 257/2000; Tabled 19 June 2000
Date of Government Response: 27 March 2001 (PDF 1,762KB)

Time running out: Shaping Regional Australia's Future
Inquiry into the infrastructure and the development of Australia's regional areas
Parliamentary paper 42/2000; Tabled 13 March 2000
Date of Government Response: 23 May 2001 (PDF 6,020KB)

38th Parliament (May 1996 - August 1998)
Standing Committee on Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs

Adjusting to Agricultural Trade Reform: Australia no longer down under
Parliamentary paper 96/98; Tabled 22 June 1998
Date of Government Response: 23 May 2001 (PDF 1,643KB)

Developments in New Zealand Agriculture – Report of the Committee's visit to New Zealand
Parliamentary paper 397/97; Tabled 1 December 1997
Date of Government Response: 8 March 2001

Managing Commonwealth Fisheries: The Last Frontier
Parliamentary paper 107/97; Tabled 23 June 1997
Date of Government Response: 8 March 2001 (PDF 1,729KB)
Auditor-General's response: 29 August 1997

Earlier reports

For a list of earlier reports by this Committee, see the Register of Committee Reports (1901 to current day).

Copies of submissions and transcripts of public hearings

Printed volumes of submissions and transcripts of evidence taken at public hearings for each of the above reports can be reviewed at the National Library of Australia or with the Committee Secretariat.

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