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Standing Committee on Science and Innovation

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

41st Parliament (November 2004 - October 2007)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place the science of geosequestration: Report of the inquiry into geosequestration technology (completed)
Parliamentary paper TBA; Tabled 13 August 2007
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Petro Georgiou MP; Deputy Chair: Mr Harry Quick MP
Date of Government Response: no response to date

Pathways to Technological Innovation: Report of the inquiry into pathways to technological innovation (completed)
Parliamentary paper 140/2006; Tabled 19 June 2006
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Petro Georgiou MP; Mr Chris Hayes MP; Deputy Chair: Dr Dennis Jensen MP
Date of Government Response: 18 September 2007 (PDF 134KB)
Date of Interim Government Response: November 2006 (PDF 165KB)

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Science and Innovation

Review of the Department of Education, Science and Training Annual Report
2002-03
(lapsed)

Science overcoming salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem: Report of the inquiry into the coordination of the science to combat the nation's salinity problem
Parliamentary paper 148/2004; Tabled 21 June 2004
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Gary Nairn MP (PDF 40KB)
Deputy Chair: Ms Ann Corcoran MP (PDF 37KB)
Date of Government Response: December 2005 (PDF 1473)

Riding the Innovation Wave: The case for increasing business investment in R&D: Report of the inquiry into business commitment to research and development in Australia
Parliamentary paper 123/2003; Tabled 23 June 2003
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Gary Nairn MP (PDF 323KB)
Deputy Chair: Ms Ann Corcoran MP (PDF 219KB)
Date of Government Response: April 2004 (PDF 3083KB)
Supplementary Government Response: August 2004 (PDF 946KB)

39th Parliament (November 1998 - October 2001)
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources

Getting a better return
Second report of the inquiry into increasing the value added to Australian raw materials
Parliamentary paper 204/2001; Tabled 24 September 2001
Tabling speeches: Chair - The Hon Geoff Prosser MP; Deputy Chair - Mr Allan Morris MP
Date of Government Response: no response to date

Of material value?
First report of the inquiry into increasing the value added to Australian raw materials
Parliamentary paper 159/2000; Tabled 10 April 2000
Tabling speeches: Chair - The Hon Geoff Prosser MP; Deputy Chair - Mr Allan Morris MP
Date of Government Response: not required

The effect of certain public policy changes on Australia's R&D
Parliamentary paper 413/99; Tabled 20 September 1999
Tabling speeches: Chair - Mr Jim Lloyd MP; Deputy Chair - Mr Allan Morris MP
Date of Government Response: 13 April 2000 (PDF 62KB)

38th Parliament (May 1996 - August 1998)
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources

A sea of indifference - Australian industry participation in the North West Shelf project
Parliamentary paper 48/98; Tabled 30 March 1998
Tabling speeches: Chair - The Hon Bruce Reid MP; Deputy Chair - The Hon David Beddall MP
Date of Government Response: 8 December 1999 (PDF 41KB)

Finding a balance: Towards fair trading in Australia
Parliamentary paper 83/97; Tabled 26 May 1997
Tabling speeches: Chair - The Hon Bruce Reid MP; Deputy Chair - The Hon David Beddall MP
Date of Government Response: 30 September 1997

There was one uncompleted inquiry which lapsed on dissolution of the House:
The effects on research and development of public policy reform in the past decade

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 accessed at the National Library of Australia or by contacting the Committee Secretariat.

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