Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications 

The Environment and Communications Committees cover the following portfolios: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (Communications and the Arts functions only).

Current Inquiries

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Environment and Communications References Committee

  • Australian Antarctic Division funding
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 09 August 2023
            Next Hearing: 24 April 2024
            Reporting Date: 08 May 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Australia's extinction crisis
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 04 August 2022
            Reporting Date: 28 June 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Glencore’s proposed carbon capture and storage project
            Status: Accepting Submissions
            Date Referred: 25 March 2024
            Submissions Close: 02 May 2024
            Reporting Date: 02 July 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Greenwashing
            Status: Submissions closed
            Date Referred: 29 March 2023
            Next Hearing: 22 April 2024
            Reporting Date: 28 June 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Middle Arm Industrial Precinct
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 05 September 2023
            Reporting Date: 13 August 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • National Cultural Policy
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 08 February 2023
            Reporting Date: 20 June 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Optus Network Outage
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 09 November 2023
            Reporting Date: 09 May 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • Waste Reduction and Recycling Policies
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 28 February 2024
            Reporting Date: 22 November 2024

    • Track Inquiry

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Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au