Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee

• Biosecurity Bill 2014 and related Bills
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 27 November 2014
          Reporting Date: 17 March 2015
  
  
An inquiry into the Biosecurity Bill 2014 and related Bills.
• Criminal Code Amendment (Animal Protection) Bill 2015
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 12 February 2015
          Submissions Close: 12 March 2015
          Reporting Date: 13 May 2015
  
  
An inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Animal Protection) Bill 2015.
• Performance of Airservices Australia
          Status: Ongoing
          Date Referred: 20 October 2014
  
  
An inquiry into the performance of Airservices Australia.

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee

• Airport and aviation security
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 04 December 2014
          Reporting Date: 26 April 2015
  
  

An inquiry into airport and aviation security.

• Aspects of road safety in Australia
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 30 October 2014
          Reporting Date: 09 September 2015
  
  

An inquiry into aspects of road safety in Australia.

• Australian grain networks
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 19 June 2014
          Reporting Date: 04 June 2015
  
  
An inquiry into grain export networks, including the on- and off-farm storage, transport, handling and export of Australian grain
• Australia's transport energy resilience and sustainability
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 03 September 2014
          Reporting Date: 25 June 2015
  
  

An inquiry into Australia's transport energy resilience and sustainability.

• Current and future arrangements for the marketing of Australian sugar
          Status: Upcoming public hearings
          Date Referred: 04 September 2014
          Next Hearing: 10 March 2015
          Reporting Date: 30 April 2015
  
  

An inquiry into the current arrangements for the marketing of Australian sugar.

• Future role and contribution of regional capitals to Australia
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 11 February 2015
          Submissions Close: 30 April 2015
          Reporting Date: 01 December 2015
  
  

An inquiry into the future role and contribution of regional capitals to Australia.

• Industry structures and systems governing the imposition of and disbursement of marketing and research and development (R&D) levies in the agricultural sector
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 02 September 2014
          Reporting Date: 30 June 2015
  
  
An inquiry into the industry structures and systems governing the imposition of and disbursement of marketing and research and development (R&D) levies in the agricultural sector.

• Completed inquiries by this committee