Select Committee on Regional Australia

• Inquiry into Regional Australia

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources

• Inquiry into the timber supply chain constraints in the Australian plantation sector
• Inquiry into growing Australian agriculture to $100 billion by 2030

Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts

• Australia’s creative and cultural industries and institutions

Standing Committee on Economics

• Review of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Annual Report 2019
• Review of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Annual Report 2019
• Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2019 (Second Report)
• Review of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Annual Report 2019 (Second Report)
• Review of the Four Major Banks and other Financial Institutions

Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

• Education in Remote and Complex Environments

This inquiry will look at the role of culture, family and community in delivering better education outcomes for students living in remote Australia and in complex environments. The Committee’s work will take into consideration the initiatives in place to meet the unique learning needs of students in these areas and to address barriers that they may face when accessing education.

Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport

• Inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia

Following a referral on 13 August 2020 from the Minister for Health, The Hon Greg Hunt MP, the Committee will inquire into and report on approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia.

Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs

• Inquiry into food pricing and food security in remote Indigenous communities
• Pathways and Participation Opportunities for Indigenous Australians in Employment and Business

Standing Committee on Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources

• Inquiry into Australia’s Waste Management and Recycling Industries

Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Transport and Cities

• Inquiry into options for financing faster rail

Standing Committee on Procedure

• Inquiry into the practices and procedures put in place by the House in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Committee has adopted an inquiry into the practices and procedures put in place by the House during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Inquiry into the maintenance of the standing orders
To inquire into and report on the operation of the standing orders
• Inquiry into the practices and procedures relating to question time
The Procedure Committee will inquire into and report on practices and procedures relating to question time

Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs

• Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

The House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs will inquire and report on family, domestic and sexual violence.

• Inquiry into homelessness in Australia
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs will inquire into and report on homelessness in Australia
• Constitutional roundtable on fixed four-year parliamentary terms
The Committee will hold a public Constitutional Roundtable on the morning of Thursday, 7 November 2019, to discuss fixed four-year terms for the House of Representatives.

Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue

• Inquiry into the Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19
The Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue will inquire into and report on the Commissioner of Taxation Annual Report 2018-19.
• Inquiry into the Tax Treatment of Employee Share Schemes
The Committee will inquire into and report on the effectiveness of the 2015 Employee Share Scheme (ESS) changes.
• Inquiry into the Development of the Australian Corporate Bond Market

The Committee will inquire into and report on the Development of the Australian Corporate Bond Market.

Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy

• Inquiry into the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia
The Standing Committee on the Environment and Energy will inquire and report on the problem of feral and domestic cats in Australia.