Members

Members

Chair
Hon Warren Entsch MP
Leichhardt, QLD
Deputy Chair
Senator Anthony Chisholm
ALP, QLD
Members
Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan
NATS, QLD
(from 18 June 2020)
Mr George Christensen MP
Dawson, QLD
Senator Patrick Dodson
ALP, WA
Senator Sam McMahon
CLP, NT
(from 22 July 2019 to 18 June 2020)
Senator Rachel Siewert
Australian Greens, WA
(from 12 June 2020 to 19 February 2021; from 20 February to 2 March 2021; 3 March to 9 March 2021; from 10 March to 19 March 2021; from 20 March to 19 April 2021; from 11 May to 18 May 2021; 19 May to 28 May 2021; from 29 May to 8 June 2021; from 9 June to 17 June 2021 from 19 June to 21 June 2021)
Senator Dean Smith
LP, WA
Hon Warren Snowdon MP
Lingiari, NT
Mr Phillip Thompson OAM MP
Herbert, QLD
Senator Lidia Thorpe
Australian Greens, VIC
(19 February to 20 February 2021; 2 March to 3 March 2021; from 9March to 10 March 2021; from 19 March to 20 March 2021; from 19 April to 11 May 2021; from 18 May to 19 May 2021; from 28 May to 29 May 2021; from 8 June to 9 June 2021; from 17 June to 19 June 2021; from 21 June 2021)
Ms Anika Wells MP
Lilley, QLD

Committee Secretariat

Jenny Adams, Committee Secretary
Bill Pender, Inquiry Secretary
Siobhán Leyne, Inquiry Secretary
Kate Harkins, Senior Researcher
Stephen Sherlock, Senior Researcher
Adam Walker, Researcher
Ben Russell, Researcher
Sarah Brasser, Office Manager
The Committee notes with thanks the research and analysis provided by Terri Janke and Co Pty Ltd on the national and international legislative frameworks governing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage protection.

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About this inquiry

On Thursday 11 June 2020 The Senate referred the following inquiry to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia for inquiry and report by 30 September 2020:

The destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

On Monday, 7 December 2020 The Senate agreed to a reporting extension for the following inquiry to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia for inquiry and report by 18 October 2021.

Submissions Closed.



Past Public Hearings

27 Aug 2021: Canberra
08 Jul 2021: Canberra
06 Jul 2021: Canberra