Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

• Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Bill 2020, the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020, and the Radiocommunications (Transmitter Licence Tax) Amendment Bill 2020
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 03 September 2020
          Reporting Date: 04 November 2020
  
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The bills would amend the Radiocommunications Act 1992, to implement recommendations of the 2015 Spectrum Review and modernise the legislative framework for spectrum management.

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Amendment (Grid Reliability Fund) Bill 2020
          Status: Accepting submissions
          Date Referred: 03 September 2020
          Reporting Date: 04 November 2020
  
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The bill would amend the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012, to introduce a $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund, to support investments in new energy generation, storage and transmission infrastructure, including eligible projects shortlisted under the Underwriting New Generation Investments program.

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 27 February 2020
  
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Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020.

• Product Stewardship Amendment (Packaging and Plastics) Bill 2019
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 12 September 2019
  
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Environment and Communications References Committee

• Australia’s faunal extinction crisis
          Status: Receiving submissions
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
  
  
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• Impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
  
  
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• Impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 16 September 2019
  
  
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• Press Freedom
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
  
  
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• Completed inquiries by this committee