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Parliamentary Joint Committees administered by the Senate Committee Office

Corporations and Financial Services

	Matters Current as at 1 January	Matters Refered during period (Including estimates and annual reports)	Reports tabled that discharge a reference	Current Inquiries as at 30 June
Joint Statutory	4	2	3+(1*)	3

Number and Hours of Meeting
	Public	Hrs	Public Estimates	Hrs	Private	Hrs	Insp/Other	Hrs	Total Meetings	Total Hours
Joint Statutory	10	23:34	0	0:00	12	3:29	0	0:00	22	27:03

Meetings by State
	ACT	NSW	VIC	TAS	SA	WA	NT	QLD
Joint Statutory	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	2

		Witnesses			Hansard Pages
	Televised hearings	Estimates	Other (Bills)	General	Estimates	Other (Bills)	General	No. of submissions	No. of Pages	Government Responses
Joint Statutory	6	0	0	47	0	0	312	61	444	2

*Report that did not discharge a reference

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

1 January 2005 to 30 June 2005

Method of appointment

Pursuant to section 242 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001; appointed 18 November 2004

Current members	Date of appointment
Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP) (elected Chair-2.12.04)	1.12.04
Ms Anna Burke, MP (Chisholm, Vic, ALP) (elected Deputy Chair-8.12.04)	2.12.04
Senator George Brandis (Qld, LP)	1.12.04
Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)	1.12.04
Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)	1.12.04
Senator Penny Wong (SA, ALP)	1.12.04
Mr Kerry Bartlett, MP (Macquarie, NSW, LP)	6.12.04
Mr Chris Bowen, MP (Prospect, NSW, ALP)	2.12.04
The Hon Ms Jackie Kelly, MP (Lindsay, NSW, LP)	6.12.04
Mr Stewart McArthur, MP (Corangamite, Vic, LP)	6.12.04

 

Former members	Term of appointment

 

Current inquiries

As at 1 January 2005

• Performance of statutory duties (continuing)
• The Australian Accounting Standards tabled in compliance with the Corporations Act 2001 on 30 August and 16 November 2004 (adopted 2 December 2004)
• Regulation of property investment advice (adopted 8 December 2004)
• Regulation of the time share industry in Australia (adopted 8 December 2004)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2005

• Performance of statutory duties (continuing)
• Regulation of the time share industry in Australia (adopted 8 December 2004)
• Corporate responsibility (adopted 22 June 2005)

New references

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

• Exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment Bill (No.2) 2005 (adopted 16 February 2005)
• Corporate responsibility (adopted 22 June 2005)

Public hearings

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

• The Australian Accounting Standards tabled in compliance with the Corporations Act 2001 on 30 August and 16 November 2004 – 7 February 2005, Canberra
• Statutory oversight of Australian Securities and Investments Commission – 15 March 2005, Canberra
• Regulation of property investment advice – 13 April 2005, Gold Coast; 15 April 2005, Sydney; 28 April 2005, Canberra; 29 April 2005, Canberra
• Regulation of the time share industry in Australia – 13 April 2005, Gold Coast; 15 April 2005, Sydney; 28 April 2005, Canberra
• Exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment Bill (No.2) 2005 – 28 April 2005, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

• The Australian Accounting Standards tabled in compliance with the Corporations Act 2001 on 30 August and 16 November 2004 (tabled 10 February 2005)
• Statutory oversight of Australian Securities and Investments Commission (tabled 12 May 2005)
• Inquiry into the Exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment Bill (No.2) 2005 (tabled 16 June 2005)
• Property investment advice: Safe as houses? (tabled 23 June 2005)

Government responses tabled

1 January 2005 – 30 June 2005

• CLERP (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 – Part 1 (tabled 10 March 2005; report tabled 15 June 2004)
• CLERP (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003 – Part 2 (tabled 10 March 2005; report tabled 15 June 2004)

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