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      Parliamentary Joint Committees administered by the Senate Committee Office
      Native Title & The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Land Account 
      
      
      	
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      		Matters Current as at 1 July  | 
      		Matters Refered during period (Including estimates and annual reports)   | 
      		Reports tabled that discharge a reference   | 
      		Current Inquiries as at 31 December   | 
      		
      	
      		| Joint Statutory | 
      		2 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		2 | 
      		
      	
      
      
      	
      		| Number and Hours of Meeting  | 
      		
      	
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      		Public  | 
      		Hrs  | 
      		Public Estimates   | 
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      		Private  | 
      		Hrs  | 
      		Insp/Other  | 
      		Hrs  | 
      		Total Meetings   | 
      		Total Hours   | 
      		
      	
      		| Joint Statutory | 
      		3 | 
      		11:35 | 
      		0 | 
      		0:00 | 
      		3 | 
      		0:35 | 
      		0 | 
      		0:00 | 
      		6 | 
      		12:10 | 
      		
      	
      
      
      	
      		| Meetings by State  | 
      		
      	
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      		ACT  | 
      		NSW  | 
      		VIC  | 
      		TAS  | 
      		SA  | 
      		WA  | 
      		NT  | 
      		QLD  | 
      		
      	
      		| Joint Statutory | 
      		3 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		2 | 
      		0 | 
      		1 | 
      		
      	
      
      
      	
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      		Witnesses  | 
      		Hansard Pages   | 
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      		Televised hearings   | 
      		Estimates  | 
      		Other (Bills)   | 
      		General  | 
      		Estimates  | 
      		Other (Bills)   | 
      		General  | 
      		No. of submissions   | 
      		No. of Pages   | 
      		Government Responses   | 
      		
      	
      		| Joint Statutory | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		21 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
      		197 | 
      		0 | 
      		0 | 
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      Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account (Joint Statutory)
       1 July 2005 to 31 December 2005 
      Method of appointment 
      Pursuant to section 205 of the Native Title Act 1993; amended by Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005, Number 8 of 2005, Date of assent: 22 February 2005, s.4, Schedule 1 (items 208-210); appointed on 18 November 2004
      
      	
      		| Current members   | 
      		Date of appointment  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP) 
      			      			(elected Chair-15.9.05)  
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      		29.11.04  | 
      		
      	
      		The Hon Robert McMullan ( Fraser, ACT, ALP) 
      			      			(elected Deputy Chair-11.5.05)  
        			 | 
      		11.5.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)   | 
      		1.12.04  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Christopher Evans (WA, ALP)  | 
      		7.9.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator David Johnston (WA, LP)*   | 
      		29.11.04  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)   | 
      		1.7.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Mr Daryl Melham ( Banks, NSW, ALP)   | 
      		20.6.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Mr Don Randall, MP ( Canning, WA, LP)   | 
      		6.12.04  | 
      		
      	
      		The Hon Mr Peter Slipper, MP ( Fisher, Qld, LP)   | 
      		6.12.04  | 
      		
      	
      		 Mr David Tollner, MP ( Solomon, NT, CLP)  | 
      		6.12.04  | 
      		
      	
       *Chair – 9.12.04-14.9.04 
        
      
      	
      		| Former members   | 
      		Term of appointment  | 
      		
      	
      		 Mrs Maria Vamvakinou, MP (Calwell, Vic, ALP) 
      			(Deputy Chair-9.12.04-10.5.05)  
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      		6.12.04-11.5.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Meg Lees (SA, APA)   | 
      		7.12.04-30.6.05  | 
      		
      	
      		 Senator Kim Carr ( Vic, ALP)   | 
      		1.12.04-7.9.05  | 
      		
      	
        
      Current inquiries 
       As at  1 July 2005
      
      	- Statutory reporting role (continuing)
 
      	- Native Title Representative Bodies (re-adopted 9 December 2004)
 
      	
      Current inquiries 
       As at  31 December 2005
      
      	- Statutory reporting role (continuing)
 
      	- Native Title Representative Bodies (re-adopted 9 December 2004)       	
 
      	
      New references 
       1 July 2005 –  31 December 2005
            Public hearings 
       1 July 2005 –  31 December 2005
      
      	- Native Title Representative Bodies – 19 July 2005, Perth; 21 November 2005, Brisbane; 29 November 2005, Canberra 
 
      	
      Reports tabled 
       1 July 2005 –  31 December 2005
            Government responses tabled 
       1 July 2005 –  31 December 2005
      
      	- Effectiveness of the National Native Title Tribunal (tabled 10 November 2005; report tabled 4 December 2003)
 
      	- 19 th Report – Native Title Act 1993 – Inquiry under section 206(d) - Second interim report (tabled 10 November 2005; report tabled 26 September 2001)
 
      	
      
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