Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

• New  Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No.1) Bill 2021
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 13 May 2021
          Submissions Close: 28 May 2021
          Reporting Date: 17 June 2021
  
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The bill proposes to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to ‘reduce the expenditure required by subscription television broadcasting licensees on new eligible drama expenditure from 10 per cent to 5 per cent; provide for subscription television captioning rules to be made by legislative instrument; remove the requirement that all frequency channels allotted or reserved in a digital radio channel plan be within the same frequency band; provide that a regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee does not breach a licence condition if it is only as a result of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) making a new licence area population determination; and extend the timeframe for the ACMA to make grants under the Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund beyond 30 June 2021’.
• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 27 February 2020
          Reporting Date: 20 October 2021
  
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Inquiry into the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2020.

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Regional Forest Agreements) Bill 2020
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 18 February 2021
  
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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021
          Status: Accepting Submissions
          Date Referred: 25 February 2021
          Reporting Date: 02 December 2021
  
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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 25 February 2021
          Reporting Date: 01 June 2021
  
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On 25 February 2021, the Senate referred the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 1 June 2021.

• Interactive Gambling Amendment (Prohibition on Credit Card Use) Bill 2020
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 18 March 2021
          Reporting Date: 30 July 2021
  
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The bill would amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to prevent interactive gambling service providers from accepting payments by credit card (either directly or indirectly), create a criminal offence and civil penalty provision for a person who accepts, facilitates or promotes credit card payments for interactive gambling services and provides for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce and review the new requirements.

Environment and Communications References Committee

• Australia Post inquiry
          Status: Submissions Closed
          Date Referred: 25 February 2021
          Reporting Date: 25 May 2021
  
  
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• Australia’s faunal extinction crisis
          Status: Receiving submissions
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
          Reporting Date: 30 November 2021
  
  
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• Impact of feral deer, pigs and goats in Australia
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
          Reporting Date: 19 May 2021
  
  
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• Impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 16 September 2019
          Reporting Date: 21 May 2021
  
  
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• Media diversity in Australia
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 11 November 2020
          Reporting Date: 04 August 2021
  
  
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• Press Freedom
          Status: Submissions closed
          Date Referred: 23 July 2019
          Reporting Date: 19 May 2021
  
  
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• Completed inquiries by this committee