Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications

The Environment and Communications Committees cover the following portfolios: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (Communications and the Arts functions only).

Current Inquiries

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Environment and Other Legislation Amendment (Removing Nuclear Energy Prohibitions) Bill 2022
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 27 October 2022
        Reporting Date: 15 June 2023

Track Inquiry
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 [No. 2]
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 08 September 2022
        Reporting Date: 30 June 2023

Track Inquiry
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Save the Koala) Bill 2021
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 28 July 2022
        Reporting Date: 30 June 2023

Track Inquiry
New  Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023 [Provisions] and Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
        Status: Accepting submissions
        Date Referred: 25 May 2023
        Submissions Close: 01 June 2023
        Reporting Date: 13 June 2023

Track Inquiry

Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 30 March 2023
        Submissions Close: 01 June 2023
        Reporting Date: 01 August 2023

Track Inquiry

Environment and Communications References Committee

Australia's extinction crisis
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 04 August 2022
        Reporting Date: 28 June 2023

Climate-related marine invasive species
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 05 September 2022
        Reporting Date: 31 July 2023

Greenwashing
        Status: Accepting Submissions
        Date Referred: 29 March 2023
        Submissions Close: 08 June 2023
        Reporting Date: 05 December 2023

Impacts and management of feral horses in the Australian Alps
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 09 February 2023
        Reporting Date: 29 September 2023

National Cultural Policy
        Status: Submissions Closed
        Date Referred: 08 February 2023
        Reporting Date: 15 June 2023

See Also:

Completed inquiries by this committee

Other information

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au