Inquiry into the effectiveness of the House committee system
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This report is comprised of preliminary pages, 7 chapters and 7 appendices.
Preliminary pages (PDF 352KB) Contents, Foreword, Committee Membership, Terms of Reference, List of Abbreviations and List of Recommendations
Chapter 1 (PDF 435KB) Introduction
Chapter 2 (PDF 472KB) Resourcing for committees
Chapter 3 (PDF 352KB) Committees: Participatory democracy
Chapter 4 (PDF 573KB) Structure of the House committee system
Chapter 5 (PDF 232KB) Powers and operations
Chapter 6 (PDF 455KB) The various types of committee work
Chapter 7 (PDF 290KB) Outcomes of committee work
Appendix A (PDF 103KB) 1976 recommendations
Appendix B (PDF 164KB) 1998 recommendations
Appendix C (PDF 113KB) Submissions and exhibits
Appendix D (PDF 102KB) Briefings and hearings
Appendix E (PDF 73KB) Procedures for dealing with witnesses
Appendix F (PDF 592KB) Committee positions
Appendix G (PDF 226KB) Government responses
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