Reports

Promoting community involvement in the work of committees

Conference of committee chairs, deputy chairs and secretaries
6 March 2001

Publication details:

Commonwealth of Australia 2001

ISBN 0 642 36645 4

Report

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Preliminary (PDF)

Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF)

'It's your House' report
The work of committees
Strategies for promoting inquiries

Chapter 2 - Conference of committee chairs, deputy chairs and secretaries (PDF)

Format of the conference
Since It's your House

Chapter 3 - Ideas in action (PDF)

Case study 1 - Economics Committee
Case study 2 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee
Case study 3 - Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Some other effective ways of improving input to inquiries

Chapter 4 - Conclusions and recommendations (PDF)

Organisation of the conference
Proposals emerging from the conference

Appendices

Appendix A - Conference agenda and participants (PDF)
Appendix B - It's your House report: Recommendations relating to committees and the community (PDF)
Appendix C - Speaker's response to Procedure Committee report: It's your House (PDF)
Appendix D - Government response to Procedure Committee report: It's your House (PDF)

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