http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Current_Inquiries This feed contains information on new inquiries that have been referred to Senate Committees. en-au © 2014 Parliament of Australia 60 spio@aph.gov.au seniorclerk.committees.sen@aph.gov.au Department of the Senate RSS Creator Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:15:00 +1100 Australian Government News Politics Saturday Sunday 0 1 23 2 21 22 3 4 5 6 7 8 https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/NDISFutureGenBill Senate Standing Community Affairs Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026" Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Community Affairs Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/HealthIncentivePayments Senate Standing Community Affairs Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026" Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Community Affairs Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/TGAMedicinesGoods Senate Standing Community Affairs Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Medicines Shortages and Other Measures) Bill 2026 and a related bill" Thu, 2 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Community Affairs Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/SupportatHomeProgram Senate Standing Community Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "Support at Home Program" Tue, 4 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Community Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/EpilepsyinAustralia Senate Standing Community Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "Epilepsy in Australia" Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Community Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Review_of_legislative_instruments/Income_management/Review_2 Senate Standing Community Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "Social Security (Administration) Legislation Amendment (Income Management and Enhanced Income Management) Instrument 2026 - Review 2" Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Community Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/TLABTaxReformNo2 Senate Standing Economics Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 2) Bill 2026" Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Economics Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/CustomsAmendSafeguard Senate Standing Economics Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Customs Amendment (Safeguard Inquiries) Bill 2026" Wed, 1 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Economics Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/AusUniGraduates Senate Standing Education and Employment References Committee has an inquiry into "Australian university graduates" Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Education and Employment References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/RegionalECEC Senate Standing Education and Employment References Committee has an inquiry into "State of Australia's early childhood education and care system in rural, regional and remote communities" Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Education and Employment References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/WFH2025 Senate Standing Education and Employment Legislation Committee has an inquiry into "Fair Work Amendment (Right to Work from Home) Bill 2025" Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Education and Employment Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/OpeningDoors Senate Standing Education and Employment Legislation Committee has an inquiry into "Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026" Thu, 2 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Education and Employment Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/WageJustice2026 Senate Standing Education and Employment Legislation Committee has an inquiry into "Wage Justice for Early Childhood Education and Care Workers (Special Account) (Extending Support and Strengthening Safety) Bill 2026" Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Education and Employment Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/Greenwashing48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee has an inquiry into the "Greenwashing" Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Environment and Communications References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/NCP48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee has an inquiry into the "National Cultural Policy" Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Environment and Communications References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/TripleZero48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee has an inquiry into the "Triple Zero service outage" Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Environment and Communications References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/AIdatacentres48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee has an inquiry into the "Artificial intelligence and data centres" Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Environment and Communications References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/AusPostRetail48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications References Committee has an inquiry into the "Australia Post retail network" Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Environment and Communications References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/StrengtheningSMMA48P Senate Standing Environment and Communications Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026" Wed, 1 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Environment and Communications Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Finance_and_Public_Administration/FederalFinancialSupport Senate Standing Finance and Public Administration References Committee has an inquiry into the "Financial support for state and territory infrastructure projects" Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Finance and Public Administration References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/Defence_SAPIRC_BIll2025 Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Defence Amendment (Sexual Assault Prevention, Intervention and Response Commission) Bill 2025" Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/DefenceRCDVSNo2Bill26 Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Defence Legislation Amendment (RCDVS Implementation and Related Measures No. 2) Bill 2026" Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/SanctionsAgainstRussia48 Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee has an inquiry into "Effectiveness of sanctions against the Russian Federation" Wed, 5 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade/DefenceEstates Senate Standing Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee has an inquiry into "Management of Defence estate assets" Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Productivity_in_Australia/ProductivityinAustralia Senate Select Committee on Productivity in Australia Tue, 4 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Select Committee on Productivity in Australia https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Intergenerational_Housing_Inequity/HousingInequity Senate Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/StatuteUpdateBill2026 Senate Standing Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee has an inquiry into "Protecting Australians from Foreign Terrorist Fighters Bill 2026" Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/YouthJustice2025 Senate Standing Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system" Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Tobacco2025 Senate Standing Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "Illegal tobacco crisis in Australia" Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/MRH90Incident2026 Senate Standing Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee has an inquiry into the "MRH90 Taipan Helicopter incident" Wed, 4 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Aviationsector_48 Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee has an inquiry into the "State of Australia’s aviation sector and its ability to deliver reliable and affordable services to rural, regional and remote communities" Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Medicareaccess Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee has an inquiry into the "Rural, regional and remote Medicare access and funding" Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Biosecurity2026 Senate Standing Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee has an inquiry into the "Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency) Bill 2026" Thu, 2 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000 Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Corporations_and_Financial_Services/OversightASIC Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has an inquiry into "Oversight of ASIC, the Takeovers Panel and the Corporations Legislation" Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Corporations_and_Financial_Services/SmallBusinessInsurance Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services has an inquiry into "Small business insurance" Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Law_Enforcement/LECybercrime48P Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has an inquiry into the "Capability of law enforcement to respond to cybercrime" Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Law_Enforcement/CombattingCrimeServices Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has an inquiry into "Capability of law enforcement to respond to money laundering and financial crime" Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Law_Enforcement/CombattingCrimeServices Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement has an inquiry into "Combatting Crime as a Service" Thu, 4 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +1000 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Northern_Australia/Industries Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia has an inquiry into "Preparing for emerging industries across Northern Australia" Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +1100 Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/National_Disability_Insurance_Scheme/AnnualReport_2_48th Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme has an inquiry into "Annual Report No. 2 of the 48th Parliament" Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/National_Anti-Corruption_Commission/NACCperformance2026 Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission has an inquiry into "Aspects of the NACC's performance of its functions" Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti-Corruption Commission