Inquiry into the provisions of the Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010
Information about the Inquiry
On 26 May 2010 the Senate referred the Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 for inquiry and report.
The Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010 was introduced into the House of Representatives and in accordance with a resolution passed by the Senate on 13 May, the provisions of the bill were referred to the committee for inquiry and report.
Written submissions are called as soon as possible within the next few weeks.
Submissions should be received by 30 June 2010. The reporting date is 15 June 2010. On 15 June 2010,the Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 26 August 2010.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to fadt.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3535 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5818 or by email to fadt.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia