Current Committee inquiries

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Current inquiries fall into two categories: those still accepting submissions and those no longer accepting submissions but yet to report.

Current Senate and Joint Committee inquiries can be located by subject matter, committee name or by bill title | Recently tabled reports |

Current inquiries

Senate legislative and general purpose Committees

Community Affairs Committee

• Gene Patents
• Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports
• Petrol Sniffing and Substance Abuse in Central Australia

Economics Committee

• Aspects of Bank Mergers
• Tax Agent Services Bill 2008
• Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill 2008
• Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008
• Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee

• Fair Work Bill
• Provision of childcare
• The Effects of Climate Change on Training and Employment Needs

Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee

• Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
• The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
• Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008

Finance and Public Administration

• Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008
• Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
• Residential and community aged care in Australia

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

• Defence Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2008
• Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific
• Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

• Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
• Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008
• Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No.1) 2008
• Personal Property Securities Bill 2008 [Exposure Draft]

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee

• Establishment of an Australian Football League team for Tasmania
• Implications for the long-term sustainable management of the Murray Darling Basin system
• Import risk analysis (IRA) for the importation of Cavendish bananas from the Philippines
• Investment of Commonwealth and State funds in public passenger transport infrastructure and services
• Meat Marketing
• Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges
• Water management in the Coorong and Lower Lakes - Implications for the long-term sustainable management of the Murray Darling Basin system

Joint Committees administered by the Senate

Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

• Law enforcement integrity models

Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission

• Legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups

Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services

• There are no current inquiries at this time.

Senate Select Committees

• Agricultural and Related Industries
  • Food production in Australia
  • Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market
• Fuel and Energy
• Men's Health
• National Broadband Network
• Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities

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