The Standing Committee on Economics inquired into and reported on policy matters, bills, estimates, annual reports and the performance of government departments and agencies in portfolios including Treasury, industry, tourism and resources.
Standing Committee on Economics questioning Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister representing the Treasurer, and officers from the Macroeconomic Group of the Treasury at an additional estimates hearing, 20 February 2008. Seated facing witnesses clockwise from top: Senators Barnaby Joyce, David Bushby, Mitch Fifield and Alan Eggleston [Deputy Chair] (obscured), John Hawkins [Secretary] (obscured), Senators Annette Hurley [Chair], Helen Coonan, Ruth Webber and Andrew Murray. DPS Auspic.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 4 October 2006) (additional information tabled on 11 October 2006)Parliamentary paper number 437/2006
Interim report - Petrol pricing (see Petrol prices in Australia tabled on 7 December 2006 - PP 413/06)
Petrol prices in AustraliaParliamentary paper number 413/2006
Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and related bills [provisions] (additional information tabled on 26 February 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 7) Bill 2006 (Hansard records tabled on 28 February 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 (corrected version of Senator Joyce's comment tabled on 28 March 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2007)Parliamentary paper number 63/2007
Additional estimates 2006-07Parliamentary paper number 64/2007
Corporations (NZ Closer Economic Relations) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 May 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Interim report - Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 April 2007) (see report tabled on 9 May 2007 - PP 105/07)
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 2) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 3 May 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 June 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 3) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 June 2007)Parliamentary paper number 105/2007
Budget estimates (2007-08)Parliamentary paper number 129/2007
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 August 2007) (additional information tabled on 13 August 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Interim report - Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007 [Provisions] and a related bill (presented 31.7.07) (see report tabled on 7 August 2007 - PP 207/07)
Interim report - Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 31 July 2007) (see report tabled on 7 August 2007 - PP 207/07)
Interim report - Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 [Provisions]; Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No.1) 2007 [Provisions] and related bill (presented out of session on 31 July 2007) (report tabled 7.8.07- PP 207/07)
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Regulation and Review) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 August 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 [Provisions]; Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Bill (No.1) 2007 [Provisions] and a related bill (presented out of session on 1 August 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Discretionary Mutual Funds and Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers) Bill 2007 [Provisions]; Corporations (National Guarantee Fund Levies) Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 August 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Trade Practices Amendment (Predatory Pricing) Bill 2007 (presented out of session on 1 August 2007) (additional information tabled on 13 August 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Interim report - Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 September 2007) (see report tabled on 10 September 2007 - PP 207/07)
Private equity investment in Australia (presented out of session on 20 August 2007) (Revised additional comments by Senator Joyce tabled on 10 September 2007)Parliamentary paper number 169/2007
Trade Practices Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 5 September 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 6 September 2007)Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2007Parliamentary paper number 207/2007
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2007)Parliamentary paper number 206/2007
Interim report - Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 (see interim report tabled on 12 February 2008)
Interim report - National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 (see interim report tabled on 12 February 2008 and report tabled on 16 June 2008)
Interim report - Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007 (presented out of session on 11 February 2008) (see report tabled on 16 September 2008 - PP 557/08)
Interim report - National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 (presented out of session on 11 February 2008) (see report tabled on 16 June 2008 - PP 310/08)
Additional estimates 2007-08Parliamentary paper number 230/2008
Economics Committee member Senator David Bushby questioning officers at an additional estimates hearing, 20 February 2008. L-R: Senators Cory Bernardi, Barnaby Joyce and David Bushby. DPS Auspic.
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2008)Parliamentary paper number 231/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 1 May 2008)Parliamentary paper number 310/2008
Interim report - Australia's mandatory Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance scheme (presented out of session on 1 May 2008) (see report tabled on 13 November 2008 - PP 537/08)
Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 11 June 2008)Parliamentary paper number 310/2008
Interim report - Reserve Bank Amendment (Enhanced Independence) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 May 2008) (see report tabled on 16 June 2008 - PP 310/08)
National Market Driven Energy Efficiency Target Bill 2007 [2008] and Renewable Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Power Percentage) Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 30 May 2008)Parliamentary paper number 310/2008
Interim report: Australia's space science and industry sector (see report tabled on 12 November 2008 - PP 524/08)Parliamentary paper number 280/2008
Budget estimates 2008-09Parliamentary paper number 309/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 310/2008
Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Trade Practices (Creeping Acquisitions) Amendment Bill 2007 [2008]Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008; Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 557/2008
Interim report - National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008; National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (see report tabled on 14 October 2008 - PP 558/08)Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and three related billsParliamentary paper number 558/2008
Provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 of the Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 3) Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Unit Pricing (Easy comparison of grocery prices) Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2008Parliamentary paper number 557/2008
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2008)Parliamentary paper number 556/2008
Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 [Provisions] and three related billsParliamentary paper number 558/2008
Interim report - Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (see report tabled on 10 November 2008 - PP 558/08)
Tax Laws Amendment (Education Refund) Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008; National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (see interim report tabled on 27 August 2008 - PP 558/08)Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 20 October 2008)Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (additional comments by Opposition senators tabled on 24 November 2008)Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Lost in space? Setting a new direction for Australia's space science and industry sector (see interim report tabled on 23 June 2008 - PP 280/08)Parliamentary paper number 524/2008
Standing Committee on Economics site inspection of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Tidbinbilla, ACT, 28 July 2008.
Standing Committee on Economics at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Tidbinbilla, ACT, 28 July 2008. L-R: John Hawkins [Committee Secretary], Stephanie Holden [Senior Research Officer], unknown, Senator Annette Hurley [Chair], unknown, Senators Doug Cameron and David Bushby, unknown.
Standing Committee on Economics with aerospace engineer and former NASA astronaut Dr Andy Thomas, Adelaide, 23 May 2008. L-R: Senators David Bushby, Alan Eggleston, Grant Chapman and Annette Hurley [Chair], Dr Thomas, Senators Natasha Stott Despoja and Ruth Webber.
Australia's mandatory Last Resort Home Warranty Insurance schemeParliamentary paper number 537/2008
Temporary Residents' Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions]; Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented on 18.11.08) (minority report by Senator Xenophon on 24.11.08)Parliamentary paper number 558/2008
Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 557/2008
Joint marketing arrangements on the North West Shelf projectParliamentary paper number 548/2008
Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 [Provisions]; Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 [Provisions]; COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 557/2008
The need, scope and content of a definition of unconscionable conduct for the purposes of Part IVA of the Trade Practices Act 1974Parliamentary paper number 550/2008
Matters relating to the gas explosion at Varanus Island, Western AustraliaParliamentary paper number 551/2008
Disclosure regimes for charities and not-for-profit organisationsParliamentary paper number 554/2008
Tax Agent Services Bill 2008 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 26 February 2009)Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) Bill 2008 (presented out of session on 26 February 2009)Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009 and a related bill (presented out of session on 27 February 2009)Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions]Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2009)Parliamentary paper number 46/2009
Additional Estimates 2008-09Parliamentary paper number 147/2009
Interim report - Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (presented out of session on 14 April 2009)
Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Final report (presented out of session on 16 April 2009)Parliamentary paper number 63/2009
Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 30 April 2009)Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009 and the Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 (presented out of session on 7 May 2009)Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009)Parliamentary paper number 149/2009
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009)Parliamentary paper number 150/2009
![Standing Committee on Economics questioning Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister representing the Treasurer, and officers from the Macroeconomic Group of the Treasury at an additional estimates hearing, 20 February 2008. Seated facing witnesses clockwise from top: Senators Barnaby Joyce, David Bushby, Mitch Fifield and Alan Eggleston [Deputy Chair] (obscured), John Hawkins [Secretary] (obscured), Senators Annette Hurley [Chair], Helen Coonan, Ruth Webber and Andrew Murray. DPS Auspic.](http://103.18.108.76/uploads/7b1/7b1df4fdf97b9a518f47/c027-080193-165-estimates.jpg)