Scope
The standing committee examined annual reports of government agencies charged with science and environment portfolios and conducted general inquiries on subjects including natural resources and the effects of pollution on the environment and human health.
Sequence
![Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, including previous secretary Peter Dawe, 1981. Standing L-R: Cleaver Elliott [Research Officer] and Sue Thomson [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Colin Mason, Jean Melzer, Tony Mulvihill and Don Jessop [Chair], Peter Dawe [former Secretary], Senators Michael Townley and David MacGibbon.](/assets/committees/body-images/c045/c045-science-and-the-environment-standing-committee-1981-j2-1.jpg)
Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, including previous secretary Peter Dawe, 1981. Standing L-R: Cleaver Elliott [Research Officer] and Sue Thomson [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Colin Mason, Jean Melzer, Tony Mulvihill and Don Jessop [Chair], Peter Dawe [former Secretary], Senators Michael Townley and David MacGibbon.
![Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, 1981. Standing L-R: Cleaver Elliott [Research Officer] and Sue Thomson [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Colin Mason, Jean Melzer, Tony Mulvihill and Don Jessop [Chair], Peter Roberts [Secretary], Senators Michael Townley and David MacGibbon.](/assets/committees/body-images/c045/c045-science-and-the-environment-standing-committee-1981-j2-2.jpg)
Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, 1981. Standing L-R: Cleaver Elliott [Research Officer] and Sue Thomson [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Colin Mason, Jean Melzer, Tony Mulvihill and Don Jessop [Chair], Peter Roberts [Secretary], Senators Michael Townley and David MacGibbon.
Reports
| Date tabled | Title | Read report |
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Review of the Report of the Senate Select Committee on Air Pollution
Parliamentary paper number 129/1976
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 9, 00:34:33-00:37:49. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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| The Impact on the Australian Environment of the Current Woodchip Industry Programme (Interim Report) | ||
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Woodchips and the Environment
Parliamentary paper number 79/1977
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 9, 0:05:42-0:10:25. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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| Physical Sciences - Policy Matters for Science and Technology (Progress Report) Parliamentary paper number 234/1977 | ||
| Annual Reports Referred to the Committee Parliamentary paper number 14/1978 | ||
| Annual Reports Referred to the Committee Parliamentary paper number 24/1978 | ||
| Herbicides, Pesticides and Human Health Parliamentary paper number 15/1978 | ||
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Woodchips and the Environment (Supplementary Report)
Parliamentary paper number 334/1978
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 10, 00:38:54-00:42:00. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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| Annual Reports Referred to the Committee Parliamentary paper number 44/1979 | ||
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Industrial Research and Development in Australia (Submissions also tabled 22 November 1979)
Parliamentary paper number 114/1979
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 11, 00:00:05-00:05:00. Full interview available athttps://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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| The Continuing Scrutiny of Pollution - The River Murray (Progress Report) Parliamentary paper number 117/1979 | ||
| Australian Marine Science (Progress Report) Parliamentary paper number 94/1980 | ||
| The Continuing Scrutiny of Pollution - The River Murray: Comments on Government Response to the Progress Report of June 1980 and the Maunsell Report (Progress Report) Parliamentary paper number 221/1980 | ||
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Australian Marine Science
Parliamentary paper number 129/1981
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 12, 00:44:02-00:47:28. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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The Continuing Scrutiny of Pollution - The River Murray: Implications of Low Flow and Closure of the Mouth (Progress Report)
Parliamentary paper number 359/1981
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 11, 00:06:19-00:10:19. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 11, 00:10:30-00:14:47. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |
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| Examination of Annual Reports Parliamentary paper number 94/1982 | ||
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Pesticides and the Health of Australian Vietnam Veterans (First Report)
Parliamentary paper number 317/1982
Donald Scott Jessop, committee chair 1976-83, Interview with Bruce Edwards, 1990-91, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/91, session 14, 00:38:13-00:43:15. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-207945070/listen |