Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee
Scope
The References Committee inquired into and reported to the Senate on policy issues relating to portfolio areas including environment, heritage, communications, information technology and the arts.
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee members at Mossman, Queensland, 29 June 2006. L-R: Senator Andrew Bartlett [Chair], the helicopter pilot, Senator Claire Moore and Judith Adams [Deputy Chair], Dr Ian Holland [Secretary] and Senator Dana Wortley.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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References of the 38th Parliament (readoption of the Inquiries into: The Powers of the Commonwealth on the Environment; Hinchinbrook Channel)
The GST and a New Tax System (supplementary information tabled 28 June 1999)
Parliamentary paper number 79/1999
Commonwealth Environment Powers
Parliamentary paper number 113/1999
Jabiluka: The Undermining of Process - Inquiry into the Jabiluka Uranium Mine Project
Parliamentary paper number 145/1999
The Hinchinbrook Channel Inquiry
Parliamentary paper number 195/1999
Committee members including Senators Lyn Allison [Chair], John Hogg and Marise Payne inspect the Port Hinchinbrook development site at Cardwell, Qld, with developer Keith Williams, July 1998.
Witnesses and audience at a Cardwell hearing of the commmittee, July 1998.
Cardwell hearings of the committee, July 1998. L-R: Witness, broadcasting officer and Senators Bill O'Chee, John Hogg and Lyn Allison [Chair], Roxane Le Guin [Committee Secretary] and Senators Ian MacDonald and Marise Payne.
ABC On-Line Interim Report
Parliamentary paper number 73/2000
Inquiry into Gulf St Vincent
Parliamentary paper number 112/2000
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Bill 2000 [and] Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 168/2000
The Heat is On: Australia's Greenhouse Future - Report on Global Warming and the Convention on Climate Change (Implementation) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 267/2000
ABC On-line (Final report)
Parliamentary paper number 45/2001
Electromagnetic Radiation
Parliamentary paper number 76/2001
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000 [and] Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 77/2001
Above Board? Methods of appointment to the ABC Board
Parliamentary paper number 219/2001
References of the 39th Parliament (readoption of the Inquiry into Urban Water Use)
The value of water: Inquiry into Australia's management of urban water
Parliamentary paper number 580/2002
Regulating the Ranger, Jabiluka, Beverley and Honeymoon uranium mines
Parliamentary paper number 262/2003
Beverley Mine, 2002.
Senators on top of the Grade 2 Stockpile, Ranger Mine, 2002.
Senators at the Beverley plant, 2002.
Senators at Honeymoon wellfield, 2002.
Libraries in the online environment
Parliamentary paper number 265/2003
Australian telecommunications network
Parliamentary paper number 182/2004
Competition in broadband services
Parliamentary paper number 192/2004
Interim report - Budgetary and environmental implications of the Government’s Energy White Paper (presented out of session on 2 September 2004) (see report tabled on 14 June 2005 - PP 136/05)
References of the 40th Parliament (re-adoption of the inquiries into: Regulation, control and management of invasive species; Environment, Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002
References of the 40th Parliament (re-adoption of the inquiry into budgetary and environmental implications of the Government’s Energy White Paper)
Turning back the tide - the invasive species challenge: Report on the regulation, control and management of invasive species and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Invasive Species) Bill 2002 (addit'nl info tabled 15.3.05)
Parliamentary paper number 358/2004
A lost opportunity? Inquiry into the provisions of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Bill 2004 and related bills and matters
Parliamentary paper number 55/2005
Second Interim report - Budgetary and environmental implications of the Government's Energy White Paper (presented out of session on 18 April 2005) (see report tabled on 14 June 2005 - PP 136/05)
Lurching forward, looking back: Budgetary and environmental implications of the Government's Energy White Paper (presented out of session on 16 May 2005)
Parliamentary paper number 136/2005
The performance of the Australian telecommunications regulatory regime
Parliamentary paper number 168/2005
Living with salinity - a report on progress: The extent and economic impact of salinity in Australia
Parliamentary paper number 57/2006
The committee inspecting a drainage site in the Great Southern Region of WA, 17 November 2005. L-R: Senators Andrew Bartlett, Judith Adams, Ursula Stephens and Ruth Webber.
Committee members inspecting a drainage site in the Great Southern Region of WA, 17 November 2005.
Inspecting farm systems to manage salinity, Great Southern Region of WA, 17 November 2005.
Committee hearing at Wagga Wagga, 10 February 2006. L-R: Paula Charnock [President, Wagga Wagga Urban Landcare], Dick Green [G0 Green Services], Dr Petrina Quinn [Central Riverina Landcare Network], James Phillips, Sister Carmel Wallis [Erin Earth], Hansard officer, Broadcasting officer, Senators Rachel Siewert and Ruth Webster, Jaquie Dewar [Committee Secretary], Senators Andrew Bartlett, Judith Adams and Ursula Stephens.
Committee members inspecting efflorescence (white staining) on a building in Wagga Wagga, 10 February 2006. Senators from right: Judith Adams, Ursula Stephens, Ruth Webber and Andrew Bartlett.
Site inspection at Wagga Wagga, 10 February 2006.
About time! Women in sport and recreation in Australia
Parliamentary paper number 172/2006
![Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee members at Mossman, Queensland, 29 June 2006. L-R: Senator Andrew Bartlett [Chair], the helicopter pilot, Senator Claire Moore and Judith Adams [Deputy Chair], Dr Ian Holland [Secretary] and Senator Dana Wortley.](/assets/committees/body-images/c051/c051-jacquie-dewar-june-06-112-committee-and-helicopter-at-mossman.jpg)