Environment, Communications and the Arts / Senate Committees

Scope

The References Committee inquired into matters referred to it by the Senate relating to portfolio areas that included heritage, the arts, environment, water, climate change, energy efficiency, energy, broadband, communications, and the digital economy.

Chairs

Simon John Birmingham

saLIB 14 May 2008 – 2 Feb 2010

Mary Josephine Fisher

saLIB 4 Feb 2010 – 27 Sep 2010

Sequence

Environment, Communications and the Arts

Environment and Communications

2009

2010

Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee in the Tiwi Islands, 19 May 2009. L-R: Sophie Dunstone [Senior Research Officer], Senators Judith Troeth, Simon Birmingham [Deputy Chair], Rachel Siewert and Anne McEwen [Chair], Dr Ian Holland [Committee Secretary].

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	Audio [duration 5:04] - 'Senate inquiry calls for Royal Commission into home insulation scheme', ABC Radio PM program, 15 July 2010.

Reports

Date tabled	Title	Read report
14 May 2009	Reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media Parliamentary paper number 88/2009
29 Oct 2009	Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands Parliamentary paper number 315/2009 Inspection of native woodland, Tiwi Islands, 19 May 2009. Visit to Tiwi Designs, 19 May 2009. Witnesses from Tiwi Land Council at a hearing at Pickertaramoor, Melville Island, 19 May 2009.
2 Feb 2010	The impacts of mining in the Murray Darling Basin (presented out of session on 4 December 2009) Parliamentary paper number 1/2010
11 May 2010	Interim Report: Sustainable management by the Commonwealth of water resources (presented out of session on 5 May 2010)
11 May 2010	Interim Report: Energy Efficient Homes Package (ceiling insulation) (presented out of session on 5 May 2010)
24 Jun 2010	Australia Post's treatment of injured and ill workers Parliamentary paper number 159/2010
28 Sep 2010	Final Report: Energy Efficient Homes Package (ceiling insulation) (presented out of session on 15 July 2010) Parliamentary paper number 174/2010 'Audio [duration 5:04] - 'Senate inquiry calls for Royal Commission into home insulation scheme', ABC Radio PM program, 15 July 2010.
28 Sep 2010	Interim Report 2: Energy Efficient Homes Package (ceiling insulation) (presented out of session on 30 June 2010)
28 Sep 2010	Interim Report 3: Energy Efficient Homes Package (ceiling insulation) (presented out of session on 9 July 2010)
28 Sep 2010	Second Interim Report: Sustainable management by the Commonwealth of water resources (presented out of session on 30 July 2010)
28 Sep 2010	Interim Report: Green Loans Program (presented out of session on 6 August 2010)