The committee inquired into and reported on matters referred to it by the Senate relating to industry, science and technology. The committee also monitored the annual reports of relevant government agencies and statutory authorities.
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, 1990. Standing L-R: Robert Diamond [Secretary], Senators John Coulter, David Brownhill and John Devereux, and Peter Hallahan [Research Officer]. Seated L-R: Senators Rosemary Crowley, Peter Baume, Bruce Childs [Chair], Bryant Burns and Brian Archer. Image by Peter West, Office of Government Information and Advertising.
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, December 1987. L-R: Derek Drinkwater [Research Officer], Senators Bryant Burns, David Brownhill and Peter Baume, Peter Keele [Secretary], Senators Bruce Childs [Chair], Brian Archer, John Coulter, Jim McKiernan and Peter Cook, and Michael Game [Research Officer].
Reports
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Manufacturing Industry Revitalisation - Making it TogetherParliamentary paper number 392/1988
Standing Committee on Industry and Trade, 26 March 1987. Clockwise around table from left: Senators David Brownhill and Peter Cook, Peter Keele [Secretary], Senators Bruce Childs [Chair], Warwick Parer and Jim McKiernan, Michael Game [Research Officer], witnesses Dr David Solomon [Acting Director, Institute of Industrial Technology, CSIRO] and Dr Robert Frater [Chief of the Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO]. NAA: A6180, 31/3/87/66.
Proposed Changes to the Southern Bluefin Tuna Fishery Management PlanParliamentary paper number 393/1988
Assistance for the Sugar Industry (for Government response see Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1989, second reading speech in House of Representatives)Parliamentary paper number 118/1989
The Contribution that Australian Industry, Science and Technology Can Make to Reducing the Impact of the Greenhouse Effect (Interim Report)Parliamentary paper number 472/1989
People and Technology: New Management Techniques in the Manufacturing IndustryParliamentary paper number 10/1990
Report on Annual Reports: Reports Tabled July-December 1989Parliamentary paper number 88/1990
Consideration of the Patents Bill 1990Parliamentary paper number 439/1990
Examination of Annual Reports: Reports Tabled Autumn Sittings 1990Parliamentary paper number 443/1990
Rescue the Future: Reducing the Impact of the Greenhouse EffectParliamentary paper number 44/1991
Fisheries Administration Bill 1991, Fisheries Management Bill 1991 (and 5 related bills)Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Primary Industries (Industry Councils) Bill 1991Parliamentary paper number 471/1991
Australia's Anti-Dumping and Countervailing LegislationParliamentary paper number 162/1991
Report on Annual Reports: Reports Tabled - Budget Sittings 1990Parliamentary paper number 476/1991
Fisheries Administration Bill 1991; Fisheries Management Bill 1991 (and 5 related bills) (Second Report)Parliamentary paper number 487/1991
Fisheries Administration Bill 1991; Fisheries Management Bill 1991 (and 5 related bills) (Final Report)Parliamentary paper number 487/1991
Examination of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1991Parliamentary paper number 475/1991
Customs and Excise Legislation Amendment Bill 1992Parliamentary paper number 520/1992
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Amendment Bill 1992Parliamentary paper number 520/1992
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 1992Parliamentary paper number 520/1992
Examination of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1992Parliamentary paper number 543/1992
Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1992Parliamentary paper number 544/1992
Consideration of the Appropriations for the Department of Industrial Relations, Divisions 365-372, 910 and 912Parliamentary paper number 544/1992
Gas and Electricity - Combining Efficiency and GreenhouseParliamentary paper number 516/1992
Examination of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1992Parliamentary paper number 545/1992