Scope
The standing committee inquired into national development issues such as the management of water resources, alternatives to petroleum-based fuels including solar energy, the aluminium industry and natural resources in Antarctica. The committee also considered agricultural issues including research and extension services, quarantine and plant variety rights.
Sequence
Australian Antarctic Division Director Jim Bleasel and Victorian Senator Olive Zakharov (right) at Hobart wharf, 1984. Senator Zakharov, Senator Noel Crichton-Browne and Secretary of the Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Peter J. Roberts, travelled to Casey station in Dec 1984 on the MV Icebird. Photograph by Stephen Brookes, Australian Antarctic Division.
![Standing Committee on National Resources, 1982. Standing L-R: Jane Palmer [Research Officer] and Derek Abbott [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Tate, John Watson, Andrew Thomas [Chair], Geoff McLaren [Deputy Chair], Florence Bjelke-Petersen and Ted Robertson.](/assets/committees/body-images/c099/c099-national-resources-standing-committee-1982-j2.jpg)
Standing Committee on National Resources, 1982. Standing L-R: Jane Palmer [Research Officer] and Derek Abbott [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Michael Tate, John Watson, Andrew Thomas [Chair], Geoff McLaren [Deputy Chair], Florence Bjelke-Petersen and Ted Robertson.
Reports
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| Solar Energy Parliamentary paper number 68/1977 | ||
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Australia's Water Resources - The Commonwealth's Role
Parliamentary paper number 202/1978
Geoffrey Thomas McLaren, committee member 1976-83, Interview with Dr Tony Hannan, 1988, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/71, session 7, 00:34:25-00:38:06. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217949570/listen |
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The Adequacy of Quarantine
Parliamentary paper number 287/1979
Geoffrey Thomas McLaren, committee member 1976-83, Interview with Dr Tony Hannan, 1988, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/71, session 7, 00:38:06-00:40:00. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217949570/listen |
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The Replacement of Petroleum-based Fuels by Alternative Sources of Energy
Parliamentary paper number 222/1980
Geoffrey Thomas McLaren, committee member 1976-83, Interview with Dr Tony Hannan, 1988, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/71, session 7, 00:40:18-00:42:32. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217949570/listen |
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The Development of the Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Industries
Parliamentary paper number 209/1981
Cartoon - Geoff Pryor, ' "That'll tide you over till I find out what you actually said!" ', Canberra Times, 10 March 1981. Cartoon in response to remarks in support of a resources rent tax thought to have been made by Treasury Secretary John Stone at the Standing Committee on National Resources. Geoffrey Thomas McLaren, committee member 1976-83, Interview with Dr Tony Hannan, 1988, National Library of Australia, TRC 4900/71, session 7, 00:30:39-00:34:24. Full interview available at https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-217949570/listen |
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| The Commonwealth's Role in Rural Research and Extension Services Parliamentary paper number 321/1982 | ||
| Plant Variety Rights Parliamentary paper number 63/1984 | ||
| The Natural Resources of the Australian Antarctic Territory Parliamentary paper number 495/1985 | ||
| Adequacy of Quarantine in the Torres Strait Area Parliamentary paper number 438/1986 |