Parliamentary committees

Much of the work of parliament is carried out by parliamentary committees. These may be titled: joint, standing or special purpose committees.

Current inquiries by subject matter
A list of all Senate, House and Joint current inquiries and recent reports organised alphabetically by subject matter for the current Parliament

Senate

Business of Committees
Also known as the "Committee Red", this document is issued the day before committees are scheduled to hold public hearings in Parliament House*. It lists the time, place and business of forthcoming committee meetings and hearings, the names of committee chairs and secretaries, and a list of persons scheduled to appear as witnesses (when known).
* Meetings to be held outside Parliament House appear on the Senate Public Hearings / Meetings page.

Senate Committees, includes:

• List of Senate Committees - including membership
• Recent advertisements in The Australian newspaper
• Current Inquiries
• Current Public Hearings program (Senate Business of Committees)
• Recent Committee Reports Tabled
• Committee Transcripts (Hansard)
• Estimate Hearings
• Planned Public Hearings
• Bills to Committees
• Committee Reports
• How to contribute to Senate Committee inquiries

Senate estimates
Information on Senate Legislation Committees Considering next Budget Estimates, Hansards of estimates hearings, Reports from previous estimates hearings.

Senate Committees
Hansard

Consolidated lists of Senate Committee reports

Register of Senate Committee Reports (1970- )
Entries are listed by committee name, subject matter and year of tabling.

Work of committees (2001- )
Includes Legislative and general purpose standing committees, parliamentary joint committees, select committees and other committees.

Reports tabled (1996-2001)
Senate Committees Historical Information and Reports

Library holdings

Consolidated register of Senate Committee reports, (1970- ), Senate, Canberra.

Senate legislative and general purpose standing committees : the first 20 years, 1970-1990, (1991), Senate, Canberra.

Work of committees, (1994- ), Senate, Canberra.

House of Representatives

House of Representatives Committees, includes:

• List of House Committees
• Public hearings schedule
• New inquiries
• Recently tabled reports
• Current inquiries
• Participating in Committee inquiries
• Role, Powers and Procedures of Committees
• Register of Reports by Joint and Standing Committees of the House of Representatives 1996-

House of Representatives Committees
Hansard

Consolidated lists of House of Representatives Committee reports

Register of Reports (1970- )
Reports by Joint and Standing Committees of the House of Representatives

Joint committees
Hansard

Library holdings

Register of reports from Committees of the House of Representatives and Joint Committees. (1970-1993), (1993), AGPS, Canberra.; also titled: Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; no. 211 of 1993 library holdings

See also, Royal commissions / Inquiries.

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