Categories of Committees

Standing Committees

▪ Legislative and General Purpose (including Legislation and References Committees)

Community Affairs

Economics

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Environment and Communications

Finance and Public Administration

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

▪ Legislative Scrutiny

Regulations and Ordinances

Scrutiny of Bills

▪ Standing (Domestic)

Appropriations and Staffing

House

Library

Privileges

Procedure

Publications

Selection of Bills

Senators’ Interests

Select Committees

Agricultural and Related Industries (final report presented 23 August 2010 and tabled 28 September 2010)

Australia’s Food Processing Sector

Fuel and Energy (final report presented 30 August 2010 and tabled 28 September 2010)

Reform of the Australian Federation (report presented 30 June 2011 and tabled 4 July 2011)

Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities (final report presented 24 September 2010 and tabled 28 September 2010)

Scrutiny of New Taxes (final report tabled 1 November 2011)

Joint Committees

▪ Select

Australia’s Clean Energy Future Legislation (report presented 7 October 2011 and tabled 11 October 2011)

Australia’s Immigration Detention Network

Christmas Island tragedy of 15 December 2010 (report presented 29 June 2011 and tabled 4 July 2011)

Cyber Safety

Gambling Reform

Parliamentary Budget Office (report tabled 23 March 2011)

▪ Standing

Electoral Matters

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Migration

National Broadband Network

National Capital and External Territories

Parliamentary Library

Treaties

▪ Statutory

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity

Australian Crime Commission (replaced by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement with the commencement of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010 on 24 November 2010)

Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings

Corporations and Financial Services

Human Rights

Intelligence and Security

Law Enforcement (replaced the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission with the commencement of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Act 2010 on 24 November 2010)

Public Accounts and Audit

Public Works

Details appear in the following section, with committees listed in alphabetical order.