COMMITTEES

Unless otherwise shown, appointed for life of 43rd Parliament

Standing

Pursuant to standing orders

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AFFAIRS: Mr Neumann (Chair), Dr Stone (Deputy Chair), Ms Grierson, Ms Griggs, Mr Haase, Mr Husic, Mr Perrett.

Current inquiry:

High level of involvement of Indigenous juveniles and young adults in the criminal justice system.

AGRICULTURE, RESOURCES, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY: Mr Adams (Chair), Mr Schultz (Deputy Chair), Mr Cheeseman, Mr Christensen, Mr Crook, Mr Lyons, Mr Mitchell, Mr Tehan.

Current inquiries:

Australian forestry industry.

Bills referred 26 May 2011.

APPROPRIATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION: The Speaker (Chair), Mr Fitzgibbon, Ms Hall, Mr E. T. Jones, Mr C. Kelly, Ms Marino, Mr Scott, Mr K. J. Thomson, Ms Vamvakinou.

CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT AND THE ARTS: Mr Zappia (Chair), Dr Washer (Deputy Chair), Ms A. E. Burke, Ms Hall, Ms Marino, Mr K. J. Thomson, Wyatt Roy.

Current inquiry:

Australia’s biodiversity in a changing climate.

ECONOMICS: Mr C. R. Thomson (Chair), Mr Ciobo (Deputy Chair), Mr Buchholz, Mr S. P. Jones, Dr Leigh, Ms O'Dwyer, Ms Owens (Mr Billson to be a supplementary member for the purpose of the inquiry into the Competition and Consumer (Price Signalling) Amendment Bill 2010).

Current inquiries:

Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011.

Competition and Consumer (Price Signalling) Amendment Bill 2010.

Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2010.

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT: Ms Rishworth (Chair), Mr Ramsey (Deputy Chair), Mrs K. L. Andrews, Mrs D'Ath, Ms O'Neill, Mr Symon, Mr Tudge.

Current inquiry:

Mental health and workforce participation.

HEALTH AND AGEING: Mr Georganas (Chair), Mr Irons (Deputy Chair), Mr Coulton, Ms Hall, Mr Lyons, Ms O'Neill, Mr Wyatt.

Current inquiries:

Registration processes and support for overseas trained doctors.

Roundtable forum on early intervention programs aimed at youth suicide prevention.

HOUSE: The Speaker, Mr Entsch, Mr Fitzgibbon, Ms Hall, Mr Hayes, Mr E. T. Jones, Mr McCormack.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS: Ms Bird (Chair), Mr Neville (Deputy Chair), Mr Fletcher, Mr Husic, Mr S. P. Jones, Mr Oakeshott, Mrs Prentice, Mr Symon.

Current inquiries:

Navigation Amendment Bill 2011.

Ratio of cabin crews on aircraft.

Role and potential of the National Broadband Network.

Smart Infrastructure.

PETITIONS: Mr Murphy (Chair), Dr Jensen (Deputy Chair), Mr Adams, Mr Broadbent, Ms A. E. Burke, Mr Byrne, Mr Chester, Ms Saffin, Mr Symon, Mr van Manen.

PROCEDURE: Ms Owens (Chair), Mr Broadbent (Deputy Chair), Ms Bird, Mr Fitzgibbon, Mr Irons, Mr E. T. Jones, Mr Sidebottom.

Current inquiries:

Procedural changes implemented in the 43^rd Parliament.

Maintenance of the standing and sessional orders.

PRIVILEGES AND MEMBERS’ INTERESTS: Ms A. E. Burke (Chair), Mr Secker (Deputy Chair), Mr Alexander, Mr Cheeseman, Mr Fitzgibbon (nominee of the Leader of the House), Mr Lyons, Mr Randall, Ms Rowland, Mr Somlyay (nominee of the Deputy Leader of the Opposition), Mr Symon, Mr Windsor.

Current inquiry:

Draft Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.

PUBLICATIONS: Mr Hayes (Chair), Mr Vasta (Deputy Chair), Mr Irons, Dr Leigh, Mr Mitchell, Mr O'Dowd.

REGIONAL AUSTRALIA: Mr Windsor (Chair), Mr Sidebottom (Deputy Chair), Ms Livermore, Mr McCormack, Mr Mitchell, Dr Stone, Mr Tehan, Mr C. R. Thomson.

SELECTION: The Speaker (Chair), Mr Bandt, Mr Coulton, Mr Entsch, Mr Fitzgibbon, Ms Hall, Mr Hayes, Mr Oakeshott, Mr Ruddock, Ms Saffin, Mr Secker.

SOCIAL POLICY AND LEGAL AFFAIRS: Mr Perrett (Chair), Mrs Moylan (Deputy Chair), Mr Neumann, Ms Rowland, Ms Smyth, Dr Stone, Mr Vasta.

Current inquiries:

Insurance response to natural disasters.

Regulation of billboard and outdoor advertising.

Joint Select

christmas island tragedy of 15 december 2010: (Formed 2 March 2011): Mr Champion, Mr Husic, Mr Keenan, Mrs Markus, Mr Perrett, Senator Cash, Senator Crossin, Senator Fielding, Senator Hanson-Young, Senator Marshall (To report by 30 June 2011).

CYBER-SAFETY: (Formed 30 September 2010): Senator Wortley (Chair), Mr Hawke (Deputy Chair), Mr Husic, Ms Marino, Mr Perrett, Ms Rishworth, Mr Zappia, Senator Barnett, Senator Bushby, Senator Ludlam, Senator Pratt (To report by 30 April 2012).

GAMBLING REFORM: (Formed 30 September 2010): Mr Wilkie (Chair), Mr Champion (Deputy Chair), Mr Ciobo, Mr Frydenberg, Mr S. P. Jones, Mr Neumann, Senator Back, Senator Bilyk, Senator Crossin, Senator Xenophon (To report by 30 June 2013).

Current inquiries:

Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008.

Poker Machine (Reduced Losses—Interim Measures) Bill 2010.

Prevalence of interactive and online gambling in Australia.

PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE: (Formed 22 November 2010): Senator Faulkner (Chair), Mr Pyne (Deputy Chair), Ms A. E. Burke, Mr Champion, Mrs D'Ath, Ms O'Dwyer, Mr Oakeshott, Senator Cameron, Senator Joyce, Senator Milne (Committee dissolved).

Joint Statutory

AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY: Ms Parke (Chair), Senator Macdonald (Deputy Chair), Mr Hayes, Mr Matheson, Mr Simpkins, Mr Zappia, Senator Cameron, Senator Fielding, Senator Marshall, Senator Parry.

Current inquiry:

The operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006.

BROADCASTING OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS: The Speaker, The President, Mr Coulton, Mr Hayes, Mr Murphy, Wyatt Roy, Ms Vamvakinou, Senator C. Brown, Senator Parry.

CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES: Mr Ripoll (Chair), Senator Boyce (Deputy Chair), Mr Fletcher, Mr Griffin, Mr A. D. H. Smith, Ms Smyth, Senator Cormann, Senator Hurley, Senator Stephens.

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY: Mr Byrne (Chair), Mr Ruddock (Deputy Chair), Mr Danby, Mr Melham, Mr Wilkie, Senator Faulkner, Senator Forshaw, Senator McGauran, Senator Trood.

Current inquiries:

Review of Administration and Expenditure No. 9 (2009 - 2010) - Australian Intelligence Agencies.

Review of the Listing of Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Pennisula (AQAP) and the re-listing of six Terrorist Organisations.

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Senator Hutchins (Chair), Senator Mason (Deputy Chair), Ms Grierson, Mr Hayes, Mr Keenan, Mr Matheson, Ms Vamvakinou, Senator Fielding, Senator Parry, Senator Polley.

Current inquiry:

Adequacy of aviation and maritime security measures to combat serious and organised crime.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT: Mr Oakeshott (Chair), Mrs D'Ath (Deputy Chair), Mr Adams, Mr Briggs, Ms Brodtmann, Mr Cheeseman, Mr Frydenberg, Ms O'Neill, Ms Smyth, Mr Somlyay, Senator Barnett, Senator Bishop, Senator Hurley, Senator Kroger, Senator Sterle.

Current inquiries:

Biannual Public Hearing with the Commissioner of Taxation.

National funding agreements.

Review of Auditor-General’s reports.

PUBLIC WORKS: Ms Saffin (Chair), Senator Troeth (Deputy Chair), Mrs K. L. Andrews, Mr Forrest, Mr Georganas, Mr Ripoll, Mr Secker, Senator Forshaw, Senator Marshall.

Current inquiries:

Brisbane, Queensland—Integrated fit-out of new leased premises for the Australian Taxation Office at 55 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, Queensland.

Canberra, ACT—Australian Defence Force Academy Redevelopment.

Darwin, NT—Development and construction of housing for the Department of Defence at Muirhead.

Darwin, NT—Robertson Barracks Electrical Reticulation System Upgrade.

Greenway, ACT—Fit-out of new leased premises for the Human Services portfolio.

Joint Standing

ELECTORAL MATTERS: Mr Melham (Chair), Mr Somlyay (Deputy Chair), Mrs B. K. Bishop, Mr Griffin, Ms Rishworth, Senator Birmingham, Senator C. Brown, Senator R. Brown, Senator Polley, Senator Ryan (Mr Chester, Mr Tehan and Mr Windsor to be members, and Senator Birmingham to be discharged as a member, for the purpose of the inquiry into funding of political parties and election campaigns).

Current inquiries:

Conduct of the 2010 Federal Election and matters related thereto.

Options to improve the system for the funding of political parties and election campaigns.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE: Senator Forshaw (Chair), Mrs Gash (Deputy Chair), Mr Adams, Ms J. Bishop, Ms Brodtmann, Mr Byrne, Mr Champion, Mr Danby, Mr L. D. T. Ferguson, Mr Fitzgibbon, Mr Gibbons, Mr Griffin, Dr Jensen, Mrs Mirabella, Mr Murphy, Mr O'Dowd, Ms Parke, Mr Robert, Mr Ruddock, Ms Saffin, Mr Scott, Dr Stone, Ms Vamvakinou, Senator Bishop, Senator Ferguson, Senator Furner, Senator Hanson-Young, Senator Johnston, Senator Ludlam, Senator Macdonald, Senator Moore, Senator O'Brien, Senator Payne, Senator Trood.

Current inquiries:

Australia’s relationship with the countries of Africa.

Australia's trade and investment relations with Asia, the Pacific and Latin America.

Australia’s trade and investment relationship with Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Review of the Defence Annual Report 2009-10.

Review of the Foreign Affairs and Trade Annual Report 2009-10.

MIGRATION: Ms Vamvakinou (Chair), Mrs Markus (Deputy Chair), Ms Gambaro, Mr Georganas, Mr Ramsey, Mr Zappia, Senator Bilyk, Senator Boyce, Senator Hanson-Young, Senator McEwen.

Current inquiry:

Multiculturalism in Australia.

National broadband network: Mr Oakeshott (Chair), Mrs D'Ath (Deputy Chair), Mr Fletcher, Mr Hartsuyker, Mr Husic, Ms Ley, Mr Neville, Ms Rowland, Mr Symon, Mr Turnbull, Senator Birmingham, Senator C. Brown, Senator Cameron, Senator Fisher, Senator Ludlam, Senator Macdonald.

Current inquiry:

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Fibre Deployment) Bill 2011.

NATIONAL CAPITAL AND EXTERNAL TERRITORIES: Senator Pratt (Chair), Mr Simpkins (Deputy Chair), Mr Adams, Ms Brodtmann, Dr Leigh, Mr Secker, Senator Adams, Senator Crossin, Senator Fielding, Senator Humphries.

PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY: Mr Adams (Chair), Senator Trood (Chair), Mr Broadbent, Mr Champion, Mr Christensen, Mr Melham, Mr C. R. Thomson, Senator Barnett, Senator Bilyk, Senator Cameron, Senator Fielding, Senator Hutchins.

TREATIES: Mr K. J. Thomson (Chair), Senator McGauran (Deputy Chair), Ms Bird, Mr Briggs, Mr Forrest, Ms Grierson, Ms Livermore, Ms Parke, Ms Rowland, Dr Stone, Senator Birmingham, Senator Cash, Senator Ludlam, Senator O'Brien, Senator Pratt, Senator Wortley.

Current inquiries:

Treaties tabled 23 March 2011 (V&P, 23 March 2011, page 439).

Treaties tabled 11 May 2011 (V&P, 11 May 2011, page 494).

APPOINTMENTS TO STATUTORY BODIES

ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVES: Mrs Prentice (appointed 24 February 2011, for a period of 3 years).

COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: Mr Adams (elected from 13 May 2011, for a period of 3 years).

PARLIAMENTARY RETIRING ALLOWANCES TRUST: Mr Fitzgibbon (appointed 19 October 2010) and Mr Somlyay (appointed 13 February 2008).

By Authority of the House of Representatives