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Annual Report 2007–08

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3 Committee activity

The following table summarises the activities of the House of Representatives committees and joint committees of the Forty-first Parliament in 2007–08.

Committee activity, Forty-first Parliament, 2007–08
Committee Meetings Inquiries lapsed
at 15 October 2007
Reports
presented
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 3 0 1
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 6 1 0
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integritya 2 0 0
Australian Crime Commissiona 5 0 1
Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings 0 0 0
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 0 0 0
Corporations and Financial Servicesa 5 1 2
Economics, Finance and Public Administration 8 0 4
Education and Vocational Training 1 0 0
Electoral Matters 4 0 1
Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation 2 0 0
Environment and Heritage 5 1 2
Family and Human Services 6 0 1
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 23 2 3
Health and Ageing 11 0 2
Industry and Resources 4 0 1
Intelligence and Security 5 1 5
Legal and Constitutional Affairs 9 0 1
Members’ Interests 1 0 0
Migration 4 0 1
National Capital and External Territories 2 0 0
Privileges 2 0 2
Procedure 3 1 1
Public Accounts and Audit 9 7 0
Publications 3 0 3
Public Works 12 8 7
Science and Innovation 2 0 1
Selection 3 N/A 3
Transport and Regional Services 5 0 1
Treaties 5 3 4

a Joint committees supported by the Department of the Senate.

Note: The House Committee and Library Committee are advisory committees that do not undertake inquiries or present reports and are not included in this table.

The following table summarises the activities of the House of Representatives committees and joint committees of the Forty-second Parliament in 2007–08.

Committee activity, Forty-second Parliament, 2007–08
Committee Meetings Inquiries active
at 30 June 2008
Reports presented
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 8 1 0
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integritya 8 1 1
Australian Crime Commissiona 14 2 1
Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings 0 0 0
Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts (formerly Environment and Heritage) 8 1 0
Communications (formerly Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) 5 1 0
Corporations and Financial Servicesa 8 1 1
Economics (formerly Economics, Finance and Public Administration) 5 1 1
Education and Training (formerly Education and Vocational Training 7 1 0
Electoral Matters 7 3 1
Employment and Workplace Relations (formerly Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation) 8 1 0
Family, Community, Housing and Youth (formerly Family and Human Services) 8 1 0
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade 38 4 1
Health and Ageing 10 1 0
Industry, Science and Innovation (formerly, Science and Innovation and, in part, Industry and Resources) 7 1 0
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (formerly Transport and Regional Services) 16 2 0
Intelligence and Security 8 1 1
Legal and Constitutional Affairs 9 0 1
Migration 8 1 0
National Capital and External Territories 15 1 0
Petitions (established in the Forty-second Parliament) 7 1 0
Primary Industries and Resources (formerly Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and, in part, Industry and Resources) 7 1 1
Privileges and Members’ Interests (formerly Privileges and, separately, Members’ Interests) 4 1 1
Procedure 6 3 0
Public Accounts and Audit 11 8 2
Publications 4 0 4
Public Works 12 7 5
Treaties 5 4 3

a Joint committees supported by the Department of the Senate.

Note: The House Committee and Library Committee are advisory committees that do not undertake inquiries or present reports and are not included in this table.

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