• List of Senate Committees
• Committee Membership
  
  
• Current inquiries
• Today's hearings
• Upcoming hearings
  
  
• Recently tabled reports
• Completed inquiries
  
• Estimates hearings
  
  
• Government responses outstanding to committee reports

The Senate delegates a range of tasks to its committees. As committee proceedings are flexible, they are able to meet in a variety of places, receive written submissions and hear evidence on specified matters. Numerous inquiries can be held at the same time, so many different issues can be examined and quickly reported back to the Senate.

Committees provide an opportunity for organisations and individuals to participate in policy making and to have their views placed on the public record and considered as part of the decision-making process.

• Getting involved in Senate Committee inquiries
• Information about Committees