Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications 

The Environment and Communications Committees cover the following portfolios: Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (Communications and the Arts functions only).

Current Inquiries

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Environment and Communications References Committee

  • Australia's extinction crisis
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 04 August 2022
            Reporting Date: 26 March 2025

    • Track Inquiry

  • Greenwashing
            Status: Submissions closed
            Date Referred: 29 March 2023
            Reporting Date: 20 November 2024

    • Track Inquiry

  • National Cultural Policy
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 08 February 2023
            Reporting Date: 26 March 2025

    • Track Inquiry

  • Offshore wind industry consultation process
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 03 July 2024
            Reporting Date: 13 February 2025

    • Track Inquiry

  • Waste Reduction and Recycling Policies
            Status: Submissions Closed
            Date Referred: 28 February 2024
            Reporting Date: 05 March 2025

    • Track Inquiry

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Other information

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au