The House of Representatives amended the resolution of appointment on 15 June 2020, replacing ‘final report no later than 31 July 2020’ in paragraph 2 with ‘final report no later than 31 March 2021’. 

On 8 December 2020 the House of Representatives granted the Committee an extension to present its final report to 30 December 2021.

On 30 November 2021 the House of Representatives granted the Committee an additional extension to present its final report to 1 April 2022.

On 31 March 2022 the final report was tabled in the House of Representatives. The tabling of the final report concluded the Committee's work, and the Committee was then dissolved.

The House of Representatives on 25 July 2019 resolved that:

1. a Select Committee on Regional Australia be appointed to inquire into and report on;
   
   1. Examining the effectiveness of existing regional service delivery and development programs;
   2. Examining the contribution and role of regional Australia to our national identity, economy and environment;
   3. Promoting the development of regional centres, cities, towns and districts including promoting master planning of regional communities;
   4. Promoting private investment in regional centres and regional infrastructure;
   5. Examine the key drivers for unlocking decentralisation opportunities for both the private and public sectors;
   6. Promoting the competitive advantages of regional location for businesses;
   7. Investigate the development of capital city size regional centres in strategic locations and the benefits this offers regional cities, capital cities, the Australian economy and lifestyle;
   8. Examine the potential for new developments, towns and cities to be built in regional Australia;
   9. Examining international examples of nations who have vast and productive regional areas, which are sparsely populated;
   10. Examining ways urbanisation can be re-directed to achieve more balanced regional development;
   11. Identifying the infrastructure requirements for reliable and affordable health, education, transport, telecommunications, clean energy, water and waste in a new settlement of reasonable size, located away from existing infrastructure; and
   12. Consider other measures to support the ongoing growth and sustainability of regional Australia.