Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

41st Parliament (November 2004 - October 2007)
Standing Committee on Science and Innovation

Between a Rock and a Hard Place the science of geosequestration: Report of the inquiry into geosequestration technology (completed)
Parliamentary paper TBA; Tabled 13 August 2007
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Petro Georgiou MP; Deputy Chair: Mr Harry Quick MP
Date of Government Response: no response to date

Pathways to Technological Innovation: Report of the inquiry into pathways to technological innovation (completed)
Parliamentary paper 140/2006; Tabled 19 June 2006
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Petro Georgiou MP; Mr Chris Hayes MP; Deputy Chair: Dr Dennis Jensen MP
Date of Government Response: 18 September 2007 (PDF 134KB)
Date of Interim Government Response: November 2006 (PDF 165KB)

40th Parliament (February 2002 - August 2004)
Standing Committee on Science and Innovation

Review of the Department of Education, Science and Training Annual Report 2002-03 (lapsed)

Science overcoming salinity: Coordinating and extending the science to address the nation's salinity problem: Report of the inquiry into the coordination of the science to combat the nation's salinity problem
Parliamentary paper 148/2004; Tabled 21 June 2004
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Gary Nairn MP (PDF 40KB)
Deputy Chair: Ms Ann Corcoran MP (PDF 37KB)
Date of Government Response: December 2005 (PDF 1473)

Riding the Innovation Wave: The case for increasing business investment in R&D: Report of the inquiry into business commitment to research and development in Australia
Parliamentary paper 123/2003; Tabled 23 June 2003
Tabling Speeches: Chair: Mr Gary Nairn MP (PDF 323KB)
Deputy Chair: Ms Ann Corcoran MP (PDF 219KB)
Date of Government Response: April 2004 (PDF 3083KB)
Supplementary Government Response: August 2004 (PDF 946KB)

Register of Committee Reports

For a list of reports by this Committee, see the Register of Committee Reports (1901 to current day).

Copies of submissions and transcripts of public hearings

Printed volumes of submissions and transcripts of evidence taken at public hearings for each of the above reports can be reviewed at the National Library of Australia or with the Committee Secretariat.

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