On 18 June 2013 the Senate jointly referred the Homelessness Bill 2013 and the Homelessness (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013 for inquiry and report.

The closing date for submissions has not yet been set - please check this website for updates. The reporting date is 25 June 2013. On  25 June 2013, the Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 20 August 2013.

Please note: In view of the calling of the election and the prorogation of the parliament, the committee will not be reporting in detail on this bill. Should a similar bill be re-introduced in the new parliament, the Senate may refer it for inquiry and report.

Written submissions from interested individuals and organisations can be  submitted (preferably in electronic form) online or sent by email to community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.

Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3515 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5829 or by email to community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au.

Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.

Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.