Information about the Inquiry

Inquiry into the Government's economic stimulus initiatives

Information about the Inquiry

On 08 September 2009 the Senate referred the following matters to the Senate Economics Committee for inquiry and report.

The inquiry will examine the economic stimulus initiatives announced by the Government since October 2008, including the efficacy of the spending measures and their environmental impact, the costs and benefits of continuing the measures, whether changed economic circumstances warrant changes to the initiatives and their impact on interest rates and taxpayer liabilities.

Submissions should be received by 18 September 2009. The reporting date is 02 October 2009. On 30 September 2009,the Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 27 October 2009.

The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to economics.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:

Department of the Senate
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 3540 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5719 or by email to economics.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.


For further information, contact:

Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3540
Fax:+61 2 6277 5719
Email:economics.sen@aph.gov.au