On 28 October 2010 the Senate referred the  topic of competition in the banking sector  to the Senate Economics Committee for inquiry and report by 31 March 2011. On 24 March 2011, the Senate granted an extension to the reporting date  until 27 April 2011. On 20 April 2011, the Committee tabled an interim report requesting an extension to the reporting date until 6 May 2011.

The Terms of Reference are available at:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/economics_ctte/banking_comp_2010/tor.htm

The Government has released a package of measures aimed at increasing competition in banking. To allow comment on these, the Committee has extended the closing date for submissions to 14 January 2011.

Government's package is described at:
http://www.treasury.gov.au/banking/content/_downloads/competitive_and_sustainable_banking.pdf

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.