On 26 November 2015, the Senate referred an inquiry into the future of Australia's steel industry to the Senate Economics References Committee. 

The inquiry lapsed at the end of the 44th Parliament.

On 11 October 2016, the Senate agreed to the committee's recommendation that this inquiry be re-adopted in the 45th Parliament. The committee is to report by 01 December 2017.

The closing date for submissions is 17 February 2017. 

All correspondence and evidence previously received for this inquiry has been made available to the new committee. This means that submissions already provided to the committee about this issue do not need to be re-submitted. Submissions to this inquiry can be accessed here.

The committee intends to refer to all evidence received during the 44th Parliament.

Committee Secretariat contact:

Additional Committee Support
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Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3585
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
committee.sen@aph.gov.au