On 14 June 2017, the Senate referred an inquiry into the governance and operation of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) to the Senate Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 7 December 2017.
On 27 November 2017, the Senate granted the committee a further extension to report by 24 April 2018.
On 24 April 2018, the Committee requested an extension of time to report to 6 July 2018.
Submissions closed 28 July 2017.