Inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of Australia's koala population
Information about the Inquiry
On 17 November 2010 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications for inquiry and report.
The Environment and Communications Committee is currently trialling access arrangements for people who are blind or vision impaired, to
electronic submissions for the committee's inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of Australia's koala population. If you would like to have a submission from this inquiry converted to HTML format please contact the secretariat on 02 6277 3526 or
ec.sen@aph.gov.au.
The Committee would welcome feedback on the effectiveness of the trial. Feedback should be sent to
ec.sen@aph.gov.au or alternatively contact the secretariat on 02 6277 3526.
Submissions should be received by 08 February 2011. The reporting date is 01 June 2011. On 21 September 2011,the Senate granted an extension of time for reporting until 22 September 2011.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to ec.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 Environment and Communications
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 3526 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5818 or by email to ec.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: Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia