Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport


Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

12 February 2008 - 30 June 2008

Matters current as at 12 February 2008
Matters re-referred
and/or referred
during period*
Reports tabled that discharge a reference**
Current Inquiries as at 30 June 2008
Standing Committee 0 9 4+(2) 5

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 6 32:01 6 66:52 23 6:23 0 0:00 35 105:16

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing
Committee		 34 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Televised hearings
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Standing Committee 11 295 78 33 832 420 236 199 1413 0

* includes referral of Annual Reports (1) and Estimates (2)
** includes 1 Interim Report and 1 report that re-referred an inquiry from 41st Parliament


Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (Standing)

42nd Parliament (12 February 2008 to 30 June 2008)

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members        

Date of appointment

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)
(elected Chair on 13.02.08)

12.02.08

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)
(elected Deputy Chair on 13.02.08)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

12.02.08

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

12.02.08

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

12.02.08
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Lyn Allison (VIC, AD)

13.02.08

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

14.05.08

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

13.02.08

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator John Hogg (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)

20.03.08

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Kay Patterson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator John Watson (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Robert Ray (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–05.05.08

Inquiries from the end of the 41st Parliament

  • Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector (referred 19 September 2007)

Inquiries discharged at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament

  • Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector (referred 19 September 2007)

Inquiries re-referred

  • Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector (re-referred 14 February 2008)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2008

  • Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector (re-referred 14 February 2008)
  • Concerns in relation to meat marketing, with particular reference to the need for effective supervision of national standards and controls and the national harmonisation of regulations applying to the branding and marketing of meat (referred 19 March 2008)
  • Administration of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and related matters (adopted by committee 29 May 2008)
  • Natural resource management and conservation challenges (referred 26 June 2008)
  • Implementation, operation and administration of the legislation underpinning Carbon Sink Forests (referred 26 June 2008)

New references

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 (referred 12 March 2008)
  • Concerns in relation to meat marketing, with particular reference to the need for effective supervision of national standards and controls and the national harmonisation of regulations applying to the branding and marketing of meat (referred 19 March 2008)
  • Administration of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and related matters (adopted by committee 29 May 2008)
  • Natural resource management and conservation challenges (referred 26 June 2008)
  • Implementation, operation and administration of the legislation underpinning Carbon Sink Forests (referred 26 June 2008)

Public hearings

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • 2007–08 Additional Estimates—18 & 19 February 2008, Canberra
  • Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008—26 March 2008, Canberra; 27 March 2008, Canberra; 31 March 2008, Perth; 22 April 2008, Canberra
  • 2008–09 Budget Estimates—26, 27, 28 & 29 May 2008
  • Meat marketing—10 June 2008, Canberra
  • Climate change and the Australian agricultural sector—30 June 2008, Canberra

Reports tabled

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Report on the references of the 41st Parliament (re-adoption of inquiries, tabled 14 February 2008)
  • Additional Estimates 2007–08 (tabled 18 March 2008)
  • Annual Report (No. 1 of 2008) (tabled 20 March 2008)
  • Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008—Interim Report (Presented out of session 24 April 2008; tabled 13 May 2008)
  • Exposure drafts of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008—Final Report (Presented out of session 30 April 2008; tabled 13 May 2008)
  • Budget Estimates 2008–09 (tabled 25 June 2008)

Government responses

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Nil

Estimates

A statistical summary of this Committee's work when considering Estimates appears in Part Six.

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