Fuel
and Energy
12 February 2008 - 30 June 2008
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Matters current as at 12 February
2008 |
Matters referred
during period |
Reports tabled that discharge a
reference |
Current Inquiries as at 30 June
2008 |
| Select Committee |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Number and Hours of Meeting |
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Public |
Hrs |
Public Estimates |
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Private |
Hrs |
Insp/Other |
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Total Meetings |
Total Hours |
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0:00 |
0 |
0:00 |
1 |
0:05 |
0 |
0:00 |
1 |
0:05 |
| Meetings by State |
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ACT |
NSW |
VIC |
TAS |
SA |
WA |
NT |
QLD |
Select
Committee |
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Witnesses |
Hansard Pages |
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Televised hearings |
Estimates |
Other (Bills) |
General |
Estimates |
Other (Bills) |
General |
No. of submissions |
No. of Pages |
Government Responses |
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Select Committee on Fuel and Energy
42nd Parliament (12 February 2008 to 30 June 2008)
Method of appointment
Pursuant to resolution agreed to by the Senate on 25 June 2008.
Current members
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Date of appointment
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Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)
(elected Chair on 26.06.08) |
26.06.08
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Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)
(elected Chair on 26.06.08) |
26.06.08
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Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)
|
26.06.08
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Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)
|
26.06.08
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Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)
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26.06.08
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Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)
|
26.06.08
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Participating members
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Date of appointment
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Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)
|
26.06.08
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Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)
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26.06.08
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Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)
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26.06.08
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Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)
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26.06.08
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Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)
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26.06.08
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Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)
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26.06.08
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Current inquiry
As
at 25 June 2008
- (a)The impact of higher petroleum, diesel and
gas prices on:
(i) families
(ii) small
business
(iii) rural
and regional Australia
(iv) grocery
prices, and
(v) key
industries, including but not limited to tourism and transport;
(b)
the role and activities of the Petrol Commissioner, including whether
the Petrol Commissioner reduces the price of petroleum;
(c) the operation of the domestic petroleum, diesel and gas markets,
including the fostering of maximum competition and provision of consumer
information;
(d)
the impact of an emissions trading scheme on the fuel and energy
industry, including but not limited to:
(i) prices,
(ii) employment in the fuel and energy industries, and any related adverse
impacts on regional centres reliant on these industries,
(iii) domestic energy supply, and
(iv) future investment in fuel and energy infrastructure;
(e) the existing set of state government regulatory powers as they relate to
petroleum, diesel and gas products;
(f) taxation arrangements on petroleum, diesel and gas products including:
(i) Commonwealth excise,
(ii) the goods and services tax, and
(iii) new state and federal taxes;
(g) the role of alternative fuels to petroleum and diesel, including but not
limited to: LPG, LNG, CNG, gas to liquids, coal to liquids, electricity and
bio-fuels such as, but not limited to, ethanol;
(h)
the domestic oil/gas exploration and refinement industry, with
particular reference to:
(i) the impact of Commonwealth, state and local government regulations on
this industry,
(ii) increasing
domestic oil/gas exploration and refinement activities, with a view to reducing
Australia’s reliance on imported oil, and
(iii) other
tax incentives; and
(i) the
impact of higher petroleum, diesel and gas prices on public transport systems,
including the adequacy of public transport infrastructure and record of public
transport investment by state governments.
Current inquiry
As
at 30 June 2008
- (a) The impact of higher petroleum, diesel and gas prices on:
(i) families
(ii) small
business
(iii) rural
and regional Australia
(iv) grocery
prices, and
(v) key
industries, including but not limited to tourism and transport;
(b) the role and activities of the Petrol Commissioner, including whether
the Petrol Commissioner reduces the price of petroleum;
(c) the operation of the domestic petroleum, diesel and gas markets,
including the fostering of maximum competition and provision of consumer
information;
(d)
the impact of an emissions trading scheme on the fuel and energy
industry, including but not limited to:
(i) prices,
(ii) employment in the fuel and energy industries, and any related adverse
impacts on regional centres reliant on these industries,
(iii) domestic energy supply, and
(iv) future investment in fuel and energy infrastructure;
(e) the existing set of state government regulatory powers as they relate to
petroleum, diesel and gas products;
(f) taxation arrangements on petroleum, diesel and gas products including:
(i) Commonwealth excise,
(ii) the goods and services tax, and
(iii) new state and federal taxes;
(g) the role of alternative fuels to petroleum and diesel, including but not
limited to: LPG, LNG, CNG, gas to liquids, coal to liquids, electricity and
bio-fuels such as, but not limited to, ethanol;
(h) the domestic oil/gas exploration and refinement industry, with
particular reference to:
(i) the impact of Commonwealth, state and local government regulations on
this industry,
(ii) increasing domestic oil/gas exploration and refinement activities, with
a view to reducing Australia’s reliance on imported oil, and
(iii) other tax incentives; and
(i) the
impact of higher petroleum, diesel and gas prices on public transport systems,
including the adequacy of public transport infrastructure and record of public
transport investment by state governments.
Public hearings
25 June 2008–30 June 2008
Reports tabled
25 June 2008–30 June 2008
Government responses
25 June 2008–30 June 2008
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