Community Affairs


Community Affairs

1 January 2009 - 13 May 2009

Matters Current as at 1 January 2009
Matters Referred during period *
Reports tabled that discharge a reference **
Current Inquiries as at 13 May 2009
Standing Committee 3 8 7 +(1) 4

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 15 73:40 3 26:50 9 3:10 4 21:30 31 125:10

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing Committee 21 1 1 0 4 1 2 1

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Televised hearings
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Standing Committee 13 320 65 152 324 264 856 253 6189 0

* includes referral of: annual reports x 1; estimates x 1
** includes 1 report by committee on matters not disposed of

 

Community Affairs (Standing)

1 January 2009 to 13 May 2009

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)
(elected Chair on 13.02.08)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

01.07.08–13.05.09

(elected Deputy Chair on 27.08.08)

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

28.08.08–13.05.09

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09
   

Substitute members

Term of appointment

Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)[1]

17.03.09–13.05.09
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

11.02.09–13.05.09

Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)

12.03.09–13.05.09

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, ALP)

14.02.08–13.05.09

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

14.05.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator David Feeney (VIC, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

13.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, AG)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

01.07.08–13.05.09
   

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator Lyn Allison (VIC, AD)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

12.02.08–28.08.08

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

12.02.08–30.06.08
   

Former substitute members

Term of appointment

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)[2]

11.02.09–12.05.09

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)[3]

01.07.08–19.03.09

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)[4]

20.03.08–15.05.08

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)[5]

16.10.08–04.12.08

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)[6]

15.05.08–24.06.08

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)[7]

10.03.09–12.05.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)[8]

10.11.08–13.11.08

Senator Andrew Murray (WA, AD)[9]

16.06.08–24.06.08
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Mark Arbib (NSW, ALP)

01.07.08–10.03.09

Senator Andrew Bartlett (QLD, AD)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

16.10.08–04.12.08

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08–30.06.08

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)

12.02.08–30.01.09

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

01.07.08–28.08.08

Senator John Hogg (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08–26.08.08

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

12.03.08–30.06.08

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

14.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Kay Patterson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Robert Ray (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–05.05.08

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

12.03.08–30.06.08

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

10.11.08–13.11.08

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)

14.02.08–30.06.08

Senator John Watson (TAS, LP)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

12.03.08–30.06.08

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2009

  • Petrol sniffing and substance abuse in central Australia (referred 17 June 2008)
  • Progress with the implementation of the recommendations in the reports by the Community Affairs References Committee, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record, and Forgotten Australians (referred 18 September 2008)
  • Impact of gene patents on the provision of healthcare in Australia (referred 11 November 2008)

Current inquiries

As at 13 May 2009

  • Progress with the implementation of the recommendations in the reports by the Community Affairs References Committee, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record, and Forgotten Australians (referred 18 September 2008)
  • Impact of gene patents on the provision of healthcare in Australia (referred 11 November 2008)
  • Compliance audits on Medicare benefits (referred 19 March 2009)
  • National registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health workers (referred 19 March 2009)

New references

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008–2009 [Provisions]: Provisions relating to the social housing program (referred 5 February 2009)
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions], and the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions], together with the impact of the tax on ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages (referred 12 February 2009)
  • Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (referred 19 March 2009—through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (referred 19 March 2009—through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Compliance audits on Medicare benefits (referred 19 March 2009)
  • National registration and accreditation scheme for doctors and other health workers (referred 19 March 2009)

Public hearings

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008–2009: Provisions relating to the social housing program—10 February 2009, Canberra;
  • 2008–09 Additional Estimates—25, 26 and 27 February 2009, Canberra
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions], Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009—10 and 11 March 2009, Canberra
  • Petrol sniffing and substance abuse in central Australia—4 March 2009, Adelaide; 12 March 2009, Canberra
  • Impact of gene patents on the provision of healthcare in Australia—19 March 2009, Canberra
  • Progress with the implementation of the recommendations in the reports by the Community Affairs References Committee, Lost Innocents: Righting the Record, and Forgotten Australians—30 March 2009, Melbourne; 31 March 2009, Perth; 6 April 2009, Brisbane; 7 April 2009, Sydney; 8 April 2009, Canberra
  • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009 [Provisions]—28 April 2009, Canberra
  • Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions]—28 April 2009, Canberra
  • Compliance audits on Medicare Benefits—6 May 2009, Canberra
  • National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for doctors and other health workers—7 May 2009, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008–2009 [Provisions]: Provisions relating to the social housing program (tabled 10 February 2009)
  • Annual Report (No. 1 of 2009) (tabled 12 March 2009)
  • Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions], Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and the impact of the tax on ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages (tabled 16 March 2009)
  • Additional Estimates 2008–09 (tabled 17 March 2009)
  • Grasping the opportunity of Opal: Assessing the impact of the Petrol Sniffing Strategy (tabled 19 March 2009)
  • Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009; tabled 12 May 2009)
  • Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 7 May 2009; tabled 12 May 2009)
  • Report on matters not disposed of by the Community Affairs Committee (tabled 13 May 2009)

Government responses

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Nil

Estimates

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

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