Environment, Communications and the Arts


Environment, Communications and the Arts

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 3 5 + (2) 1

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 7 26:00 2 21:45 17 7:23 0 0:00 26 55:08

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing Committee 22 1 3 0 0 0 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 6 119 11 53 261 67 310 105 1026 0

* includes referral of: annual reports x 1; estimates x 1
** includes 2 Interim Reports

Environment, Communications and the Arts (Standing)

1 January 2009 to 13 May 2009

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members        

Date of appointment

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

(elected Chair on 14.02.08)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

(elected Deputy Chair on 6.08.08)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

15.10.08–13.05.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

24.11.08–13.05.09

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

12.02.08–13.05.09
   

Substitute members

Date of appointment

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)[1]

18.03.09
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Mark Arbib (NSW, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

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 Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

01.12.08–13.05.09

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

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 Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

01.07.08–13.05.09

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 Gary Humphries (ACT, 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)

04.12.08–13.05.09

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

18.03.09–13.05.09

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 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 Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08–13.05.09

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 Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.02.08–13.05.09

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 Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

12.02.08–13.05.09

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

01.07.08–13.05.09
   

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator Andrew Bartlett (QLD, AD)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–24.11.08

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

01.07.08–15.10.08
   

Former substitute members

Term of appointment

Senator Mark Arbib (NSW, ALP)[2]

24.02.09–24.02.09

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)[3]

23.02.09–23.02.09

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)[4]

01.12.08–30.04.09

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)[5]

04.12.08–07.05.09
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Lyn Allison (VIC, AD)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08–15.10.08

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 John Hogg (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08–26.08.08

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 Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

23.02.09–24.02.09

Senator Robert Ray (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–05.05.08

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)

13.02.08–30.06.08

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

12.02.08–24.11.08

Senator John Watson (TAS, LP)

12.02.08–30.06.08

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2009

  • Effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in protecting threatened species and ecological communities (referred 18 June 2008)
  • Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands (referred 4 December 2008)
  • Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008 (referred 4 December 2008—through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Current inquiries

As at 13 May 2009

  • Forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands (referred 4 December 2008)
  • The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media (referred 12 February 2009)

New references

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media (referred 12 February 2009)

Public hearings

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in protecting threatened species and ecological communities—18 February 2009, Canberra
  • 2008–09 Additional Estimates—23 and 24 February 2009, Canberra
  • Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008—14 April 2009, Shepparton VIC; 15 April 2009, Canberra
  • The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media—15 April 2009, Canberra; 16 April 2009, Sydney; 29 April 2009, Melbourne; 5 May 2009, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2009–13 May 2009

  • Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008 (presented out of session 18 December 2008; tabled 3 February 2009)
  • Annual Report (No. 1 of 2009) (tabled 12 March 2009)
  • Additional Estimates 2008–09 (tabled 17 March 2009)
  • The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999—First Report (tabled 18 March 2009)
  • The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999—Interim (Final) Report (presented out of session 24 April 2009, tabled 12 May 2009)
  • The operation of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999—Final (Second) Report (presented out of session 30 April 2009, tabled 12 May 2009)
  • Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008 (presented out of session 7 May 2009, tabled 12 May 2009)
  • The reporting of sports news and the emergence of digital media (tabled 14 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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