Committee activity
This appendix tallies the activities of the House of Representatives and joint committees of the Forty-sixth Parliament, 2019–20. Only House and joint committees supported by the Department of the House of Representatives are listed.
Committee | Meetings | Inquiries active at 30 June 2020 | Reports presenteda |
|---|---|---|---|
Scrutiny committees | |||
Agriculture and Water Resources | 23 | 2 | 0 |
Communications and the Arts | 25 | 0 | 1 |
Economics | 27 | 4 | 6 |
Electoral Matters | 17 | 3 | 3 |
Employment, Education and Training | 12 | 1 | 1 |
Environment and Energy | 26 | 2 | 2 |
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade | 92 | 7 | 1 |
Health, Aged Care and Sport | 15 | 0 | 1 |
Indigenous Affairs | 15 | 2 | 0 |
Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources | 19 | 1 | 0 |
Infrastructure, Transport and Cities | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Intelligence and Security | 67 | 9 | 7 |
Migration | 23 | 1 | 1 |
National Capital and External Territories | 9 | 1 | 0 |
National Redress Scheme | 17 | 1 | 1 |
Northern Australia | 17 | 2 | 0 |
Public Accounts and Audit | 22 | 4 | 2 |
Public Works | 29 | 4 | 10 |
Regional Australia | 28 | 1 | 1 |
Social Policy and Legal Affairs | 17 | 3 | 1 |
Tax and Revenue | 12 | 3 | 0 |
Trade and Investment Growth | 16 | 1 | 1 |
Treaties | 15 | 5 | 3 |
Internal committees | |||
Appropriations and Administration | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petitions | 16 | 0 | 13 |
Privileges and Members’ Interests | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Procedure | 17 | 3 | 0 |
Publications (House) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Selection | 18 | 0 | 17 |
a. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties often present reports that incorporate multiple completed inquiries. Statistics detailed here tally the number of reports presented only and not the number of completed inquiries.
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