Committees

Senate Standing Committee on Rural Affairs and Transport (Current Parliament)

Current Inquiries:

• Interim report: the impact of mining coal seam gas on the management of the Murray Darling Basin
• Animal welfare standards in Australia's live export markets; Live Animal Export (Slaughter) Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2] and Live Animal Export Restriction and Prohibition Bill 2011 [No. 2]
• Interim Report: Science underpinning the inability to eradicate the Asian honey bee
• Biosecurity and quarantine arrangements
• The management of the Murray-Darling Basin
• Pilot training and airline safety including consideration of the Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports) Bill 2010

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee (Current Parliament)

Current Inquiry:

• Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010

Senate Standing Committees on Economics (Current Parliament)

• Foreign Acquisitions Amendment (Agricultural Land) Bill 2010

Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries (42nd Parliament)

Hands off our DNA - Senator Nick Xenophon Row on Blocking of ASX Sale MEDIA RELEASE - Senate Inquiry into bushfires Turning up the heat on milk giants Forest tax break gets the nod Pricing and supply arrangements in the Australian and global fertiliser market Toorale purchase a fraud Queensland's water offer Food Production in Australia Murray policy 'still failing rural towns and cities' Inquiry into water management of the Lower Lakes and Coorong Senate Inquiry into Australia's food production

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Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (42nd Parliament)

Airport security failings denied Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue Laws continued. NSW Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue Laws CASA Inquiry handed down Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008 Establishment of an Australian Football League team for Tasmania Administration of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and related matters Meat Marketing Climate Change & the Australian Agricultural Sector Inquiry into water management of the Lower Lakes and Coorong Implementation, Operation and Administration of the Legislation Underpinning Carbon Sink Forests Inquiry into Natural Resource Management and Conservation Challenges

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