The Murdoch Media Inquiry Bill 2023 seeks to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the state of media diversity and conduct in Australia, in particular the Murdoch media empire. This report does not recommend passing the bill, finding that a commission of inquiry would not be the most appropriate mechanism to address the challenges...

This current package of bills represents the ‘second stage’ of the Australian Government's Nature Positive law reforms. It proposes to establish the governance arrangements for implementing the broader Nature Positive reforms by: creating a new statutory agency; establishing a statutory Senior Executive Service position of Head of Environment Information Australia; and amending nine environmental laws...

This report examines the impacts of climate change on fisheries and marine biodiversity and makes recommendations around research, monitoring and marine natural resource management.

The Committee received 16 submissions to this inquiry, mostly from the music recording industry, copyright groups and the commercial radio sector.

This report examines the impact recent programming decisions have had on the ABC and makes a range of recommendations.