Senate Environment and Communications References Committee
30 September 2026
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Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Australian Parliament
10:46 - 12:12
Speaker 1
I open this hearing of the Senate Environment and Communication References Committee's inquiry into the Australia Post retail network. I note that today I will be chairing the hearing in the stead of the chair, and I begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present. I extend that respect to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples there today. As I've noted, I'm acting in the place of Senator Hanson-Young, who is the chair of the references committee and I'm the deputy chair. I am also joined by Senator Dean Smith at this stage and we anticipate other senators will join as the hearing progresses.
These are public proceedings being audio streamed live by the Parliament's website and a Hansard transcript is being made.
If there are no objections, the committee authorizes media recording and photography of the committee's proceedings in accordance with broadcasting resolution three. I remind media that this permission can be revoked at any time and the media must follow the directions of secretariat staff. I remind all witnesses that in giving evidence to the committee, they are protected by parliamentary privilege. It is unlawful for anyone to threaten or disadvantage a witness on account of evidence given to a committee, and such action may be treated as a contempt. It is also a contempt to give false and misleading evidence to a Senate committee.
The committee generally prefers evidence to be given in public, but under the Senate's resolutions, witnesses have the right to request to be heard in private session.
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