Legislative Council General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3

The General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 is a current standing committee of the Legislative Council, established 7 May 1997, re-established 12 May 2011.

General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 was established to inquire into and report on any matters regarding the expenditure, performance or effectiveness of any Government department, statutory body or corporation within the following portfolios:

Regional Infrastructure and Services
Transport
Roads
Ports
Tourism
Major Events
Hospitality
Racing
The Arts
The Legislature
Trade and Investment

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Inquiries (click to show)

During the current parliament, the following inquiries have been undertaken by the committee:

ReferredInquiry Name
21/05/2013 Budget Estimates 2013-2014 (Commenced)
02/05/2013 Tourism in local communities (Commenced)
15/03/2012 Budget Estimates 2012 - 2013 (Completed)
05/08/2011 Rail infrastructure project costing in NSW (Completed)
12/05/2011 Budget Estimates 2011 - 2012 (Completed)

Records of 22 earlier inquiries conducted by the committee are also available online.

Submissions invited (click to show)


  • Prior to lodging your submission we recommend reading How to Make a Submission (PDF), and for background reading, Standing Committees of the Legislative Council (PDF).
  • Submissions received by the Committee become Committee documents and attract parliamentary privilege. If you republish or distribute a submission, including your own, it will not be a privileged publication as authorised by the Committee. After the Committee has published it, you may include a link to the submission on the Parliament’s website. Information about privilege is contained within the brochure. Please contact the Secretariat if you wish to discuss how parliamentary privilege may affect you.
  • The General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 is currently receiving submissions in respect of the following:


    Reports and government responses (click to show)

    During the current parliament, the committee has or plans to table the following reports:
    Report DateName of the report
    30/11/2012Budget Estimates 2012 - 2013
    08/03/2012Rail infrastructure project costing in New South Wales
    09/12/2011Budget Estimates 2011-2012
    (there are also 25 reports from past Parliaments).

    Members (click to show)

    Position
    Chair: The Hon. Natasha MACLAREN-JONES (Lib, LC Member).
    Deputy Chair: The Hon. Niall BLAIR (Nat, LC Member).
    Members:The Hon. John AJAKA (Lib, LC Member)
     The Hon. Cate FAEHRMANN (The Greens, LC Member)
     The Hon. Paul GREEN (CDP, LC Member)
     The Hon. Penny SHARPE (ALP, LC Member)
     The Hon. Mick VEITCH (ALP, LC Member)

    Contact (click to show)

    RoleNamePhoneFaxEmail
    DirectorMadeleine Foley(02) 9230 3586(02) 9230 2981gpscno3@parliament.nsw.gov.au

    Postal address (click to show)

    Parliament House,
    Macquarie Street
    Sydney NSW 2000

    Terms of Reference establishing Committee (click to show)

    Resolution passed 12 May 2011, Minutes No. 8, Item 6 page 98; as amended 15 March 2012, Minutes No. 71, Item 18 page 819; as amended 19 September 2012, Minutes No. 109, Item 7, p 1247.

    120919 General Purpose Standing Committees Resolution.pdf