Public toilets

This inquiry was established on 15 August 2024 to inquire into and report on public toilets.

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This inquiry was self-referred on 15 August 2024.

Terms of reference - PC 8 - Inquiry into public toilets, updated 9 October 2024

Date	Milestone
15 Aug 2024	Self-referred
02 Dec 2024	Submissions closed
17 Mar 2025	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
31 Mar 2025	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
01 Apr 2025	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
07 Apr 2025	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
29 Apr 2025	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
16 Oct 2025	Final Report
16 Oct 2025	Final Report
16 Jan 2026	Government Response to Final Report due

No. 1 Mr Dan Hayes
No. 2 Ms Cath Blakey
No. 3 Port Kembla Chamber of Commerce
No. 4 Mrs Anne Doak
No. 5 Name suppressed
No. 6 Ms Viola Morris
No. 7 Mr Richard Tassicker
No. 8 Mr Gokulan Gopal
No. 9 Confidential
No. 10 Confidential
No. 11 Sublime Point Escarpment Committee
No. 12 Country Women’s Association of NSW
No. 13 Ms Fiona Davies
No. 14 Katherine Webber	Attachments
No. 15 Mr Greg Peak
No. 16 Ms Dianne Thompson
No. 17 Dr Lorraine Dickson
No. 18 Australasian College of Road Safety
No. 19 Access Institute
No. 20 Justice and Equity Centre
No. 21 Albury City Council
No. 22 Disability Council NSW
No. 23 Lynda Newnam
No. 24 MHA Design
No. 25 Anti-Discrimination New South Wales
No. 26 Narrabri Shire Council
No. 27 Lake Macquarie City Council
No. 28 Inner City Legal Centre (ICLC)
No. 29 Share the Dignity
No. 30 Ms Eve Sinton
No. 31 Continence Foundation of Australia
No. 32 ACON
No. 33 Australian Feminists for Women's Rights (AF4WR)
No. 34 Mr David Darlington
No. 35 Name suppressed
No. 36 Spinal Cord Injuries Australia
No. 37 Liverpool Plains Shire Council
No. 38 Dr Christian Tietz
No. 39 SGS Economics and Planning
No. 40 Parents for Trans Youth Equity (PTYE)
No. 41 People with Disability Australia
No. 42 Mr Gerard Calilhanna
No. 43 Name suppressed
No. 44 Bega Valley Shire Council
No. 45 Dr Paul Recher
No. 46 Ms Suzanne Louden
No. 47 Name suppressed
No. 48 Name suppressed
No. 49 Name suppressed
No. 50 United Workers Union
No. 51 Blacktown City Council
No. 52 Dubbo Regional Council
No. 53 Exeloo
No. 54 AILA - Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
No. 55 Trans Justice Project and Sydney Bi plus Network
No. 56 Bathurst Regional Access Committee
No. 57 Mr Matthew Hayes
No. 58 Cr Paige Johnson
No. 59 Local Government NSW
No. 60 Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW
No. 61 City of Newcastle
No. 62 Placemaking NSW	Attachments
No. 63 National Seniors Australia
No. 64 Illawarra Shoalhaven Gender Alliance
No. 65 The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
No. 66 Mr Stephen Weatherstone
No. 67 Guide Dogs NSW
No. 68 Lisa Donaldson
No. 69 Equal Access Group
No. 70 City of Sydney
No. 71 Dementia Australia

Date	Venue Details
17/03/2025	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
31/03/2025	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/04/2025	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
07/04/2025	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
29/04/2025	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Report No. 4 - Portfolio Committee No. 8 - Customer Service - Public toilets - Accessible (Word)	16/10/2025
	Report No. 4 - Portfolio Committee No. 8 - Customer Service - Public toilets (PDF)	16/10/2025	Due 16/01/2026

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2025-10-16	16/10/2025	Media Release	Media Release - Report tabled
2025-05-26	26/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	National Seniors Australia
2025-05-20	20/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Health
2025-05-19	19/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Guide Dogs NSW
2025-05-19	19/05/2025	Correspondence	NSW Police Force
2025-05-14	14/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Bruce Bromley, Managing Director, Equal Access Group Pty Ltd
2025-05-13	13/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	United Workers Union
2025-05-13	13/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Matthew Hayes
2025-05-13	13/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Joe Manton, Director, Access Institute
2025-05-12	12/05/2025	Additional Information	Mr Stephen Weatherstone
2025-05-09	09/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW
2025-05-08	08/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	People with Disability Australia
2025-05-08	08/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Transport for NSW
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Liverpool Plains Shire Council - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Australian Institute of Landscape Architects - recieved 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Inner City Legal Centre - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Disability Council NSW - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Continence Health Australia - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Trans Justice Project and Sydney Bi+Network - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Trans Justice Project and Sydney Bi+Network - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-05	05/05/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Parents for Transgender Youth Equity - received 5 May 2025
2025-05-04	04/05/2025	Additional Information	Mental Health Access Design - received 4 May 2025
2025-05-04	04/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mental Health Access Design - received 4 May 2025
2025-05-01	01/05/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	SafeWork NSW, received 1 May 2025
2025-04-30	30/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mrs Lisa Donaldson - received 30 April 2025
2025-04-30	30/04/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Paul Belz, Director City Assets, Blacktown City Council - received 30 April 2025
2025-04-30	30/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Placemaking NSW
2025-04-29	29/04/2025	Correspondence	Letter - Clarification of Evidence - Ms Alannah Daly, Justice and Equity Centre
2025-04-24	24/04/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Christian Tietz, Senior Lecturer, Industrial Design, School of Built Environment, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney
2025-04-24	24/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dubbo Regional Council - received 24 April 2025
2025-04-23	23/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Spinal Cord Injuries Australia - received 23 April 2025
2025-04-17	17/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Country Women's Association of NSW
2025-04-15	15/04/2025	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dr Lorraine Dickson - received 15 April 2025
2025-04-08	08/04/2025	Answers to Questions on Notice	Justice and Equity Centre
2025-04-07	07/04/2025	Tabled Document	SafeWork NSW – 'Code of Practice Managing the Work Environment and Facilities', tendered by Ms Mary Snell
2025-04-07	07/04/2025	Tabled Document	SafeWork NSW – 'Portable workplace toilets in construction factsheet', tendered by Ms Mary Snell
2025-04-01	01/04/2025	Tabled Document	'Sample signage to support transition to all-gender toilets' - tabled by Dr Rory Gillard, Volunteer, Trans Justice Project and Sydney Bi+ Network
2025-03-17	17/03/2025	Tabled Document	'Addressing sanitation injustice through local government public toilet strategies', Queensland University of Technology, Centre for Justice, December 2024 - tendered by Ms Katherine Anne Webber, Public Toilet Researcher and Advocate
2024-10-31	31/10/2024	Media Release	Submission deadline extended
2024-10-16	16/10/2024	Correspondence	Letter from the Office of the Hon Jo Haylen MP, Minister for Transport, to the Inquiry Chair, regarding key portfolio issues about public toilets
2024-10-16	16/10/2024	Correspondence	Letter from the Office of the Hon Paul Scully MP, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces, to Inquiry Chair, regarding key portfolio issues for public toilets
2024-10-16	16/10/2024	Correspondence	Letter from the Office of the Hon Ron Hoenig MP, Minister for Local Government, to the Inquiry Chair, regarding key portfolio issues about public toilets
2024-10-15	15/10/2024	Correspondence	Letter from the Hon Jodie Harrison MP, to the Inquiry Chair, regarding key portfolio issues for public toilets
2024-08-29	29/08/2024	Media Release	Inquiry into public toilets

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Margaret Pollard	Senior Council Officer	9230 2714	[email protected]
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