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Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities

Portfolio Committee No. 5 – Justice and Communities was established on 10 May 2023 in the 58th Parliament to inquire into and report on any matters relevant to the public administration of:

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Police and Counter Terrorism

The Hunter

Families and Communities, Disability Inclusion

Women, Seniors, Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

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Chair:		Borsak, Robert (SFF, LC Member)
Deputy Chair:		Higginson, Sue (GRNS, LC Member)
Members:		Donnelly, Greg (ALP, LC Member)
		Lawrence, Stephen (ALP, LC Member)
		Maclaren-Jones, Natasha (LIB, LC Member)
		Murphy, Cameron (ALP, LC Member)
		Overall, Nichole (NAT, LC Member)

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

Referred	Inquiry
26/06/2025	Budget Estimates 2025-2026
07/05/2025	Illegal tobacco trade
12/02/2025	Antisemitism in New South Wales
20/06/2024	Budget Estimates 2024-2025
21/11/2023	Jury Amendment Bill 2023
12/09/2023	Budget Estimates 2023-2024

No inquiries were undertaken by the committee in past parliaments.

Records of earlier inquiries undertaken by the committee appear below:

Referred	Inquiry
22/06/2022	Budget Estimates 2022-2023
23/06/2021	Budget Estimates 2021-2022
18/11/2020	Budget Estimates 2020-2021
10/11/2020	Drug Supply Prohibition Order Pilot Scheme Bill 2020
16/06/2020	Rural Fires Amendment (NSW RFS and Brigades Donations Fund) Bill 2020
24/03/2020	Provisions of the Firearms and Weapons Legislation Amendment (Criminal Use) Bill 2020
27/02/2020	Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Complaint Handling) Bill 2020
15/10/2019	Road Transport Amendment (Mobile Phone Detection) Bill 2019
18/06/2019	Budget Estimates 2019-2020
17/10/2018	Sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales
20/06/2018	Budget Estimates 2018-2019
15/11/2017	Windsor Bridge replacement project
22/06/2017	Review of the commercial fishing inquiry recommendations
21/06/2017	Budget Estimates 2017-2018
17/11/2016	Commercial fishing in New South Wales
22/06/2016	Inquiry into Wambelong fire inquiry evidence
01/06/2016	Budget Estimates 2016-2017
22/03/2016	Water augmentation
24/06/2015	Budget Estimates 2015-2016
19/06/2014	Performance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority
15/05/2014	Budget Estimates 2014-2015
14/11/2013	Wambelong fire
21/05/2013	Budget Estimates 2013-2014
23/04/2012	Management of public land in New South Wales
15/03/2012	Budget Estimates 2012 - 2013
05/08/2011	Coal seam gas
12/05/2011	Budget Estimates 2011 - 2012
12/05/2010	The RSPCA raid on the Waterways Wildlife Park
24/11/2009	Budget Estimates 2010-2011
25/06/2009	Rural wind farms
27/11/2008	Budget Estimates 2009-2010
14/05/2008	Former uranium smelter site, Hunter's Hill
05/12/2007	Budget Estimates 2008-2009
28/06/2007	Budget Estimates 2007-2008
08/06/2006	Budget Estimates 2006-2007
01/12/2005	Inquiry into a sustainable water supply for Sydney
06/05/2005	Budget Estimates 2005-2006
23/06/2004	Budget Estimates 2004-2005
12/05/2004	Hunter Economic Zone and the Tomalpin Woodlands
05/05/2004	Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture
01/09/2003	Local Government Amalgamations in NSW
03/07/2003	Budget Estimates 2003-2004
24/10/2002	M5 East Ventilation Stack (2002)
04/06/2002	Budget Estimates 2002-2003
20/06/2001	Land Clearing by Transgrid
07/06/2001	Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust
05/06/2001	Inquiry into Feral Animals
29/05/2001	Budget Estimates 2001-2002
10/04/2001	M5 East Ventilation Stack (2001)
29/08/2000	Sydney Water's Biosolids Strategy
29/08/2000	Northside Storage Tunnel - Scotts Creek Vent
23/05/2000	Budget Estimates 2000-2001
30/11/1999	Oil Spills in Sydney Harbour
23/11/1999	NSW Rural Fire Service
29/06/1999	Budget Estimates 1999-2000

No inquiries have been referred to the committee.

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Inquiry/Report	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Budget Estimates 2024-2025	2025-06-27
27/06/2025	Report No. 63 - PC5 - Budget Estimates 2024-2025 (PDF)	27/06/2025
	Budget Estimates 2023-2024	2024-06-27
27/06/2024	Report No. 62 - Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities - Budget Estimates 2023-2024 (PDF)	27/06/2024
	Jury Amendment Bill 2023	2024-03-11
11/03/2024	Report No 61 - PC 5 - Jury Amendment Bill 2023 (PDF)	11/03/2024
	Budget Estimates 2022-2023	2022-12-16
16/12/2022	Report No 60 - PC5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities - Budget Estimates 2022-2023 (PDF)	16/12/2022
	Budget Estimates 2021-2022	2022-06-29
29/06/2022	Report No 59 - PC 5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities - Budget Estimates 2021-2022 (PDF)	29/06/2022
	Budget Estimates 2020-2021	2021-05-13
13/05/2021	Report No 58 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Budget Estimates 2020-2021 (PDF)	13/05/2021
	Provisions of the Firearms and Weapons Legislation Amendment (Criminal Use) Bill 2020	2021-04-27
27/04/2021	Report No 57 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Provisions of the Firearms and Weapons Legislation Amendment (Criminal Use) Bill 2020 (PDF)	27/04/2021
	Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Complaint Handling) Bill 2020	2021-03-18
18/03/2021	Government Response - Report No 55 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Anti-Discrimination (Complaint Handling) Bill 2020 (PDF)	18/03/2021
18/09/2020	Report No 55 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Complaint Handling) Bill 2020 (PDF)	18/09/2020	Due 18/03/2021
	Rural Fires Amendment (NSW RFS and Brigades Donations Fund) Bill 2020	2021-01-29
29/01/2021	Government response - Report No 54 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Rural Fires Amendment (NSW RFS and Brigades Donations Fund) Bill 2020 (PDF)	29/01/2021
31/07/2020	Report No 54 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Rural Fires Amendment (NSW RFS and Brigades Donations Fund) Bill 2020 (PDF)	31/07/2020	Due 29/01/2021
	Drug Supply Prohibition Order Pilot Scheme Bill 2020	2020-11-17
17/11/2020	Report No 56 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Drug Supply Prohibition Order Pilot Scheme Bill 2020 (PDF)	17/11/2020
	Budget Estimates 2019-2020	2020-05-20
20/05/2020	Report No 53 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Budget Estimates 2019-2020 (PDF)	20/05/2020
	Road Transport Amendment (Mobile Phone Detection) Bill 2019	2019-11-12
12/11/2019	Report No 52 - PC 5 - Legal Affairs - Road Transport Amendment (Mobile Phone Detection) Bill 2019 (PDF)	12/11/2019
	Sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales	2019-02-22
22/02/2019	Government response - Report No 51 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales (PDF)	22/02/2019
13/12/2018	Report No 51 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Sustainability of the dairy industry in New South Wales (PDF)	13/12/2018	Due 28/02/2019
	Review of the commercial fishing inquiry recommendations	2019-02-21
21/02/2019	Government response - Report No 49 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Review of the commercial fishing inquiry recommendations (PDF)	21/02/2019
27/09/2018	Report No 49 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Review of the commercial fishing inquiry recommendations (PDF)	27/09/2018	Due 28/02/2019
	Windsor Bridge replacement project	2018-12-20
20/12/2018	Government response - Report No 48 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Windsor Bridge replacement project (PDF)	20/12/2018
22/08/2018	Report No 48 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Windsor Bridge replacement project (PDF)	22/08/2018
	Water augmentation	2018-11-28
28/11/2018	Government response - Report No 47 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Water augmentation (PDF)	28/11/2018
14/05/2018	Summary of key issues and recommendations (PDF)	14/05/2018	Due 14/11/2018
14/05/2018	Report No 47 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Water augmentation (PDF)	14/05/2018	Due 14/11/2018
	Budget Estimates 2018-2019	2018-11-28
28/11/2018	Report No 50 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Budget Estimates 2018-2019 (PDF)	28/11/2018
	Budget Estimates 2017-2018	2017-12-14
14/12/2017	Report No 46 - PC 5 - Industry and Transport - Budget Estimates 2017-2018 (PDF)	14/12/2017
	Inquiry into Wambelong fire inquiry evidence	2017-04-06
06/04/2017	Government response - Report No 43 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire inquiry evidence (PDF)	06/04/2017
21/10/2016	Summary of recommendations (PDF)	21/10/2016	06/04/2017
21/10/2016	Report No 43 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire inquiry evidence (PDF)	21/10/2016
	Commercial fishing in New South Wales	2017-03-24
24/03/2017	Government response - Report No 45 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Commercial fishing in New South Wales (PDF)	24/03/2017
24/02/2017	Report No 45 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Commercial fishing in New South Wales (PDF)	24/02/2017	24/03/2017
24/02/2017	Summary of recommendations (PDF)	24/02/2017
	Budget Estimates 2016-2017	2016-11-25
25/11/2016	Report No 44 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2016-2017 (PDF)	25/11/2016
	Wambelong fire	2016-03-31
31/03/2016	Government response - Report No 41 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire (PDF)	31/03/2016
20/02/2015	Report No 41 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Wambelong fire (PDF)	20/02/2015	31/03/2016
	Budget Estimates 2015-2016	2015-11-17
17/11/2015	Report No 42 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2015-2016 (PDF)	17/11/2015
	Performance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority	2015-08-13
13/08/2015	Government response - Report No 40 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Performance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (PDF)	13/08/2015
13/02/2015	Report No 40 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Performance of the NSW Environment Protection Authority (PDF)	13/02/2015	13/08/2015
	Budget Estimates 2014-2015	2014-10-23
23/10/2014	Report No 39 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2014-2015 (PDF)	23/10/2014
	Management of public land in New South Wales	2013-11-19
19/11/2013	Government response - Report No 37 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Management of public land in New South Wales (PDF)	19/11/2013
15/05/2013	Report No 37 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Management of public land in New South Wales (PDF)	15/05/2013	19/11/2013
15/05/2013	Summary of key issues and recommendations (PDF)	15/05/2013
	Budget Estimates 2013-2014	2013-10-29
29/10/2013	Report No 38 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2013-2014 (PDF)	29/10/2013
	Budget Estimates 2012 - 2013	2012-12-14
14/12/2012	Report No 36 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2012 - 2013 (PDF)	14/12/2012
	Coal seam gas	2012-11-08
08/11/2012	Government response - Report No 35 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Coal seam gas (PDF)	08/11/2012
01/05/2012	Report No 35 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Coal seam gas (PDF)	01/05/2012	08/11/2012
	Budget Estimates 2011 - 2012	2012-02-16
16/02/2012	Report No 34 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 5 - Budget Estimates 2011 - 2012 (PDF)	16/02/2012
	The RSPCA raid on the Waterways Wildlife Park	2011-12-13
13/12/2011	Government response - Report No 32 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - The RSPCA raid on the Waterways Wildlife Park (PDF)	13/12/2011
09/09/2010	Report No 32 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - The RSPCA raid on the Waterways Wildlife Park (PDF)	09/09/2010	13/12/2011
09/09/2010	100909 Media release - Final report (PDF)	09/09/2010
	Budget Estimates 2010-2011	2010-11-17
17/11/2010	Report No 33 - General Purpose Standing Committee No 5 - Budget Estimates 2010-2011 (PDF)	17/11/2010
	Rural wind farms	2010-06-16
16/06/2010	Government response - Report No 31 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Rural wind farms (PDF)	16/06/2010
16/12/2009	Report No 31 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Rural wind farms (PDF)	16/12/2009	16/06/2010
16/12/2009	091512 Media release - Final report (PDF)	16/12/2009
	Budget Estimates 2009-2010	2009-12-17
17/12/2009	Report No 30 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2009-2010 (PDF)	17/12/2009
	Former uranium smelter site, Hunter's Hill	2009-03-26
26/03/2009	090326 Govt Response - Former uranium smelter site (PDF)	26/03/2009
30/09/2008	GPSC 5 Report No 28 (PDF)	30/09/2008	26/03/2009
	Budget Estimates 2008-2009	2008-11-26
26/11/2008	Report No 29 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2008-2009 (PDF)	26/11/2008
	Budget Estimates 2007-2008	2007-12-07
07/12/2007	Report No 27 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2007-2008 (PDF)	07/12/2007
	Inquiry into a sustainable water supply for Sydney	2006-12-08
08/12/2006	Government response - Report No 25 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Sustainable water supply for Sydney (PDF)	08/12/2006
08/06/2006	Report No 25 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Sustainable water supply for Sydney (PDF)	08/06/2006	08/12/2006
	Budget Estimates 2006-2007	2006-11-16
16/11/2006	Report No 26 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2006-2007 (PDF)	16/11/2006
	Budget Estimates 2005-2006	2006-03-07
07/03/2006	Report No 24 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2005-2006 (PDF)	07/03/2006
	Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture	2005-04-21
21/04/2005	Government response - Report No 21 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture (PDF)	21/04/2005
21/10/2004	Report No 21 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture (PDF)	21/10/2004	21/04/2005
21/10/2004	Summary of Recommendations (PDF)	21/10/2004
	Budget Estimates 2004-2005	2005-04-01
01/04/2005	Report No 23 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2004-2005 (PDF)	01/04/2005
	Hunter Economic Zone and the Tomalpin Woodlands	2004-12-09
09/12/2004	Report No 22 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Hunter Economic Zone and the Tomalpin Woodlands (PDF)	09/12/2004
	Local Government Amalgamations in NSW	2004-06-22
22/06/2004	Government response - Report No 19 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Local Government Amalgamations in NSW (PDF)	22/06/2004
16/12/2003	Report No 19 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Local Government Amalgamations in NSW (PDF)	16/12/2003	22/06/2004
16/12/2003	Media release for Local Govt Amalgamations Report (PDF)	16/12/2003
	Budget Estimates 2003-2004	2004-03-11
11/03/2004	Report No 20 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2003-2004 (PDF)	11/03/2004
	Inquiry into Feral Animals	2002-12-10
10/12/2002	Government response - Report No 15 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Feral Animals (PDF)	10/12/2002
29/10/2002	Report No 15 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Feral Animals (PDF)	29/10/2002	05/12/2002
	M5 East Ventilation Stack (2002)	2002-12-05
05/12/2002	Earlwood PM Data Spreadsheet (PDF)	05/12/2002
05/12/2002	Report No 18 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - M5 East Ventilation Stack (2002) (PDF)	05/12/2002
	Sydney Water's Biosolids Strategy	2002-12-04
29/11/2001	Report No 13 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Sydney Water's Biosolids Strategy (PDF)	29/11/2001	04/12/2002
	Oil Spills in Sydney Harbour	2002-12-04
29/05/2001	Report No 10 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Oil Spills in Sydney Harbour (PDF)	29/05/2001	04/12/2002
04/04/2000	Report No 5 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Oil Spills in Sydney Harbour (PDF)	04/04/2000
	Land Clearing by Transgrid	2002-11-21
21/11/2002	Report No 17 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Land Clearing by Transgrid (PDF)	21/11/2002
	Budget Estimates 2002-2003	2002-09-05
05/09/2002	Report No 16 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2002-2003 (PDF)	05/09/2002
	Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust	2002-03-12
12/03/2002	Report No 14 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Trust (PDF)	12/03/2002
	M5 East Ventilation Stack (2001)	2001-09-11
11/09/2001	Report No 11 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - M5 East Ventilation Stack (2001) (PDF)	11/09/2001
04/04/2000	witlist (PDF)	04/04/2000	31/03/2000
04/04/2000	m5report (PDF)	04/04/2000
04/04/2000	transcript (PDF)	04/04/2000
31/03/2000	Government response - Report No 11 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - M5 East Ventilation Stack (2001) (PDF)	31/03/2000
	Budget Estimates 2001-2002	2001-09-06
06/09/2001	Report No 12 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2001-2002 (PDF)	06/09/2001
	Northside Storage Tunnel - Scotts Creek Vent	2000-11-28
28/11/2000	Report No 9 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Northside Storage Tunnel - Scotts Creek Vent (PDF)	28/11/2000
	Budget Estimates 2000-2001	2000-08-29
29/08/2000	Report No 8 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2000-2001 (Volume 2) (PDF)	29/08/2000
13/07/2000	Report No 7 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2000-2001 (Volume 1) (PDF)	13/07/2000
	NSW Rural Fire Service	2000-06-23
23/06/2000	Report No 6 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - NSW Rural Fire Service (PDF)	23/06/2000
	Budget Estimates 1999-2000	1999-11-09
09/11/1999	Report No 3 - General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 - Budget Estimates 2000-2001 (Volime 1) (PDF)	09/11/1999

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Resolved 10 May 2023, Minutes No 2, Item 67, pp 65-67, as amended 24 May 2023, Minutes No. 5, Item 12, p 108, 23 August 2023, Minutes No. 20, Item 11, p 386, 11 October 2023, Minutes No. 29, Item 11, p 558, and 19 March 2025, Minutes No. 93, Item 14.

Resolution establishing committee - Portfolio Committees - 58th Parliament - amended 19 March 2025

Minutes - 1 - 58th Parliament - 6 June 2023 - PC5 - First meeting

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