At the dissolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 9 May 2016 for a general election on 2 July 2016, the parliamentary committees of the 44th Parliament ceased to exist and inquiries referred to the committees lapsed.

On 13 September 2016, the Senate agreed to the committee's recommendation that this inquiry be re-adopted in the 45th Parliament. Information about the re-adopted inquiry is available here.

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On 2 December 2015 the Senate referred the following matter for inquiry and report by 1 December 2016.

Harm being done to Australian children through access to pornography on the Internet

The closing date for submissions is 10 March 2016.

Please note that the publication of submissions is not an automated process. Submissions are made public only after a decision by the committee. Submitters are contacted by the committee secretariat after the committee has authorised the publication of their submission. The committee secretariat thanks submitters for their patience while submissions are reviewed.