Skip to content
Government Federal, Insurance

Final public hearing of flood insurance inquiry

House of Representatives < 1 mins read

The House Standing Committee on Economics will hold a virtual public hearing tomorrow, 30 July, as part of its inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims:

  • Tuesday 30 July 2024
    By videoconference
    9.45 am to 3.30 pm

The Committee will take evidence from Sydney Water, the Australian Building Codes Board, Standards Australia, Engineers Australia and the NSW Reconstruction Authority.

The hearing program has now been published on the inquiry website.

A live audio stream of the hearing will be available on the APH website.

The hearing is expected to be the final public hearing of the flood insurance inquiry, which commenced in August 2023.

Last minute submissions addressing the terms of reference for the inquiry are still being accepted and can be uploaded through this online link or emailed to [email protected] until midnight Wednesday, 31 July 2024.

An online survey about individuals’ experiences with their insurer is also still open until midnight 31 July and is available here. More than 600 people have completed the survey to date.

The Committee is due to report its findings by 18 October 2024.

For further information contact the Committee secretariat on 02 6277 4707 or email [email protected].

Media enquiries

Committee Chair
Dr Daniel Mulino MP
02 6277 4311
[email protected]

For more information about the Economics Committee and its flood inquiry, visit its website, where you can read submissions and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can track the committee’s work and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track Committee’ button on the bottom right-hand side of the page.

More from this category

  • Government Federal, Indigenous
  • 05/03/2026
  • 15:21
Centre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW)

Parliamentary Inquiry should look at workplace racism

Racism against First Nations people in the workplace should feature in the parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people announced today, according to UTS Sydney’sCentre for Indigenous People and Work (CIPW). Director ofCIPW,Prof Nareen Young,welcomed the Inquiry as an important mechanism to explore the extent of workplace racism and recommend strategies to eradicate this. “Our research has found that racism against First Nations people in the workplace remains stubbornly prevalent,” Prof Young said. “At the current rate of progress, without further policy or legislative change, it could take another 118 years for…

  • Government Federal, Indigenous
  • 05/03/2026
  • 14:32
Australian Human Rights Commission

Commissioners welcome Senate Inquiry into racism against First Peoples

The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement of a Senate Inquiry into racism against First Peoples, to be conducted by the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. TheInquiry was announced by Indigenous Affairs Minister Malarndirri McCarthyandwill examine the forms, impacts and drivers of racism experienced by First Peoples, and the changes needed to address it. Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss and Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman said the inquirycannot be another exercise in diagnosis.This new Inquiry must drive action - not replace it. Decades of evidence For decades, national processes have documented the…

  • General News, Government Federal
  • 05/03/2026
  • 14:17
Speaker of the House of Representatives

Farrer by-election

The Speaker of the House of Representatives,the Hon Milton Dick MP has announced the details for the issuing of the writ for the electoral division of Farrer in New South Wales, following the resignation of the Hon Sussan Ley. The dates in connection with the by-election will be as follows: Issue of writ Wednesday 1 April 2026 Close of rolls Wednesday 8 April 2026 Close of nominations Monday 13 April 2026 Declaration of nominations Tuesday 14 April 2026 Date of polling Saturday 9 May 2026 Return of writ On or before Friday 10 July 2026 Contact Natalie van Dartel0418 149…

Media Outreach made fast, easy, simple.

Feature your press release on Medianet's News Hub every time you distribute with Medianet. Pay per release or save with a subscription.