This is an opportunity to get on the public record climate denials, climate disinformation and doublespeak, as well as the impact this has had on communities.
Academics and organisations will be sending in submissions, but we encourage anyone with a personal story or a community experience to send in a submission too. Sydney Nannas are available to help if needed. Look out for climate disinformation being spread now and in the past by
- fossil fuel companies
- advertisements, editorials and opinion pieces in the media
- flyers and letter drops and other correspondence
- conversations held at polling booths
What you can do
Write a submission – give examples, research and give evidence if you can. Provide information on who produces the disinformation, for whom, and for whose interests. Guide to making a submission.
Share with your network and encourage others to lodge a submission.
Amplify the committees work on social media – See the website for the Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy here. You can
– Apply to track the progress of the committee,
– Follow the committee on social media and share.
Senate Select Committee
The committee is constituted of 6 Senators – 1 Green, 1 Independent, 2 Labor, 2 Opposition.
See Members of the Senate Select Committee here
Process
- Committee can compel witnesses to appear and demand to see documents,
- Submissions can be made in confidence and in camera,
- You can volunteer to act as a witness if you don’t want to make a submission,
- You can also submit any ideas for potential witnesses to be called.
Timetable
Submissions Open: 4 August 2025
Submissions Close: 12 September 2025
Public Hearings: TBC, Likely between late September – December 2025
Final Committee Report: 4 February 2026
Terms of Reference
The terms of reference have been deliberately kept broad.
Deformation risks for Submissions to Senate Inquiries
“Making a submission is protected by parliamentary privilege. It is an offence for anyone to try to stop you from making a submission by threats or intimidation. It is an offence for anyone to harass you or discriminate against you because you have made a submission. The content of the submission is also protected but only after the committee has accepted it. This means that what you say in the submission, once the committee has accepted it, cannot be used in court against you or anyone else. ” How_to_make_a_submission_to_a_Senate_or_Joint_Committee_inquiry.
Adverse reflection considerations apply, which usually mean that the person they relate to is asked to respond before publication. Submissions can therefore take time to be published on website.
Upload your submission
Sign into your My Parliament account to lodge your submission. If you don’t have an account create one.
If you experience difficulties loading a submission, you may wish to email it directly to the Committee Secretariat climateintegrity.sen@aph.gov.au
Contact Details for Queries
Contact Jack Fittler – Senior adviser with Senator Peter Whish Wilson (Committee’s chair)
Email: jack.fittler@aph.gov.au
Phone: 03 6331 0033 (Senator Whish Wilson’s electoral office)