VPRS 16042 Committee Records

This series comprises the documentation collected or created by the Joint Committee on Rural and Regional (previously known as Rural and Regional Services Development Committee) (VA 4832) in the course of its activities and inquiries held into issues concerned with the provisions of services to, or the development of, regional Victoria.A range of documents was either created or collected by the Committee in the course of each inquiry. Although the range of documents captured during each inquiry will vary, the following broad categories of documents are common:Background papers comprising copies of printed material, reports etc gathered by the Committee in the course of initial research about the body to be reviewed.Correspondence files relating to either the actual investigation or organisational aspects of the inquiry.Submissions tendered by individuals or organisations during the investigation stating their views on the issues concerned. Some submissions were also received in response to public hearings or issue of the final report.Transcripts of public hearings which must be held as part of each inquiry. Copies of the transcripts, which were forwarded to the various participants for amendments or corrections are also included.Reports including the final printed copy as presented to Parliament containing the Committee's findings and recommendations and reports made by consultants for the Committee.