If you want to have your say on Australia’s nature laws, you can share your experiences and ideas by writing to the Senate committee – this is called making a submission.

To support community members, families, and groups take part in this process, the Conservation Council of WA has created a friendly online submission tool. To make a submission visit the 'Make a submission' section. 

Other ways to make a submission

• Upload your submission to the Parliament submission website.

• • Use the ‘Upload Submission’ option on the right side of the page and follow the steps to share your submission. 
  • Note: you’ll be required to create a free Parliament of Australia account to submit via this portal. 
  • If you upload your submission through the Senate's website, you will receive an email straight away that lets you know that your submission has been received.

• Directly email [email protected] or [email protected]
  
  
  • This is not an automated process and it may take longer for you to receive an acknowledgement that your submission has been received.
    
    
• Send via Post to:

Committee Secretary
[Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications]
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA

If you can't write a submission, you can convert your spoken words to written text using dictation features on your mobile phone, device or computer. Find out how to do that here.

When you make a submission be sure to follow the rules for confidential and non-confidential submissions on the Senate website here. For confidentiality, you must clearly state “Confidential” on your submission and remove personal or contact details (put them on a separate page).

What happens after you make a submission

After you lodge your submission, the Senate committee will review it and decide whether to accept and publish it. This process can take several weeks, and you will be notified of the outcome. Find out more on this process here.