Impacts on Health of Air Quality in Australia

This report presents the results of an inquiry into the impacts on health of air quality in Australia, and makes several recommendations. On 28 November 2012 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report:

The impacts on health of air quality in Australia, including:

(a) particulate matter, its sources and effects;

(b) those populations most at risk and the causes that put those populations at risk;

(c) the standards, monitoring and regulation of air quality at all levels of government;

(d) any other related matters.   (APO 22/8/13)