Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of various committees.

Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—

Appointed—

     Substitute member: Senator Ludlam to replace Senator Waters for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Submarine Cable Protection) Bill 2013

Participating member: Senator Waters

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed—Senator Xenophon

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—

Appointed—

  Substitute member: Senator Hanson-Young to replace Senator Wright for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013

Participating member: Senator Wright

Northern Australia—Joint Select Committee—

Appointed—Senator Siewert.

Question agreed to.