Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) | Hansard source

This is an amendment about who the deputy chair should be and whether they should be a member of the opposition. The deputy chair of the committee is a member of the opposition; it's Senator Dean Smith. As a result of this resolution, there would be changes to other parts of the committee, but it doesn't demand a new election of the deputy chair. I know there's a lot happening in the opposition these days, but my understanding is that Senator Dean Smith is still a member of the opposition and is still deputy chair.

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