Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Committees

Standing Committees; Allocation of Departments and Agencies

11:45 am

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

(1)
That standing order 25(1) be amended as follows:

Omit: ‘Employment, Workplace Relations and Education’

Substitute: ‘Education, Employment and Workplace Relations’

Omit: ‘Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts’

Substitute: ‘Environment, Communications and the Arts’.

(2)
That departments and agencies be allocated to legislative and general purpose standing committees as follows:
Community Affairs
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Health and Ageing
Economics
Treasury
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Resources, Energy and Tourism
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Environment, Communications and the Arts
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Finance and Public Administration
Parliament
Prime Minister and Cabinet (including Climate Change)
Finance and Deregulation
Human Services
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Defence (including Veterans’ Affairs)
Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Attorney-General
Immigration and Citizenship
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Question agreed to.

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