Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Having corrected the record, I move:

Omit paragraph (6), substitute:

(6)   That the chair of the committee be elected by and from the members of the committee, and in the absence of agreement on the election of a chair, duly notified to the President, the allocation of the chair be determined by the Senate.

Omit paragraph (7), substitute:

(7)   That the Deputy chair of the committee being a member of a different party or group from the chair, be elected by and from the members of the committee immediately after the election of the chair.

Question negatived.

Question put:

That the motion (Senator Ellison’s), as amended, be agreed to.