Senate debates

Thursday, 5 February 2026

Bills

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; In Committee

1:21 pm

Photo of Malcolm RobertsMalcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I've spoken enough, thanks. I move my amendment on sheet 3634:

(1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 6 (line 22) to page 7 (line 6), omit subsections 110ABA(2) and (3), substitute:

(2) The Committee is to consist of up to 13 Committee members and must include at least:

(a) 2 Senators who are Government members; and

(b) 2 members of the House of Representatives who are Government members; and

(c) 2 Senators who are Opposition members; and

(d) 2 members of the House of Representatives who are Opposition members; and

(e) 1 Senator or member of the House of Representatives from each minority party.

Note: For more detailed provisions on the appointment of Committee members, see Division 5.

(3) In this section:

minority party means a party that:

(a) is not part of the Government or the Opposition; and

(b) has at least 5 members in the Parliament.

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