Senate debates
Thursday, 5 February 2026
Bills
Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; In Committee
1:21 pm
Malcolm 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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