Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Committees

Membership

Photo of Alan FergusonAlan Ferguson (President) Share this | | Hansard source

I have received letters from party leaders nominating senators to be members of committees.

6:24 pm

Photo of Chris EvansChris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be appointed to committees as follows:

Community Affairs—Standing Committee

Appointed—

Senators Adams, Boyce, Carol Brown, Humphries, Lundy, Moore and Polley

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fisher, Fifield, Heffernan, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth, Trood, Watson

Economics—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Bishop, Bushby, Campbell, Eggleston, Hurley, Joyce and Webber

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fisher, Fifield, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth, Trood and Watson

Employment, Workplace Relations and Education—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Boyce, Campbell, Fisher, Marshall, Sterle, Watson and Wortley

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Heffernan, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth and Trood

Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Birmingham, Kemp, Lundy, McEwen, Parry, Webber and Wortley

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fisher, Fifield, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth, Trood and Watson

Finance and Public Administration—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Carol Brown, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Forshaw, Moore, Polley and Watson

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fisher, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth and Trood

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Bishop, Cormann, Forshaw, Hogg, Sandy Macdonald, McEwen and Trood

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fisher, Fifield, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth and Watson

Legal and Constitutional Affairs—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Barnett, Crossin, Fisher, Kirk, McLucas, Marshall and Trood

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, McGauran, Mason, Minchin, Nash, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth and Watson

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Heffernan, Hutchins, Hurley, McGauran, Nash, O’Brien and Sterle

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Barnett, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Chapman, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Ellison, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Fisher, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kemp, Lightfoot, Ian Macdonald, Sandy Macdonald, Mason, Minchin, Parry, Patterson, Payne, Ronaldson, Scullion, Troeth, Trood and Watson.

Question agreed to.