The Acting Deputy President:
The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees
Jan McLucas Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
4:55 pm
by leave—I move:
That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations—Standing Committee––
Appointed––
Substitute member:
Senator Milne to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into Australia’s research and training capacity in the area of climate change
Participating member: Senator Siewert
Fuel and Energy—Select Committee––
Discharged––Senator Fielding
Appointed––Participating member: Senator Fielding
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport—Standing Committee––
Appointed––
Substitute member:
Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Water Amendment Bill 2008
Participating member: Senator Milne.
Question agreed to.
Messages received from the House of Representatives informing the Senate of members discharged from, and the appointment of members to, the following joint committees:
- Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit
- Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services.