The Acting Deputy President:

The President has received a letter from a party leader seeking to vary the membership of a committee.

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to the Environment, Communications and Arts Committee as follows:

Appointed—

Substitute member:

Senator Nash to replace Senator Boswell for the committee’s inquiry into the effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in protecting threatened species and ecological communities

Participating member: Senator Boswell.

Question agreed to.