The President has received letters from party leaders and an Independent senator nominating senators to be members of committees.

by leave—I move:

That senators be appointed to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation and References Committees in accordance with the document circulated in the chamber.

The list read as follows—

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee––

Appointed: Senators Bishop, Forshaw, Hutchins, Kroger, Ludlam, Trood

Appointed, as participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Back, Barnett, Bernardi, Bilyk, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bob Brown, Carol Brown, Bushby, Cameron, Cash, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Crossin, Eggleston, Faulkner, Ferguson, Fielding, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Fisher, Hanson-Young, Heffernan, Humphries, Hurley, Johnston, Joyce, Macdonald, McEwen, McGauran, Marshall, Mason, Milne, Minchin, Moore, Nash, O’Brien, Parry, Payne, Polley, Pratt, Ronaldson, Ryan, Scullion, Siewert, Stephens, Sterle, Troeth, Williams, Wortley and Xenophon

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee––

Appointed: Senators Bishop, Ferguson, Forshaw, Kroger, Ludlam, Trood

Appointed, as participating members: Senators Abetz, Adams, Back, Barnett, Bernardi, Bilyk, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bob Brown, Carol Brown, Bushby, Cameron, Cash, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Crossin, Eggleston, Faulkner, Fierravanti-Wells, Fielding, Fifield, Fisher, Hanson-Young, Heffernan, Humphries, Hurley, Hutchins, Johnston, Joyce, Macdonald, McEwen, McGauran, Marshall, Mason, Milne, Minchin, Moore, Nash, O’Brien, Parry, Payne, Polley, Pratt, Ronaldson, Ryan, Scullion, Siewert, Stephens, Sterle, Troeth, Williams, Wortley and Xenophon.

Question agreed to.