Senate debates

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Committees

Membership

8:07 pm

Photo of Sue BoyceSue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

Order! I have received letters from party leaders seeking variations to the membership of various committees.

Photo of Mark ArbibMark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees with effect from 1 July 2011, in accordance with the list circulated in the chamber.

The list read as follows—

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity––Joint Statutory Committee––

Discharged––Senator Marshall

Appointed––Senator Singh

Australia's Food Processing Sector—Select Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Sterle, Stephens and Urquhart

Participating members: Senators Bilyk, Bishop, Carol Brown, Cameron, Crossin, Edwards, Faulkner, Fawcett, Gallacher, Marshall, McEwen, McKenzie, Moore, Polley, Pratt and Thistlethwaite

Australia's Immigration Detention Network––Joint Select Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Crossin and Sterle

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie

Community Affairs Legislation Committee––

Discharged––Senator Boyce

Appointed––

Senator McKenzie

Participating members: Senators Boyce, Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Community Affairs References Committee —

Discharged––Senator Coonan

Appointed––

Senator McKenzie

Participating members: Senators Coonan, Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee––

Appointed––Senator Thistlethwaite

Cyber Safety—Joint Select Committee––

Appointed––Senators Bilyk and Parry

Economics Legislation Committee––

Discharged––Senator Pratt

Appointed––

Senators Bishop and Urquhart

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Pratt, Singh and Thistlethwaite

Economics References Committee––

Discharged––Senator Pratt

Appointed––

Senators Bishop, Cameron and Williams

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Pratt, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee––

Appointed––

Senator Thistlethwaite

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh and Urquhart

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee––

Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Electoral Matters––Joint Standing Committee––

[for the purposes of the committee ' s inquiry into the funding of political parties and election campaigns]

Appointed––

Senator Birmingham

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee––

Discharged––Senator McEwen

Appointed––

Senators Gallacher, McKenzie and Singh

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, McEwen, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Environment and Communications References Committee––

Discharged––Senator Cameron

Appointed––

Senators Gallacher, McKenzie and Singh

Participating members: Senators Cameron, Edwards, Fawcett, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee––

Discharged––Senator Fifield

Appointed––

Senator Ryan

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Fifield, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Finance and Public Administration References Committee––

Discharged––Senators Faulkner and Fifield

Appointed––

Senators McEwen and Ryan

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Faulkner, Fawcett, Fifield, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Fawcett, McEwen and Stephens

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Edwards, Fawcett and Stephens

Participating members: Senators Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee––

Appointed––Senators Fawcett, McEwen, Parry and Stephens

Gambling Reform––Joint Select Committee––

Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie

Intelligence and Security––Joint Statutory Committee––

Appointed––Senator Bishop, pursuant to the Intelligence Services Act 2001

Law Enforcement—Joint Statutory Committee––

Appointed––Senator Furner

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee––

Discharged––Senator Parry

Appointed––

Senators Boyce and Humphries

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Parry, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Boyce and Humphries

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Migration—Joint Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senators Boyce and McEwen

Appointed––Senators Cash and Singh

National Broadband Network––Joint Standing Committee––

Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie

Parliamentary Library—Joint Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senator Cameron

Appointed––Senators Humphries, Marshall, McKenzie and Singh

Privileges—Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senators Bilyk and Cameron

Appointed––Senators Brandis, Gallacher and Urquhart

Public Accounts and Audit—Joint Statutory Committee––

Appointed––Senator Thistlethwaite

Public Works—Joint Statutory Committee —

Discharged––Senator Marshall

Appointed––Senators Gallacher and Urquhart

Reform of the Australian Federation—Select Committee––

Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Regulations and Ordinances—Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senators Carol Brown and Stephens

Appointed––Senators Furner and Urquhart

Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee––

Appointed––

Senators Gallacher and Urquhart

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, McKenzie, Singh and Thistlethwaite

Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee––

Appointed––

Senator Edwards

Participating members: Senators Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart

Scrutiny of Bills—Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senators Coonan and Pratt

Appointed––Senators Carol Brown, Edwards and Fifield

Scrutiny of New Taxes—Select Committee —

Appointed––

Senator Thistlethwaite

Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh and Urquhart

Senators' Interests—Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senator Pratt

Appointed––Senators Marshall and Stephens

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee––

Discharged––Senator Pratt

Appointed––Senators Coonan, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart.

Question agreed to.