Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have received letters from party leaders and independent senators requesting changes in the membership of committees.

Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:

Australia's Food Proce ssing Sector––Select Committee—

Appointed––Senators Madigan and Xenophon

Community Affairs Legislation Committee—

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Communit y Affairs References Committee—

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Corporations and Financial Services––Joint Statutory Committee —

Discharged––Senator Milne

Ec onomics Legislation Committee —

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Economics References Committee —

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee —

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee —

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee —

Appointed––Participating member: Senator Madigan

Environment and Communications References Committee —

Appointed—

Substitute member:

Senator Bob Brown to replace Senator Waters for the committee's inquiry into the status, health and sustainability of the koala population

Participating members: Senators Madigan and Waters

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee —

Appointed—

Substitute member:

Senator Wright to replace Senator Di Natale for the committee's inquiry into the exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation

Participating members: Senators Di Natale and Madigan

Finance and Public Administration References Committee —

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Madigan

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee —

Appointed—

Substitute member:

Senator Wright to replace Senator Ludlam for the committee's inquiry into the provisions of the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011

Participating members: Senators Ludlam and Madigan

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee —

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Madigan

Intelligence and Security — Joint Statutory Committee —

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

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee —

Appointed—

Substitute members:

Senator Siewert to replace Senator Wright for the committee's inquiry into the Patent Amendment (Human Genes and Biological Materials) Bill 2010

Senator Hanson-Young to replace Senator Wright for the committee's inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2010

Senator Siewert to replace Senator Wright for the committee's inquiry into the Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011

Senator Siewert to replace Senator Wright for the committee's inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011

Participating members: Senators Madigan and Wright

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee —

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Madigan

Public Accounts and Audit — Joint Statutory Committee —

Discharged—Senator Milne

Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee —

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Madigan

Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee —

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Madigan

Scrutiny of New Taxes––Select Committee —

Appointed––Senator Madigan.

Question agreed to.