Senate debates

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Committees

Membership

4:59 pm

Photo of Kim CarrKim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | | Hansard source

I seek leave to move a motion to vary the membership of committees.

Leave granted.

I move:

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

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Joint Statutory Committee—

  Appointed—Senator Milne

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee—

  Discharged—Senator McKenzie

  Appointed—

     Senator Boswell

     Participating member: Senator McKenzie

Electricity Prices—Select Committee

  Discharged—Senator Cormann on 3 October 2012, and Senator Macdonald on 4 October 2012

  Appointed—Senator Macdonald on 3 October 2012, and Senator Cormann on 4 October 2012

Environment and Communications References Committee—

  Discharged—Senator McKenzie

  Appointed—

     Senator Boswell

     Participating member: Senator McKenzie

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee—

  Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Sterle to replace Senator Stephens for the consideration of the 2012-13 supplementary Budget estimates on Wednesday, 17 October and Thursday, 18 October 2012

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee—

  Appointed—

     Substitute member: Senator Milne to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Food Labelling) Bill 2012 (No. 2)

     Participating member: Senator Siewert.

Question agreed to.