Senate debates Committees

Environment and Communications References Committee, Human Rights Committee; Membership


Mark Furner

Mark Furner Queensland, Australian Labor Party

5:32 pm

Order! The President has received a letter from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.

David Feeney

David Feeney Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence

by leave—I move:

That––

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

Environment and Communications References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Whish-Wilson to replace Senator Waters for the committee’s inquiry into container deposit schemes

Participating member: Senator Waters

Human Rights—Joint Statutory Committee—

Discharged—Senator Humphries

Appointed—Senator Ruston.

Question agreed to.