Senate debates

Monday, 2 December 2013

Committees

Membership

6:02 pm

Photo of Stephen ParryStephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | | Hansard source

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

Photo of Mitch FifieldMitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Joint Statutory Committee—

Appointed––Senators Edwards and Parry

Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples—Joint Select Committee

Appointed––Senators McKenzie and Ruston

Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee—

Appointed––Senators Bushby and Fawcett

Education and Employment Legislation Committee—

Discharged––Senator Smith

Appointed––Senator Kroger

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators Kroger and Ruston

Environment and Communications Legislation Committee—

Appointed––

  Substitute member: Senator Whish-Wilson to replace Senator Waters for the committee's inquiry into Australia Post on Friday, 6 December 2013

  Participating member: Senator Waters

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators Eggleston, Fawcett, Kroger, Macdonald and Parry

Law Enforcement—Joint Statutory Committee—

Appointed––Senators Edwards and Parry

Migration—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators Edwards and Williams

National Broadband Network—Select Committee—

Appointed––

  Senators Ruston, Seselja, and Smith

  Participating members: Senator Abetz, Back, Bernardi, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Cash, Colbeck, Cormann, Edwards, Eggleston, Fawcett, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Heffernan, Johnston, Kroger, Macdonald, Mason, McKenzie, Nash, Parry, Payne, Ronaldson, Ryan, Scullion, Sinodinos and Williams

National Capital and External Territories—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senator Seselja

National Disability Insurance Scheme—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators McKenzie, Seselja and Smith

Parliamentary Library—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators Boswell, Seselja and Williams

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed––Senators Fawcett, Kroger and Smith

Question agreed to.