Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The President has received letters requesting changes in the membership of various committees.

Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to vary the memberships of committees.

Leave granted.

I move:

That Senators be discharged from and appointed to committees in accordance with the document circulated.

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—

Discharged—Senator Ketter

Appointed—

Senator Conroy

Participating members [for the purposes of the committee’s inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016]: Senators Bilyk, Bullock, Cameron, Carr, Collins, Dastyari, Gallacher, Gallagher, Ketter, Lines, Ludwig, Marshall, McAllister, McEwen, McLucas, Moore, O’Neill, Peris, Polley, Singh, Sterle, Urquhart and Wong

Environment and Communications References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Simms to replace Senator Waters for the committee’s inquiry into oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight

Participating member: Senator Waters

Health—Select Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute members:

Senator Cameron to replace Senator McAllister on 7, 8 and 22 March 2016

Senator McLucas to replace Senator Moore on 7 and 8 March 2016

Senator Dastyari to replace Senator McAllister on 23 March 2016

Participating members: Senators McAllister and Moore.

Question agreed to.