Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Electoral Matters—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed—Participating members [for the purposes the committee's inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016]: Senators Abetz, Back, Bernardi, Bushby, Day, Edwards, Fawcett, Heffernan, Johnston, Lindgren, Macdonald, McKenzie, Seselja, Smith, Wang and Williams

Environment and Communications References Committee—

Appointed—

  Substitute member: Senator Edwards to replace Senator Reynolds for the committee's inquiry into oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight

  Participating member: Senator Reynolds

Scrutiny of Government Budget Measures—Select Committee—

Appointed—

  Substitute members:

     Senator Brown to replace Senator Urquhart on 8 March 2016

     Senators Carr and Marshall to replace Senators Urquhart and Lines on 11 March 2016

  Participating members: Senators Lines and Urquhart

Question agreed to.