Senate debates

Monday, 20 March 2017

Committees

Membership

5:09 pm

Photo of Peter Whish-WilsonPeter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | | Hansard source

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

Photo of Scott RyanScott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Economics References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Smith to replace Senator Hume for the committee's inquiry into the future of Australia's naval shipbuilding industry on 3 April 2017

Participating member: Senator Hume

Finance and Public Administration References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Rice to replace Senator Rhiannon for the committee's inquiry into the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Location of Corporate Commonwealth Entities) Order 2016

Participating member: Senator Rhiannon

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—

Discharged—Substitute member: Senator Ludlam for Senator McKim for the committee's inquiry into the Bell Group litigation

Lending to Primary Production Customers—Select Committee

Appointed—

Senators Back, Hume and Williams

Participating members: Senators Abetz, Bushby, Duniam, Fawcett, Macdonald, McKenzie, O'Sullivan, Paterson, Reynolds and Smith.

Question agreed to.