Senate debates Committees

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee, Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities — Select Committee, Treaties Joint Committee; Membership


Andrew McLachlan

Andrew McLachlan Deputy-President

11:16 pm

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

Katy Gallagher

Katy Gallagher ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service

by leave—I move:

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

Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Waters to replace Senator Barbara Pocock for the committee's inquiry into the Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024

Participating member—Senator Barbara Pocock

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—

Discharged—Senator Chandler

Appointed—Senator Sharma

Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities—Select Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Cox, Green and Stewart

Participating members: Senators Allman-Payne, Bilyk, Brown, Ciccone, Darmanin, Faruqi, Ghosh, Grogan, Hanson-Young, Hodgins-May, McKim, O'Neill, Barbara Pocock, Polley, Pratt, Sheldon, Shoebridge, Marielle Smith, Steele-John, Sterle, Urquhart, Walsh, Waters and Whish-Wilson.

Treaties—Joint Standing Committee—

Discharged—Senator Chandler

Appointed—Senator Sharma

Question agreed to.