Senate debates Committees
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Joint Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Economics Legislation Committee, Economics References Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Membership
Slade Brockman Deputy-President
6:43 pm
The President has received letters requesting changes to the membership of committees.
Tim Ayres NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation
I seek leave to move a motion to vary the membership of committees.
Leave not granted.
I seek leave to make a short one-minute statement about the Liberal Party's ambush in the Senate to strip members of the National Party from committee positions without their knowledge.
Slade Brockman Deputy-President
Minister! You've sought leave. Let me at least ask if leave is granted before you launch into your statement. Is leave granted? Leave is not granted.
Tim Ayres NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation
What a bunch of sooks!