Senate debates
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
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
6:43 pm
Slade Brockman (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The President has received letters requesting changes to the membership of committees.
Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
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 (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
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) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
What a bunch of sooks!
Slade Brockman (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Minister, that's a bit unparliamentary.