Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

I was speaking precisely on why we needed the member for O’Connor to be on this committee. The government has nominated an additional appointee. He is their appointee. He will no doubt be very friendly to their views on these sorts of issues. If you do not want the balance on this committee distorted against the spirit of the way in which parliamentary committees are established—where a voice is given to both opposition and government representatives fairly—then we need to have an additional opposition nomination to make up for the additional government nomination that is before us at the present time. Fairness, justice and equity says that the member for O’Connor should be on this committee. (Time expired)

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