Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I have received messages from the Senate informing the House that: (a) the Senate transmits to the House an amendment to the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network, and requests the concurrence of the House; and (b) senators have been appointed members and participating members of that committee. Copies of the messages have been placed on the table for the information of honourable members. I do not propose to read the terms, which will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.

The message concerning the amendment read as follows—

That the resolution of appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network be amended as follows:

Omit paragraph (6), substitute:

(6) the committee shall elect as its chair a Government member appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Government Whip or Whips, or the Leader of the Government in the Senate;

After paragraph (6), insert:

(6A) the committee shall elect a member as its deputy chair.

The message concerning appointments read as follows—

That in accordance with the resolution agreed to by both Houses, senators had been appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network as follows:

Senators Bernardi and Cash as members; and

Senators Abetz, Adams, Back, Birmingham, Boswell, Boyce, Brandis, Bushby, Colbeck, Coonan, Cormann, Eggleston, Fierravanti-Wells, Fifield, Fisher, Heffernan, Humphries, Johnston, Joyce, Kroger, Macdonald, Mason, Nash, Parry, Payne, Ronaldson, Ryan, Scullion and Williams as participating members.

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