Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That for the purposes of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters’ inquiry into the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016:

1. participating members may be appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, the Leader of Opposition in the Senate, or any minority group or independent Senator;

2. such participating members:

a. shall be taken to be a member of the committee for the purposes of forming a quorum if a majority of members of the committee are not present; and

b. may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the committee and have all rights of a committee member except that a participating member may not vote on any question before the committee; and

3. a message be sent to the Senate informing it of this resolution and requesting its concurrence.

Question agreed to.

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