Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

(1)

That standing order 25(1) be amended as follows:

Omit: ‘Environment, Communications and the Arts’

Substitute: ‘Environment and Communications’.

Omit: ‘Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport’

Substitute: ‘Rural Affairs and Transport’.

(2)

That departments and agencies be allocated to legislative and general purpose standing committees as follows:

Community Affairs

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Health and Ageing

Human Services

Economics

Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Resources and Energy

Tourism

Treasury

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, including School Education, Early Childhood and Youth

Environment and Communications

Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Finance and Public Administration

Finance and Deregulation

Parliament

Prime Minister and Cabinet, including Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Defence, including Veterans’ Affairs

Foreign Affairs and Trade

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

Attorney-General

Immigration and Citizenship

Rural Affairs and Transport

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Infrastructure and Transport.