Senate debates
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Bills
Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; In Committee
11:19 am
Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source
These are policy decisions that are made by the government. The government is putting forward what is an entirely sensible approach to the composition of this committee. It's a set of very clear requirements around the selection of consultative committee members. Indeed, expertise in the area of climate risk is one of the areas that are listed there in terms of the expertise that should be considered. That is the appropriate way of framing it.
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