David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

POCOCK () (): I, and on behalf of the Australian Greens, move:

(1) Clause 178, page 150 (after line 17), after subclause (2), insert:

(2A) If the proposed recommendation is for the appointment of the Commissioner or the Inspector:

(a) the decision to approve or reject the recommendation is to be determined by a simple majority of members of the Committee; and

(b) paragraph 173(5)(b) does not apply in relation to a vote on a decision to approve or reject a proposed recommendation.