Senate debates
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Committees
Membership
Ross Lightfoot (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The President has received letters from party leaders seeking variations to the membership of committees.
6:01 pm
Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I move:
That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:
Community Affairs––Standing Committee—
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp
Economics–Standing Committee––
Discharged: Senator Brandis
Appointed: Senator Ronaldson
Appointed, as substitute members:
Senator Ferris to replace Senator Bernardi for the consideration of the 2006-07 additional estimates on 15 February 2007
Senator Watson to replace Senator Chapman for the consideration of the 2006-07 additional estimates on 14, 15 and 16 February 2007
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp
Employment, Workplace Relations and Education––Standing Committee––
Appointed, as a substitute member: Senator McGauran to replace Senator Lightfoot for the consideration of the 2006-07 additional estimates from noon on 15 February and on 16 February 2007
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts––Standing Committee––
Discharged: Senator Parry on 12 February 2007
Appointed: Senator Kemp on 12 February 2007
Appointed, as substitute members:
Senator Moore to replace Senator Wortley for the committee’s inquiry into Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector for the period 19 to 22 February 2007
Senator Parry to replace Senator Kemp for the period 19 to 23 February 2007
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Wortley for the period 19 to 22 February 2007
Finance and Public Administration––Standing Committee––
Appointed, as a substitute member: Senator Stott Despoja to replace Senator Murray for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007
Appointed, as participating members: Senators Kemp and Wong
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade––Standing Committee––
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade––Joint Standing Committee––
Discharged: Senator Scullion
Appointed: Senator Sandy Macdonald
Legal and Constitutional Affairs––Standing Committee––
Discharged: Senators Brandis and Scullion
Appointed: Senators Sandy Macdonald and Parry
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp
National Capital and External Territories––Joint Standing Committee––
Discharged: Senator Carr
Appointed: Senator Crossin
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport––Standing Committee––
Appointed, as a substitute member: Senator Adams to replace Senator Heffernan for the consideration of the 2006-07 additional estimates on 15 February 2007, and replace Senator Nash for the consideration of the 2006-07 additional estimates on 16 February 2007
Appointed, as a participating member: Senator Kemp.
Question agreed to.