Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The President has received letters from party leaders seeking to vary the membership of committees.

Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) 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 substitute member:

Senator McGauran to replace Senator Boyce for the committee’s inquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians, on 23 August 2007

Finance and Public Administration––Standing Committee–

Appointed, as substitute members:

Senators Joyce and Ian Macdonald to replace Senators Fierravanti-Wells and Watson, respectively, for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007

Appointed, as participating members: Senators Fierravanti-Wells and Watson

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade––Joint Standing Committee––

Appointed: Senator Fifield

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade––Standing Committee––

Appointed: Senator Cormann

Intelligence and Security––Parliamentary Joint Committee––

Appointed: Senator Sandy Macdonald

Procedure Committee––

Appointed: Senator Nash

Publications––Standing Committee––

Appointed: Senator Fisher.

Question agreed to.