Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:

Education, Employment and Workplace Relations—Standing Committee—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Boyce

Environment, Communications and the Arts—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Siewert to replace Senator Ludlam for the committee’s inquiry into the Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008

Participating member: Senator Ludlam

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee—

Appointed—Senator Hanson-Young

Legal and Constitutional Affairs—Standing Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute members:

Senator Siewert to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

Senator Ludlam to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008

Senator Ludlam to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Federal Justice System Amendment (Efficiency Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2008

Participating member: Senator Hanson-Young.

Question agreed to.