Senate debates
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Committees
Membership
Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Order! The President has received letters from party leaders appointing members to committees.
3:40 pm
Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I move:
That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows:
- Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Parliamentary Joint Committee
- Appointed—Senator Fielding
- Community Affairs Legislation and References Committees
- Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
- Economics Legislation Committee
- Appointed—Senator Xenophon
- Economics References Committee
- Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee
- Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
- Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee
- Appointed—Substitute members:
- Senator Siewert to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into the tender process for employment services contracts
- Senator Milne to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into Australia’s research and training capacity in the area of climate change
- Participating members: Senators Hanson-Young and Xenophon Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee—Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
- Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee
- Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Crossin to replace Senator Wortley for the committee’s inquiry into forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
- Participating members: Senators Wortley and Xenophon
- Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
- Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Bob Brown to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into the Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
- Participating members: Senator Siewert and Xenophon Finance and Public Administration References Committee-Appointed—Substitute member:
- Senator Crossin to replace Senator Polley for the committee’s inquiry into the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd
- Participating members: Senators Polley and Xenophon
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
- Discharged—Senator Feeney
- Appointed—Senator Farrell
- Participating members: Senators Feeney and Xenophon
- Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee
- Appointed—Participating members: Senators Feeney and Xenophon
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation and References Committees
- Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
- Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Ludlam to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009
- Participating members: Senators Siewert and Xenophon
- Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
- Appointed—Substitute members:
- Senator Back to replace Senator Heffernan for the committee’s inquiry into public passenger transport in Australia for 9 and 10 June 2009
- Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne for the committee’s inquiry into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin system
- Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne for the committee’s inquiry into natural resource management and conservation challenges
- Participating members: Senators Heffernan, Milne and Xenophon
Question agreed to.