Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate concurs with the resolution of the House of Representatives contained in message No. 93 relating to the appointment of a Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network, with the following amendments.

The amendments have been circulated in the chamber.

The amendments read as follows—

(1)

Omit paragraph (4), substitute:

(4)

that participating members may be appointed to the committee. Participating members may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the committee, and have all the rights of a member of the committee, but may not vote on any questions before the committee.

(2)

after paragraph (7), insert (7)(A):(7A)                that the committee elect a member as its deputy chair who shall act as chair of the committee at any time when the chair is not present at a meeting of the committee, and at any time when the chair and deputy chair are not present at a meeting of the committee the members shall elect another member to act as chair at that meeting;

(7A)

that the committee elect a member as its deputy chair who shall act as chair of the committee at any time when the chair is not present at a meeting of the committee, and at any time when the chair and deputy chair are not present at a meeting of the committee the members shall elect another member to act as chair at that meeting;

(3)

Omit paragraph (8), substitute:

(8)

that, in the event of an equally divided vote, the Chair, or the Deputy Chair when acting as Chair, have a casting vote.

Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the government amendments to the resolution be agreed to, with an additional amendment to paragraph 9, omit the word ‘three’ and replace with the word ‘five’, to provide that five members of the committee constitute a quorum.

I understand that that amendment has been circulated and agreed to.

Question agreed to.

Original question, as amended, agreed to.