Senate debates
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Committees
Membership
8:07 pm
Sue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Order! I have received letters from party leaders seeking variations to the membership of various committees.
Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
by leave—I move:
That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees with effect from 1 July 2011, in accordance with the list circulated in the chamber.
The list read as follows—
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity––Joint Statutory Committee––
Discharged––Senator Marshall
Appointed––Senator Singh
Australia's Food Processing Sector—Select Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Sterle, Stephens and Urquhart
Participating members: Senators Bilyk, Bishop, Carol Brown, Cameron, Crossin, Edwards, Faulkner, Fawcett, Gallacher, Marshall, McEwen, McKenzie, Moore, Polley, Pratt and Thistlethwaite
Australia's Immigration Detention Network––Joint Select Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Crossin and Sterle
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie
Community Affairs Legislation Committee––
Discharged––Senator Boyce
Appointed––
Senator McKenzie
Participating members: Senators Boyce, Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Community Affairs References Committee —
Discharged––Senator Coonan
Appointed––
Senator McKenzie
Participating members: Senators Coonan, Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Corporations and Financial Services—Joint Statutory Committee––
Appointed––Senator Thistlethwaite
Cyber Safety—Joint Select Committee––
Appointed––Senators Bilyk and Parry
Economics Legislation Committee––
Discharged––Senator Pratt
Appointed––
Senators Bishop and Urquhart
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Pratt, Singh and Thistlethwaite
Economics References Committee––
Discharged––Senator Pratt
Appointed––
Senators Bishop, Cameron and Williams
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Pratt, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee––
Appointed––
Senator Thistlethwaite
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh and Urquhart
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee––
Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Electoral Matters––Joint Standing Committee––
[for the purposes of the committee ' s inquiry into the funding of political parties and election campaigns]
Appointed––
Senator Birmingham
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee––
Discharged––Senator McEwen
Appointed––
Senators Gallacher, McKenzie and Singh
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, McEwen, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Environment and Communications References Committee––
Discharged––Senator Cameron
Appointed––
Senators Gallacher, McKenzie and Singh
Participating members: Senators Cameron, Edwards, Fawcett, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee––
Discharged––Senator Fifield
Appointed––
Senator Ryan
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Fifield, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Finance and Public Administration References Committee––
Discharged––Senators Faulkner and Fifield
Appointed––
Senators McEwen and Ryan
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Faulkner, Fawcett, Fifield, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Fawcett, McEwen and Stephens
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Edwards, Fawcett and Stephens
Participating members: Senators Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Joint Standing Committee––
Appointed––Senators Fawcett, McEwen, Parry and Stephens
Gambling Reform––Joint Select Committee––
Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie
Intelligence and Security––Joint Statutory Committee––
Appointed––Senator Bishop, pursuant to the Intelligence Services Act 2001
Law Enforcement—Joint Statutory Committee––
Appointed––Senator Furner
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee––
Discharged––Senator Parry
Appointed––
Senators Boyce and Humphries
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Parry, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Boyce and Humphries
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Migration—Joint Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senators Boyce and McEwen
Appointed––Senators Cash and Singh
National Broadband Network––Joint Standing Committee––
Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett and McKenzie
Parliamentary Library—Joint Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senator Cameron
Appointed––Senators Humphries, Marshall, McKenzie and Singh
Privileges—Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senators Bilyk and Cameron
Appointed––Senators Brandis, Gallacher and Urquhart
Public Accounts and Audit—Joint Statutory Committee––
Appointed––Senator Thistlethwaite
Public Works—Joint Statutory Committee —
Discharged––Senator Marshall
Appointed––Senators Gallacher and Urquhart
Reform of the Australian Federation—Select Committee––
Appointed––Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Regulations and Ordinances—Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senators Carol Brown and Stephens
Appointed––Senators Furner and Urquhart
Rural Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee––
Appointed––
Senators Gallacher and Urquhart
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, McKenzie, Singh and Thistlethwaite
Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee––
Appointed––
Senator Edwards
Participating members: Senators Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart
Scrutiny of Bills—Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senators Coonan and Pratt
Appointed––Senators Carol Brown, Edwards and Fifield
Scrutiny of New Taxes—Select Committee —
Appointed––
Senator Thistlethwaite
Participating members: Senators Edwards, Fawcett, Gallacher, McKenzie, Singh and Urquhart
Senators' Interests—Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senator Pratt
Appointed––Senators Marshall and Stephens
Treaties—Joint Standing Committee––
Discharged––Senator Pratt
Appointed––Senators Coonan, Singh, Thistlethwaite and Urquhart.
Question agreed to.