Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The President has received letters from party leaders requesting changes in the membership of committees.

Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Community Affairs Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Economics Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Education and Employment Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating members: Senators Rice and Wang

Environment and Communications Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Finance and Public Administration Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Hanson-Young to replace Senator Wright for the committee’s inquiry into the Guardian for Unaccompanied Children Bill 2014

Participating members: Senators Rice and Wright

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—

Appointed—Participating member: Senator Rice

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation and References Committees—

Appointed—Participating members: Senators Lazarus and Rice.

Question agreed to.

Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The President has received a message from the House of Representatives informing the Senate of the appointment of Mrs Prentice to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in place of Mr Simpkins.