Alex Gallacher (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Economics References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator McKenzie to replace Senator Canavan for the committee’s inquiry into cooperative, mutual and member-owned firms

Participating member: Senator Canavan

Environment and Communications References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Whish-Wilson to replace Senator Waters for the committee’s inquiry into marine plastic pollution

Participating member: Senator Waters

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—

Appointed—

Substitute member: Senator Gallagher to replace Senator Collins for the committee’s inquiry into Commonwealth payments relating to asylum seeker boat turn backs

Participating member: Senator Collins

Murray-Darling Basin Plan—Select Committee—

Appointed—Senators Day, Leyonhjelm and Madigan

Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru—Select Committee—

Appointed—

Senators Carr, Gallacher, Johnston and Reynolds

Participating members: Senators Back, Bernardi, Bilyk, Brown, Bullock, Bushby, Cameron, Canavan, Collins, Conroy, Dastyari, Edwards, Fawcett, Gallagher, Heffernan, Ketter, Lines, Lindgren, Ludwig, Macdonald, Marshall, McEwen, McGrath, McKenzie, McLucas, Moore, O’Neill, O’Sullivan, Peris, Polley, Ruston, Seselja, Singh, Smith, Sterle, Urquhart, Williams and Wong.

Question agreed to.