Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

  That departments and agencies be allocated to legislative and general purpose standing committees as follows:

Community Affairs

  Health

  Social Services

Economics

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources excluding Energy and Small Business

  Treasury

Education and Employment

  Education, Skills and Employment, including Industrial Relations

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, excluding Industry, Science, and Energy and Resources but including Small Business

Environment and Communications

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, excluding Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment, excluding Agriculture and Water

  Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, excluding Industry, Science, and Resources

Finance and Public Administration

  Finance

  Parliament

  Prime Minister and Cabinet

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

  Defence, including Veterans' Affairs

  Foreign Affairs and Trade

Legal and Constitutional Affairs

  Attorney-General, excluding Industrial Relations

  Home Affairs

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment, excluding the Environment

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications excluding Communications

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We note the motion moved by the government and the machinery-of-government changes which have occurred and have required these changes to committees. We would like to put on the record, as there is some disjoint amongst departments, that we don't want to see the changes to allocations to the committees as a reason for not answering or not providing information because certain departments aren't there or have moved to a different time. We still expect the same level of transparency and accountability, but we will support the motion.

Question agreed to.