David Fawcett (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

A message has been received from the House of Representatives forwarding a resolution agreed to by that House proposing a variation to the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Affairs and requesting the concurrence of the Senate.

T he House of Representatives message read as follows—

Message no. 245, dated 6 September 2023—Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, and transmitting for the concurrence of the Senate the following resolution:

That the resolution of appointment for the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs be amended to replace paragraph 3 with the following:

(3) the committee consist of 13 members, five Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Government Whip or Whips, two Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the Opposition Whip or Whips, one Member of the House of Representatives to be nominated by any minority group or independent Member, two Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate, one Senator to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and two Senators to be nominated by any minority group or independent Senator.

Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

L BROWN (—) (): I seek leave to have the message considered immediately.

Leave granted.

I move:

That the Senate concur with the resolution of the House of Representatives relating to the resolution of appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

Question agreed to.