Senate debates

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Committees

Membership

Photo of Alan FergusonAlan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | | Hansard source

Order! The President has received letters from party leaders appointing members to committees.

3:40 pm

Photo of Mark ArbibMark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Government Service Delivery) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

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

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity—Parliamentary Joint Committee
Appointed—Senator Fielding
Community Affairs Legislation and References Committees
Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
Economics Legislation Committee
Appointed—Senator Xenophon
Economics References Committee
Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee
Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee
Appointed—Substitute members:
Senator Siewert to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into the tender process for employment services contracts
Senator Milne to replace Senator Hanson-Young for the committee’s inquiry into Australia’s research and training capacity in the area of climate change
Participating members: Senators Hanson-Young and Xenophon Environment, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee—Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
Environment, Communications and the Arts References Committee
Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Crossin to replace Senator Wortley for the committee’s inquiry into forestry and mining operations on the Tiwi Islands
Participating members: Senators Wortley and Xenophon
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee
Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Bob Brown to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into the Plebiscite for an Australian Republic Bill 2008
Participating members: Senator Siewert and Xenophon Finance and Public Administration References Committee-Appointed—Substitute member:
Senator Crossin to replace Senator Polley for the committee’s inquiry into the relationship between the Central Land Council and Centrecorp Aboriginal Investment Corporation Pty Ltd
Participating members: Senators Polley and Xenophon
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Discharged—Senator Feeney
Appointed—Senator Farrell
Participating members: Senators Feeney and Xenophon
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee
Appointed—Participating members: Senators Feeney and Xenophon
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation and References Committees
Appointed—Participating member: Senator Xenophon
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee
Appointed—Substitute member: Senator Ludlam to replace Senator Siewert for the committee’s inquiry into the provisions of the Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009
Participating members: Senators Siewert and Xenophon
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Appointed—Substitute members:
Senator Back to replace Senator Heffernan for the committee’s inquiry into public passenger transport in Australia for 9 and 10 June 2009
Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne for the committee’s inquiry into the management of the Murray-Darling Basin system
Senator Siewert to replace Senator Milne for the committee’s inquiry into natural resource management and conservation challenges
Participating members: Senators Heffernan, Milne and Xenophon

Question agreed to.