Joint Committee on Publications
Each House of the Parliament has a Publications Committee which has the power to confer with each other. In practice most meetings are joint meetings of the two committees. The standing orders of each House permit the publications committees to undertake inquiries and make reports on:
- the printing, publication and distribution of parliamentary and government publications, and
- other matters which may be referred by the relevant Minister.
Both the House and Senate Committees can recommend that documents presented to the Parliament be incorporated into the Parliamentary Papers series, however only the Joint Committee has the power to conduct inquiries. When undertaking an inquiry, the committees are known as the Joint Committee on Publications.
Joint Committee Members
The committee consists of seven Senators and seven Members of the House of Representatives:
Mr Chris Hayes MP (Chair) (Australian Labor Party, Werriwa, NSW)
Senator Carol Brown (Deputy Chair) (Australian Labor Party, Tasmania)
Senator Cory Bernardi (Liberal Party of Australia, SA)
Senator Mark Furner (Australian Labor Party, Queensland)
Mr Steve Irons MP (Liberal Party of Australia, Swan, WA)
Dr Andrew Leigh MP (Australian Labor Party, Fraser, ACT)
Senator Gavin Marshall (Australian Labor Party, Victoria)
Senator the Hon Brett Mason (Liberal Party of Australia, Queensland)
Mr Rob Mitchell MP (Australian Labor Party, McEwen, Vic)
Mr Ken O'Dowd MP (The Nationals, Flynn, Qld)
Ms Julie Owens MP (Australian Labor Party, Parramatta, NSW)
Senator Stephen Parry (Liberal Party of Australia, Tasmania)
Senator Glenn Sterle (Australian Labor Party, WA)
Mr Ross Vasta MP (Liberal Party of Australia, Bonner, Qld)
The Joint Committee Secretariat can be contacted at:
Committee Secretary
Joint Committee on Publications
Department of the House of Representatives
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6277 4791
Fax: +61 2 6277
4517
email: publications.committee.reps@aph.gov.au
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