Senate Committees

Members of the Committee

Mr Bernie Ripoll, Chairman	QLD	ALP
Senator Sue Boyce, Deputy Chair	QLD	LP
Senator Annette Hurley	SA	ALP
Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens	NSW	ALP
Senator Mathias Cormann	WA	LP
Mr Paul Fletcher MP	NSW	LP
Mr Hon. Alan Griffin MP	VIC	ALP
Mr Tony Smith MP	VIC	LP
Ms Laura Smyth MP	VIC	ALP

Dr Ian Holland, Secretary
Dr Robyn Clough, Principal Research Officer
Ms Christina Schwarz, Administrative Officer

Suite SG.64
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Section 243 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 sets out the Parliamentary Committee's duties as follows:

activities of ASIC or the Panel, or matters connected with such activities, to which, in the Parliamentary Committee's opinion, the Parliament's attention should be directed; or
the operation of the corporations legislation (other than the excluded provisions), or of any other law of the Commonwealth, of a State or Territory or of a foreign country that appears to the Parliamentary Committee to affect significantly the operation of the corporations legislation (other than the excluded provisions); and

to examine each annual report that is prepared by a body established by this Act and of which a copy has been laid before a House, and to report to both Houses on matters that appear in, or arise out of, that annual report and to which, in the Parliamentary Committee's opinion, the Parliament's attention should be directed; and
to inquire into any question in connection with its duties that is referred to it by a House, and to report to that House on that question.