Committee Members
The Committee's Act provides that the Committee should consist of 16 members of Parliament - 10 Members of the House of Representatives and 6 Senators - appointed "according to the practice of the Parliament for the appointment of members to serve on joint select committees of both Houses of Parliament". Members are appointed to the Committee in the following combination:
- 6 Members of the House of Representatives nominated by the Government Whip or Whips;
- 4 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the opposition Whip or Whips or by an independent Member;
- 3 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate;
- 2 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; and
- 1 Senator to be nominated by any minority group or groups or independent Senator or independent Senators.
Ms Sharon Grierson MP, (Australian Labor Party, NSW) (Chair)
Mr Petro Georgiou MP, (Liberal Party of Australia, VIC) (Deputy Chair)
The Hon Dick Adams MP (Australian Labor Party, Tas)
Senator Guy Barnett Senator for Tasmania (Liberal Party of Australia)
The Hon Arch Bevis MP (Australian Labor Party, QLD)
The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP (Liberal Party of Australia, NSW)
Senator Mark Bishop Senator for Western Australia (Australian Labor Party)
Mr David Bradbury MP (Australian Labor Party, NSW)
Mr Jamie Briggs MP (Liberal Party of Australia, SA)
Senator David Bushby Senator for Tasmania (Liberal Party of Australia)
Senator David Feeney Senator for Victoria (Australian Labor Party)
Ms Catherine King MP (Australian Labor Party, VIC)
Senator Kate Lundy Senator for Australian Capital Territory (Australian Labor Party)
Mr Shayne Neumann MP (Australian Labor Party, QLD)
Mr Stuart Robert MP (Liberal Party of Australia, QLD)
Committee Secretary:
Mr Russell Chafer
Ph: 02 6277 4615
For further information on the Committee and its Sectional Committee contact the Committee Secretariat.
- A list of former Chairmen of the Committee is available in the Department of the Parliamentary Library's Parliamentary Handbook of the Australian Parliament, published by the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS).
- For details of membership of the Committee and its Sectional Committees in previous Parliaments, contact the Committee Secretariat.
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