Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

42nd Parliament (February 2008 - current)

Publication of details of Members' Interests on the Australian Parliament House website - PDF (presented 19 November 2009)

Procedures of the Committee and the House in relation to consideration of privilege matters and procedural fairness - PDF (presented 17 September 2009)

Report on the review of procedures of the Committee - PDF (presented 10 November 2008)

The issue of the exchange between the Member for Robertson and the Member for Indi on 28 May 2008 and the subsequent withdrawal and apology by the Member for Robertson on 29 May 2008

Report on the issue of the exchange between the Member for Robertson and the Member for Indi on 28 May 2008 and the subsequent withdrawal and apology by the Member for Robertson on 29 May 2008 - PDF (presented 23 October 2008)

Terms of Reference: On 17 June 2008, the House referred the following matter to the Committee:

the issue of the exchange between the Member for Robertson and the Member for Indi on 28 May 2008 and the subsequent withdrawal and apology by the Member for Robertson on 29 May 2008

Review of the procedures of the House of Representatives and of the Committee in relation to parliamentary privilege -

• Professors Lindell and Carney - review of procedures of the House of Representatives relating to the consideration of privilege matters and procedural fairness - PDF

• Review of procedures applying to alleged breaches of parliamentary privilege comparative analysis - PDF

• Comparison of Procedures of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Relation to Parliamentary Privilege - PDF
  
  
• Comments on the Professors Lindell and Carney - Mr H Evans, Clerk of the Senate - PDF
  
  
• Comments on the Professors Lindell and Carney - Mr R Grove, Clerk of the NSW Legislative Assembly - PDF
  
  
• Comments on the Professors Lindell and Carney - Ms Lynn Lovelock, Clerk of the Parliaments, NSW Legislative Council - PDF
  

Report concerning an application from Professor Flint for the publication of a response to a reference made in the House of Representatives - PDF (presented 4 September 2008)

Report concerning the operations of the Committee of Members' Interests during 2007 - PDF (presented 20 March 2008)

Previous Parliaments

Reports of inquiries conducted by the former committee are available from the Standing Committee of Privileges reports page

Comments to: Committee Secretary on PH: 02 6277 4444 or FAX: 02 6277 2006
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Last reviewed 19 November 2009 by the Committee Secretariat
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