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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:
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Senator Carol Brown (Chair) (Australian Labor Party, Tasmania)
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Senator Cory Bernardi (Liberal Party of Australia, SA)
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Senator David Feeney (Australian Labor Party, Victoria)
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Senator Gavin Marshall (Australian Labor Party, Victoria)
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Senator the Hon Brett Mason (Liberal Party of Australia, Queensland)
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Senator Stephen Parry (Liberal Party of Australia, Tasmania)
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Senator Glenn Sterle (Australian Labor Party, WA)
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Mr Mark Coulton MP (Nationals, Parkes NSW)
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Ms Jill Hall MP, (Australian Labor Party, Shortland NSW)
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Mr Chris Hayes MP, (Australian Labor Party, Werriwa NSW)
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Mrs Kay Hull MP (Nationals, Riverina NSW)
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Mr Steve Irons MP (Liberal Party of Australia, Swan WA)
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Mr Sid Sidebottom MP, (Australian Labor Party, Braddon, Tasmania)
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Mr Jon Sullivan MP (Australian Labor Party, Longman, Queensland)
The Joint Committee Secretariat can be contacted at:
Committee Secretary
Joint Committee on Publications
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Phone: +61 2 6277 3037
Fax: +61 2 6277
3448
email: publications.committee.sen@aph.gov.au
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