Preliminary Pages
Membership of the Committee
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Chair
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Ms Anna Burke MP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Vice
Chair
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Senator the Hon John Hogg
President of the Senate
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Members
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Mr Mark Coulton MP
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Senator Stephen Parry
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Mr Chris Hayes MP
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Senator the Hon Lin Thorp
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The Hon John Murphy MP
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Mr Wyatt Roy MP
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Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP
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Secretary
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James Catchpole (from 2
October 2012)
Siwan Davies (until 2
October 2012)
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Sonia Palmieri (until 17 December
2012)
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Terms of reference
Section 5 Parliamentary Proceedings Broadcasting Act 1946:
(1) At the commencement of
the first session of every Parliament, a Joint Committee of nine members of the
Parliament, to be called the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of
Parliamentary Proceedings, shall be appointed according to the practice of the
Parliament with reference to the appointment of members to serve on Joint
Select Committees of both Houses of the Parliament.
(2) One of the members of
the Committee shall be the President of the Senate, one member shall be the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and, of the other seven members of the
Committee, two shall be members of, and appointed by, the Senate and five shall
be members of, and appointed by, the House of Representatives.
Sections 12(1) & 12(2) Parliamentary Proceedings
Broadcasting Act 1946:
(1) The Committee shall
consider and specify in a report presented to each House of the Parliament, the
general principles upon which there should be determined the days upon which,
and the periods during which, the proceedings of the Senate and the House of
Representatives shall be broadcast.
(2) The Committee shall,
in accordance with general principles specified by the Committee and adopted by
each House of the Parliament, determine the days upon which, and the periods
during which, the proceedings of either House of the Parliament shall be
broadcast.