Committee Members

Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit

Committee Members

The Committee's Act provides that the Committee should consist of 16 members 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.

Mr Bob Baldwin, MP (Chair) (Liberal Party of Australia, NSW)

Ms Sharon Grierson, MP (Deputy Chair) (Australian Labor Party, NSW)

Mr Russell Broadbent, MP (Liberal Party of Australia, VIC)

Dr Craig Emerson, MP (Australian Labor Party, QLD) from 12 September 2005

Senator John Hogg Senator for Queensland (Australian Labor Party)

Senator Gary Humphries Senator for Canberra (Liberal Party of Australia)

Hon Jackie Kelly, MP (Liberal Party of Australia, NSW)

Ms Catherine King, MP (Australian Labor Party, VIC)

Mr Andrew Laming, MP (Liberal Party of Australia, QLD)

Senator Claire Moore Senator for Queensland (Australian Labor Party)

Senator Andrew Murray Senator for Western Australia (Australian Democrats)

Senator Fiona Nash Senator for New South Wales (the Nationals) from 16 August 2005

Mr Lindsay Tanner, MP (Australian Labor Party, VIC)

Mr Ken Ticehurst, MP (Liberal Party of Australia, NSW)

Hon Bronwyn Bishop, MP (Liberal Party of Australia, NSW) from 16 August 2005

Senator John Watson Senator for Tasmania (Liberal Party of Australia)

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 Sub-Committees in previous Parliaments, contact the Committee Secretariat.