Senate Committee Membership

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Joint Committee

Senators Stewart (Chair), Liddle, Thorpe and Whiteaker

Appropriations, Staffing and Security - Standing Committee

Senators Lines (Chair), Brockman (Deputy Chair), Wong, Cash, Ciccone, Duniam, Grogan, McKenzie, Stewart and Waters

Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings - Joint Committee

Senators Lines (Deputy Chair), Ciccone and Nampijinpa Price

Community Affairs - Legislation Committee

Senators Cox (Chair), Allman-Payne (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Antic, Askew, Brown, Steele-John (Deputy Chair), Steele-John (Deputy Chair) and Steele-John (Deputy Chair)

Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025.
Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025.
Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for Health Legislation Amendment (Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers) Bill 2026.

Community Affairs - References Committee

Senators Allman-Payne (Chair), Cox (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Antic, Askew and Ruston

Corporations and Financial Services - Joint Committee

Senators O'Neill (Chair), Pocock, Scarr, Sharma and Whiteaker

Economics - Legislation Committee

Senators Darmanin (Chair), Liddle (Deputy Chair), McDonald, McKim, O'Neill, Walker, Pocock and Pocock

Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Reporting System Reform) Bill 2026 .
Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Regulations 2026.

Economics - References Committee

Senators Liddle (Chair), Darmanin (Deputy Chair), Colbeck, McDonald, McKim and O'Neill

Education and Employment - Legislation Committee

Senators Smith (Chair), Kovacic (Deputy Chair), Dolega, Faruqi, Mulholland, O'Sullivan, Pocock and Pocock

Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Fair Work Amendment (Right to Work from Home) Bill 2025.
Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2025.

Education and Employment - References Committee

Senators Kovacic (Chair), Smith (Deputy Chair), Dolega, Faruqi, Nampijinpa Price, O'Sullivan, Hodgins-May and Pocock

Senator Hodgins-May is a Substitute Member for Quality and safety of Australia’s early childhood education and care system.
Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Wage theft.

Electoral Matters - Joint Committee

Senators Colbeck (Deputy Chair), Grogan, Hodgins-May, McGrath and Mulholland

Environment and Communications - Legislation Committee

Senators Ghosh (Chair), Hanson-Young (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Henderson, Smith and Walker

Environment and Communications - References Committee

Senators Hanson-Young (Chair), Ghosh (Deputy Chair), Cadell, Henderson, Smith and Walker

Finance and Public Administration - Legislation Committee

Senators Grogan (Chair), Sharma (Deputy Chair), Collins, Dowling, Pocock and Whiteaker

Finance and Public Administration - References Committee

Senators Sharma (Chair), Grogan (Deputy Chair), Chandler, Collins, Dowling and Pocock

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - Joint Committee

Senators Smith (Deputy Chair), Babet, Cadell, Ciccone, Colbeck, Collins, Darmanin, McLachlan, O'Neill, Shoebridge, Stewart and Whiteaker

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - Legislation Committee

Senators Ciccone (Chair), Collins (Deputy Chair), Ghosh, McLachlan, Shoebridge and Whiteaker

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - References Committee

Senators Collins (Chair), Ciccone (Deputy Chair), Blyth, McLachlan, Shoebridge and Whiteaker

Human Rights - Joint Committee

Senators Ananda-Rajah, Collins, Scarr, Shoebridge, Thorpe and Walker

Implementation of the National Redress Scheme (Standing) - Joint Committee

Senators Smith (Deputy Chair), Dowling and Shoebridge

Intelligence and Security - Joint Committee

Senators Ciccone (Chair), Cash, Duniam, Grogan, McDonald and Smith

Intergenerational Housing Inequity - Select Committee

Senators Pocock (Chair), Brown (Deputy Chair), Bragg, Kovacic and Mulholland

Law Enforcement - Joint Committee

Senators Polley (Chair), Antic, Cox, Sharma and Shoebridge

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - Legislation Committee

Senators Stewart (Chair), Blyth (Deputy Chair), Cox, McLachlan, Polley, Shoebridge and Faruqi

Senator Faruqi is a Substitute Member for National Emergency Declaration Act 2020.

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - References Committee

Senators Blyth (Chair), Stewart (Deputy Chair), Antic, Cox, McLachlan, Shoebridge and Steele-John

Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for Illegal tobacco crisis in Australia.

Migration - Joint Committee

Senators Ananda-Rajah, Blyth, Dolega and Shoebridge

National Anti-Corruption Commission - Joint Committee

Senators Darmanin, Ghosh, Henderson, McGrath, Shoebridge and Stewart

National Capital and External Territories - Joint Committee

Senators McLachlan (Deputy Chair), Brockman, O'Sullivan, Pocock, Polley and Walker

National Disability Insurance Scheme - Joint Committee

Senators Kovacic (Deputy Chair), Brown, Liddle, Mulholland and Steele-John

Northern Australia - Joint Committee

Senators Allman-Payne, McDonald, Smith, Sterle and Whiteaker

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence - Joint Committee

Senators O'Neill, Paterson, Sharma and Whiteaker

Parliamentary Library - Joint Committee

Senators Askew (Chair), Brown, Ghosh, Kovacic, Mulholland and Waters

Parliamentary Standards - Joint Committee

Senators Liddle (Deputy Chair), Brown, Hume, McKim and Polley

Privileges - Standing Committee

Senators Scarr (Chair), Brown (Deputy Chair), Cox, Hume, Liddle, McKim, Polley and Sheldon

Procedure - Standing Committee

Senators Lines, Brockman (Chair), Wong, Cash, Chisholm, Duniam, Gallagher, Hanson-Young, McKenzie and Sheldon

Productivity in Australia - Select Committee

Senators Bragg (Chair), Grogan (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah and McKenzie

Public Accounts and Audit - Joint Committee

Senators Darmanin, Dowling, Ghosh, O'Sullivan, Pocock and Sharma

Public Works - Joint Committee

Senators Colbeck, Dolega and Kovacic

Publications - Standing Committee

Senators Brown (Chair), McLachlan (Deputy Chair), Antic, Dowling, Scarr, Sheldon and Walker

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport - Legislation Committee

Senators Sterle (Chair), Cadell (Deputy Chair), Colbeck, Dolega, Mulholland and Whish-Wilson

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport - References Committee

Senators Cadell (Chair), Sterle (Deputy Chair), Colbeck, Dolega, Scarr, Whish-Wilson, McKenzie and Steele-John

Senator McKenzie is a Substitute Member for State of Australia’s aviation sector and its ability to deliver reliable and affordable services to rural, regional and remote communities.
Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for Rural, regional and remote Medicare access and funding.

Scrutiny of Bills - Standing Committee

Senators Smith (Chair), Ciccone (Deputy Chair), Dolega, Grogan, McKim and Scarr

Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation - Standing Committee

Senators O'Neill (Chair), McLachlan (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Darmanin, Pocock and Scarr

Selection of Bills - Standing Committee

Senators Sheldon (Chair), Askew, Cadell, Cadell, Cadell, Cadell, McKim, Bell, Lambie, Pocock, Babet, Thorpe, Blyth, Chisholm, Collins and Gallagher

Senators' Interests - Standing Committee

Senators Askew (Chair), Blyth, Brown, Cadell, Darmanin, Hodgins-May, Scarr and Sterle

Taxation of Gas Resources - Select Committee

Senators Hodgins-May (Chair), Ghosh (Deputy Chair), Darmanin, McDonald, Pocock and Smith

Trade and Investment Growth - Joint Committee

Senators Smith (Chair), Canavan, Colbeck, Cox and Whish-Wilson

Treaties - Joint Committee

Senators Canavan, Collins, Dolega, Ghosh, Nampijinpa Price, Sterle and Whish-Wilson