Senate Committee Membership

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs - Joint Committee

Senators Stewart (Chair), Liddle 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), Blyth and Ciccone

Community Affairs - Legislation Committee

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

Senator Steele-John is a Substitute Member for Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025 and Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 .

Community Affairs - References Committee

Senators Allman-Payne (Chair), Cox (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Antic, Blyth and Collins

Corporations and Financial Services - Joint Committee

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

Economics - Legislation Committee

Senators Darmanin (Chair), Hume (Deputy Chair), Canavan, McKim, O'Neill and Walker

Economics - References Committee

Senators Hume (Chair), Darmanin (Deputy Chair), Canavan, Colbeck, McKim, O'Neill and Smith

Senator Smith is a Substitute Member for Micro-competition opportunities.

Education and Employment - Legislation Committee

Senators Smith (Chair), Kovacic (Deputy Chair), Dolega, Faruqi, Mulholland, Sharma and Pocock

Senator Pocock is a Substitute Member for Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025.

Education and Employment - References Committee

Senators Kovacic (Chair), Smith (Deputy Chair), Blyth, Dolega, Faruqi, Sharma and Hodgins-May

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

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, Walker, Blyth, Grogan (Deputy Chair) and McLachlan

Senator Blyth is a Substitute Member for Algal blooms in South Australia.
Senator Grogan is a Substitute Member for Algal blooms in South Australia.
Senator McLachlan is a Substitute Member for Algal blooms in South Australia.

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), Collins, Dowling, Hume and Pocock

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - Joint Committee

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

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - Legislation Committee

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

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - References Committee

Senators Henderson (Chair), Ciccone (Deputy Chair), Chandler, 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

Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy - Select Committee

Senators Whish-Wilson (Chair), Ananda-Rajah (Deputy Chair), Canavan, Darmanin, McLachlan and Pocock

Intelligence and Security - Joint Committee

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

Law Enforcement - Joint Committee

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

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - Legislation Committee

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

Legal and Constitutional Affairs - References Committee

Senators Chandler (Chair), Stewart (Deputy Chair), Antic, Cox, McLachlan and Shoebridge

Migration - Joint Committee

Senators Ananda-Rajah, Bragg, 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, Chandler, Mulholland and Steele-John

Northern Australia - Joint Committee

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

Parliamentary Library - Joint Committee

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

Parliamentary Standards - Joint Committee

Senators Henderson (Deputy Chair), Brown, Chandler, McKim and Polley

PFAS (per and polyfluoroalkyl substances) - Select Committee

Senators Thorpe (Chair), Ghosh (Deputy Chair), Brockman, Cadell, Whish-Wilson and Whiteaker

Privileges - Standing Committee

Senators Hume (Chair), Brown (Deputy Chair), Chandler, Cox, Henderson, McKim, Polley and Sheldon

Procedure - Standing Committee

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

Public Accounts and Audit - Joint Committee

Senators O'Sullivan (Deputy Chair), Darmanin, Dowling, Ghosh, Hume and Pocock

Public Works - Joint Committee

Senators Colbeck, Dolega and Kovacic

Publications - Standing Committee

Senators Antic, Askew, Brown, Dowling, McLachlan, Sheldon and Walker

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport - Legislation Committee

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

Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport - References Committee

Senators Canavan (Chair), Sterle (Deputy Chair), Colbeck, Dolega, O'Sullivan and Whish-Wilson

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), O'Sullivan (Deputy Chair), Ananda-Rajah, Darmanin, Pocock and Scarr

Selection of Bills - Standing Committee

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

Senators' Interests - Standing Committee

Senators Askew (Chair), Blyth, Brown, Canavan, Darmanin, Hodgins-May, O'Sullivan and Sterle

Trade and Investment Growth - Joint Committee

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

Treaties - Joint Committee

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