Membership of the committee

Members

Senator Dean Smith, Chair	Western Australia, LP
Mr Laurie Ferguson MP, Deputy Chair	Werriwa, New South Wales, ALP
Senator Sue Boyce	Queensland, LP
Dr David Gillespie MP	Lyne, New South Wales, NAT
Mr Andrew Laming MP	Bowman, Queensland, LP
Senator the Hon Kate Lundy	Australia Capital Territory, ALP
Ms Michelle Rowland MP	Greenway, New South Wales, ALP
Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens	New South Wales, ALP
Senator Penny Wright	South Australia, AG
Mr Ken Wyatt AM MP	Hasluck, Western Australia, LP

Functions of the committee

The Committee has the following functions:

a) to examine Bills for Acts, and legislative instruments, that come before either House of the Parliament for compatibility with human rights, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that issue;

b) to examine Acts for compatibility with human rights, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that issue;

c) to inquire into any matter relating to human rights which is referred to it by the Attorney-General, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that matter.

Secretariat

Mr Ivan Powell, Acting Committee Secretary
Ms Kate Orange, Principal Research Officer
Ms Renuka Thilagaratnam, Principal Research Officer
Dr Patrick Hodder, Senior Research Officer
Ms Hannah Dibley, Legislative Research Officer

External Legal Adviser

Professor Andrew Byrnes

PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: 02 6277 3823
Fax: 02 6277 5767

E-mail: human.rights@aph.gov.au
Internet: http://www.aph.gov.au/joint_humanrights/

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