Finance and Public Administration


Finance and Public Administration


Finance and Public Administration (Legislation)

1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.


Current members        


Date of appointment

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

(elected Chair on 14.05.09 and re-appointed 21.10.09)[1]

14.05.09

Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

(elected Deputy Chair on 05.02.10)

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

(Chair 19.10.09–20.10.09)[2]

14.05.09

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

02.02.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.05.09


Participating members


Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

02.02.10

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.05.09

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator David Feeney (VIC, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

14.05.09

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, AG)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

14.05.09

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

14.05.09

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

14.05.09


Former member


Term of appointment

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

(Deputy Chair 14.05.09–02.02.10)

14.05.09–02.02.10


Former substitute members


Term of appointment

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)[3]

26.11.08–15.06.09

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)[4]

14.05.09–15.06.09

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)[5]

25.02.10–15.03.10

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)[6]

25.06.09–07.09.09

Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)[7]

19.10.09–20.10.09


Former participating members


Term of appointment

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

25.02.10–15.03.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.05.09–15.06.09

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2010

  • Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and the Information Commissioner Bill 2009 [Provisions] (referred 30 November 2009—through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2010

  • Exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation (referred 24 June 2010)
  • Parliamentary Budget Office Bill 2010 (referred 24 June 2010—through the Selection of Bills Committee)

New references

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010 [Provisions], the ComSuper Bill 2010 [Provisions] and the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (referred 24 February 2010—through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2010 [Provisions]; Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions]; Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions]; and Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (referred 2 June 2010)
  • Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010 (referred 16 June 2010)
  • Exposure drafts of Australian privacy amendment legislation (referred 24 June 2010)
  • Parliamentary Budget Office Bill 2010 (referred 24 June 2010—through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Public hearings

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and the Information Commissioner Bill 2009 [Provisions]—5 February 2010, Canberra; 15 February 2010, Melbourne
  • 2009–10 Additional Estimates—8 & 9 February 2010, Canberra
  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010 [Provisions], the ComSuper Bill 2010 [Provisions] and the Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions]—11 March 2010, Canberra
  • 2010–11 Budget Estimates—24 to 27 May 2010 and 17 June 2010, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Additional estimates 2009–10 (tabled 25 February 2010)
  • Annual reports (No. 1 of 2010) (tabled 11 March 2010)
  • Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010 [Provisions], ComSuper Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Superannuation Legislation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (tabled 15 March 2010)
  • Freedom of Information Amendment (Reform) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and Information Commissioner Bill 2009 [Provisions] (tabled 16 March 2010)
  • Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2010 [Provisions]; and Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Pre-poll Voting and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (tabled 15 June 2010)
  • Electoral and Referendum Amendment (How-to-Vote Cards and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2010 [Provisions] (tabled 17 June 2010)
  • Preventing the Misuse of Government Advertising Bill 2010 (tabled 21 June 2010)
  • Budget estimates 2010–11 (tabled 23 June 2010)

Government responses

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Item 16525 in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2007 (tabled 25 February 2010; report tabled 13 November 2008)
  • Examination of annual reports no. 2 of 2007 (presented out of session on 7 June 2010; tabled 15 June 2010; report tabled 12 September 2007)

Estimates

A statistical summary of this Committee's work when considering Estimates appears in Part Four.


Finance and Public Administration (References)

1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.


Current members        


Date of appointment

Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

(elected Chair on 01.02.10)

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

(elected Deputy Chair on 14.05.09)

14.05.09

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

02.02.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.05.09

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

11.03.10


Participating members


Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

02.02.10

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.05.09

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Don Farrell (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator David Feeney (VIC, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

14.05.09

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, AG)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

14.05.09

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

14.05.09

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

11.03.10

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

14.05.09

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

14.05.09

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

14.05.09

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

14.05.09

Former members


Term of appointment

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

(Chair 14.05.09–01.02.10)

14.05.09–02.02.10

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

14.05.09–11.03.10


Former substitute members


Term of appointment

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)[8]

14.05.09–26.11.09

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)[9]

17.11.09–02.02.10


Former participating members


Term of appointment

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

14.05.09–02.02.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

17.11.09–02.02.10

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

14.05.09–11.03.10

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2010

  • Independent Arbitration of Public Interest Immunity Claims (referred 16 November 2009)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2010

  • The Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government administration issued by the Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government Administration in March 2010 (referred 24 June 2010)

New references

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Impact of native vegetation laws, legislated greenhouse gas abatement measures and certain climate change proposals on landholders, plus the impact of the Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the range of measures related to climate change announced by the Leader of the Opposition on 2 February 2010 (referred 4 February 2010)
  • Council of Australian Government reforms relating to health and hospitals (referred 13 May 2010)
  • Funding arrangements for tax reform advertisements (referred 16 June 2010)
  • The Ahead of the Game: Blueprint for the Reform of Australian Government administration issued by the Advisory Group on Reform of Australian Government administration (referred 24 June 2010)

Public hearings

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Native Vegetation Laws, Greenhouse Gas Abatement and Climate Change Matters—8 April 2010, Wagga Wagga; 9 April 2010, Rockhampton; 20 April 2010, Perth
  • Council of Australian Governments reforms relating to health and hospitals—7 June 2010, Canberra; 8 June 2010, Melbourne

Reports tabled

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Independent Arbitration of Public Interest Immunity Claims (tabled 2 February 2010)
  • Native vegetation laws, greenhouse gas abatement and climate change measures (presented out of session on 30 April 2010; tabled 11 May 2010)
  • Council of Australian Governments reforms relating to health and hospitals (tabled 23 June 2010)
  • The funding arrangements for tax reform advertising (presented out of session on 30 June 2010)

Government responses

1 January 2010–30 June 2010

  • Nil

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