COMMITTEES

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia—Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate) (16:11): I move: That— (a) the Senate notes that: (i) standing order 19(4) provides that the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Staffing and Security consists of 8 senators, including '3 other senators not being members of the government party' and that 'in the absence of agreement between the opposition and any minority groups or independent senators as to nominations, any question as to representation shall be determined by the Senate', and (ii) agreement was not reached prior to the appointment of non-government senators to the committee on 22 July 2025; and (b) Senators Askew, Duniam and McKenzie be discharged from the committee to enable negotiations to be held in relation to the appointment of non-government senators to the committee.