COMMITTEES

Senator CHISHOLM (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Assistant Minister for Resources and Deputy Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (17:21): by leave—I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Community Affairs Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Economics Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Education and Employment Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Electoral Matters — Joint Standing Committee— Appointed—Participating member [for the purposes of the committee's inquiry into the 2025 election]: Senator Thorpe Environment and Communications Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Finance and Public Administration Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Implementation of the National Redress Scheme — Joint Standing Committee — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy — Select Committee — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Intergenerational Housing Inequity — Select Committee — Appointed [from the appointment of the committee on 17 March 2026]—Participating members: Senators Bell, Hanson, Roberts and Whitten Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Operation of the Capital Gains Tax Discount — Select Committee — Appointed—Participating members: Senators Bell, Hanson, David Pocock, Roberts and Whitten Procedure — Standing Committee— Appointed—Participating member [for the purposes of the committee's inquiry into orders for the production of documents]: Senator Thorpe Productivity in Australia — Select Committee — Appointed—Participating members: Senators Bell, Hanson, Roberts and Whitten Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation and References Committees — Appointed—Participating member: Senator Thorpe Treaties — Joint Standing Committee — Discharged—Senator Brockman Appointed—Senator Collins Question agreed to.