COMMITTEES

Mr BURKE (Watson—Minister for the Arts, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and Leader of the House) (09:19): This is an amendment about who the deputy chair should be and whether they should be a member of the opposition. The deputy chair of the committee is a member of the opposition; it's Senator Dean Smith.

As a result of this resolution, there would be changes to other parts of the committee, but it doesn't demand a new election of the deputy chair. I know there's a lot happening in the opposition these days, but my understanding is that Senator Dean Smith is still a member of the opposition and is still deputy chair. The SPEAKER: The question is that the amendment be agreed to.