Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure
Members: Madam Speaker (Chair), Mr Brendan Smyth MLA (Member), Ms Joy Burch MLA (Member), Mr Shane Rattenbury MLA (Member)
Secretary: Tom Duncan
Contact Phone: (02) 6205 0173
Contact Email: tom.duncan@parliament.act.gov.au
Contact Fax: (02) 6205 3109
In 1995 the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory amended standing order 16, which established the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure
Resolution of appointment
(a) A Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure is established at the commencement of each Assembly to:
(i) inquire into and report on, as appropriate:
(A) the Assembly's annual estimates of expenditure;
(B) the practices and procedure of the Assembly;
(C) the standing orders of the Assembly;
(ii) advise the Speaker on:
(A) Members' entitlements including facilities and services:
(B) the operation of the transcription service (Hansard);
(C) the availability to the public of Assembly documents;
(D) the operation of the Assembly library;
(iii) arrange the order of private Members' business, Assembly business and Executive Members' business;
(b) the Committee shall consist of:
(i) the Speaker;
(ii) the Government whip;
(iii) the Opposition whip; and
(iv) a representative of the crossbench (or if a single party, the whip of that party);
(c) the Speaker shall be the Chair of the Committee; and
(d) the Committee shall have the power to consider and make use of the evidence and records of the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure appointed during the previous Assemblies. (Amended 9 March 1995 and 4 May 1995; further amended 28 May 1998, 6 March 2008, 8 December 2011 and 27 November 2012.)
Reports
Report 1 | Inquiry into standing orders relating to the consideration of committee reports | 20 March 2014 |
Report 2 | Application for Citizen's Right of Reply: Mr Jorian Gardner | 3 June 2014 |
Report 3 | 3 June 2014 | |
| Inquiry into standing order 241—Disclosure of proceedings, evidence and documents of committees | 25 September 2014 |
Report 5 | 4 June 2015 | |
| Report 6 | 19 June 2015 | |
| Report 7 | Inquiry
into the Review of the Implementation of the Latimer House Principles in the
Australian Capital Territory for the 8th Assembly | 27 October 2015 |
| Report 8 | Family Friendly Workplace | 7 April 2016 |
| Report 9 | 2 August 2016 | |
| Report 10 | Inquiry into provisions of the Legislative Assembly (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2012 | 4 August 2016 |
| Report 11 | The Conduct of Mr Hanson MLA | August 2016 |
| Report 12 | The Conduct of Dr Bourke MLA | September 2016 |
Inquiries
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Review of the Report into the Implementation of the Latimer House Principles
Started: 10/02/2015 Status: Completed 27/10/2015 -
Inquiry into the adequacy of the Legislative Assembly (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2012
Started: 09/06/2016 Status: Completed 04/08/2016 -
Family Friendly Workplace - Proposed Continuing Resolution
Started: 09/06/2016 Status: Completed 04/08/2016 -
Family Friendly Workplace
Started: 19/11/2015 Status: Completed 07/04/2016