Administration and Procedure

In 1995 the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory amended standing order 16, which established the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure

Chair:

Members:

Madam Speaker

Ms Tara Cheyne MLA

Mr Shane Rattenbury MLA

Mr Andrew Wall MLA

Secretary:
 
Assistant Secretary:

Contact Phone:
 
Contact Email:
 
Contact Fax:  
Mr Tom Duncan
 
Ms Janice Rafferty

(02) 6205 0191

tom.duncan@parliament.act.gov.au 

(02) 6205 3109

(a) A Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure is established at the commencement of each Assembly to:

  • undertake self-referred inquiries or inquiries referred by the Assembly and, in addition, in the third year of an Assembly term the committee shall inquire into and report on the operation of the standing orders and continuing resolutions of the Assembly with a view to ensuring that the practices and procedures of the Assembly remain relevant and reflect best practice; (Amended 29 November 2018)
  • advise the Speaker on:
    • Member's entitlements including facilities and services;
    • the operation of the transcription service (Hansard);
    • the availibility to the public of Assembly documents;
    • the operation of the Assembly library;
  • arrange the order of privatre Members' business, Assembly business and Crossbench Executive Members' business; (Amended 27 November 2012 and 29 November 2018)

(b) The Committee shall consist of:

  • the Speaker
  • the Government whip
  • the Opposition whip; and
  • a representative of the crossbench (or if a single party, the whip of that party);

(ba) Should a whip be unable to attend a meeting, the Party nominated deputy whip may attend in their place;

(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, 13 December 2016 and 29 November 2018)

Inquiry Started Status
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Inquiry into Estimates procedures Started: 15/02/2018 Status: Completed 22/02/2018
Review of Standing Orders Started: 22/02/2018 Status: Completed 25/10/2018
Standing orders relating to contempt Started: 22/03/2018 Status: Completed 12/04/2018
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Citizen's Right of Reply—Australian Education Union Started: 23/01/2019 Status: Completed 21/02/2019
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Inquiry into inclusion of respectful dialogue within the Code of Conduct Started: 04/04/2019 Status: Completed 30/07/2019
Inquiry into the provisions and conventions around committee inquiries Started: 16/05/2019 Status: Completed 30/07/2019
Additional amendments to the standing orders Started: 12/08/2019 Status: Completed 22/08/2019
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Inquiry into standing orders for the Ninth Assembly Started: 11/08/2016 Status: Completed 13/12/2016