Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests

Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests
47th Parliament of Australia
Type
Type	Standing Committee of the Australian House of Representatives
Leadership
Chair	Rob Mitchell, Labor since 2 August 2022
Deputy Chair	James Stevens, Liberal since 2 August 2022
Structure
Seats	13
Political groups	Government (7)   Labor (7) Opposition (5)   Liberal (2)   Liberal National (2)   National (1) Crossbench (1)   Independent (1)
Meeting place
Parliament House Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia
Website
Standing Committee of Privileges and Member
Rules
Standing Orders of the House of Representatives

The Standing Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests is a committee of the Australian House of Representatives responsible for the consideration of documents presented to the House of Representatives. The committee is governed by Standing Order 216 and consists of thirteen members, one member nominated by the Leader of the House, another member nominated by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and eleven other members (six government, four opposition and one crossbench). The chair is appointed by the Prime Minister and the deputy chair by the Leader of the Opposition under Standing Order 232.

Membership

47th Parliament

In the 47th parliament (July 2022 – present), the membership of the committee is the following:

Member		Party	Electorate
	Rob Mitchell (chair)	Labor	Division of McEwen, Victoria
	James Stevens (deputy chair)	Liberal	Division of Sturt, South Australia
	Anne Stanley (nominee of the Leader of the House)	Labor	Division of Werriwa, New South Wales
	Alex Hawke (nominee of the Deputy Opposition Leader)	Liberal	Division of Mitchell, New South Wales
	Scott Buchholz	Liberal National	Division of Wright, Queensland
	Cameron Caldwell	Liberal National	Division of Fadden, Queensland
	Darren Chester MP	Nationals	Division of Gippsland, Victoria
	Sharon Claydon	Labor	Division of Newcastle, New South Wales
	Daniel Mulino	Labor	Division of Fraser, Victoria
	Alicia Payne	Labor	Division of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
	Joanne Ryan	Labor	Division of Lalor, Victoria
	Kate Thwaites	Labor	Division of Jagajaga, Victoria
	Andrew Wilkie	Independent	Division of Clark, Tasmania

See also

• Australian House of Representatives committees

External links

• Official website of the Australian House of Representatives