VIC Membership and Chairperson Restrictions for Joint Investigatory Committees

Parliamentary Committees Amendment (Preventing Government Dominated Investigatory Committees) Bill 2022

Private Member's Bill

8 Feb 2023: MPs in the first house are debating whether this bill is a good idea in principle.

Legislative Council

Legislative Assembly

Assent

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committee composition government oversight investigatory committees pandemic oversight

Introduced by: Samantha Ratnam (GRN)

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Government party members cannot make up more than half of a Joint Investigatory Committee.
The chairperson of a Joint Investigatory Committee cannot be a member of a government party.
The Pandemic Declaration and Oversight Committee no longer has a limit on how many government party members can join.