Scope
The Standing Committee on Appropriations, Staffing and Security determines the proposed spending for the Department of the Senate to be included in the parliamentary appropriations bill, oversees the department’s organisational structure and considers the administration, operation and funding of security measures affecting the Senate.
Chairs
Sequence
Department of the Senate staff in the Senate chamber, 2018.
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R facing camera: Senator Dean Smith, President of the Senate Scott Ryan and Clerk of the Senate Richard Pye.
The Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee is chaired by the President (centre) and includes the Deputy President and the Senate Leaders of the Government and the Opposition as ex officio members.
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (Deputy President), Raff Ciccone and Anne Ruston.
![Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Deborah O'Neill, Jenny McAllister, Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (obscured), Raff Ciccone, Anne Ruston, Dean Smith and Scott Ryan [Chair], Richard Pye [Clerk of the Sneate] and James Warmenhoven [Committee Secretary].](/assets/committees/body-images/c002/C002-20190535-12-Appropriations-Committee.JPG)
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee, 3 December 2019. L-R: Senators Deborah O'Neill, Jenny McAllister, Katy Gallagher, Sue Lines (obscured), Raff Ciccone, Anne Ruston, Dean Smith and Scott Ryan [Chair], Richard Pye [Clerk of the Sneate] and James Warmenhoven [Committee Secretary].