Scope
Established in response to a recommendation of the Select Committee on Legislation Procedures in 1988, the Selection of Bills Committee makes recommendations for the referral of bills to standing committees including which committee, at what stage and for how long. The committee includes the government, opposition and smaller party whips.
Chairs
Government Whip
Sequence
![Selection of Bills Committee in private session, 17 June 2013. Clockwise around table from top: Senators Helen Kroger [Opposition Whip], Mitch Fifield, Rachel Siewert [Australian Greens Whip] (obscured), Carol Brown and Anne McEwen [Chair; Government Whip], Maureen Weeks [Secretary], Senators Jacinta Collins and John Williams [The Nationals Whip].](/assets/committees/body-images/c011/c011-selection-of-bills-007.jpg)
Selection of Bills Committee in private session, 17 June 2013. Clockwise around table from top: Senators Helen Kroger [Opposition Whip], Mitch Fifield, Rachel Siewert [Australian Greens Whip] (obscured), Carol Brown and Anne McEwen [Chair; Government Whip], Maureen Weeks [Secretary], Senators Jacinta Collins and John Williams [The Nationals Whip].
![Group portrait of members and staff of the Selection of Bills Committee, 17 June 2013. Standing L-R: Senators John Williams [The Nationals Whip], Anne McEwen [Chair; Government Whip] and Carol Brown, and Maureen Weeks [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Jacinta Collins, Helen Kroger [Opposition Whip], Mitch Fifield and Rachel Siewert [Australian Greens Whip].](/assets/committees/body-images/c011/c011-selection-of-bills-012.jpg)
Group portrait of members and staff of the Selection of Bills Committee, 17 June 2013. Standing L-R: Senators John Williams [The Nationals Whip], Anne McEwen [Chair; Government Whip] and Carol Brown, and Maureen Weeks [Secretary]. Seated L-R: Senators Jacinta Collins, Helen Kroger [Opposition Whip], Mitch Fifield and Rachel Siewert [Australian Greens Whip].
Find out more
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Committee timeline - Selection of Bills Committee established |
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John Vander Wyk and Angie Lilley, 'Reference of Bills to Australian Senate Committees', Papers on Parliament, no 43, June 2005 |