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(ii) one member to be nominated by the Government;

(d) the Standing Committee on Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services:

(i) two members to be nominated by the Government;

(ii) one member to be nominated by the Opposition; and

(iii) the Chair shall be a Government member; and

(e) the Standing Committee on Public Accounts:

(i) two members to be nominated by the Opposition;

(ii) two members to be nominated by the Government; and

(iii) the Chair shall be an Opposition Member.

(5) In addition, the membership of the Standing Committee on Administration and Procedure, established under standing order 16, be composed of:

(a) the Speaker, as Chair;

(b) the Government whip;

(d) a representative of the crossbench (or if a single party, the whip of that party).

(6) Each committee shall have power to consider and make use of the evidence and records of the relevant standing committee appointed during the previous Assembly.

(7) Each committee be provided with necessary staff, facilities and resources.

(8) The foregoing provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders.

(9) Nominations for membership of these committees be notified in writing to the Speaker within two sitting hours following conclusion of the debate on the matter.

Madam Deputy Speaker, I have circulated for the information of members proposals to establish five standing committees of the Legislative Assembly. These are a Standing Committee on Public Accounts, a Standing Committee on Education, Training and Youth Affairs, a Standing Committee on Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services, a Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety

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