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| Standing Committee on Agriculture | |
| Legislature: | 47th Parliament of Australia |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of Arms of Australia.svg |
| House Type: | Standing Committee |
| Body: | Australian House of Representatives |
| Foundation: | 26 July 2022 |
| Preceded By: | Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources |
| Leader1 Type: | Chair |
| Leader1: | Meryl Swanson |
| Party1: | Labor |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Chair |
| Leader2: | Rick Wilson |
| Party2: | Liberal |
| Members: | 9 |
| Political Groups1: | |
| Meeting Place: | Parliament House Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia |
The Standing Committee on Agriculture is a committee of the Australian House of Representatives.[1] The committee is a "General Purpose Standing Committee" governed by Standing Order 215. It consists of nine members, five government members and four non-government members (three members of the official opposition and one member of the crossbench). The chair is appointed by the Prime Minister and the deputy chair by the Leader of the Opposition under Standing Order 232.[2]
While General Purpose Standing Committees of the House of Representatives were first established in 1987,[3] Agriculture or Primary Industries were not explicitly called out until the amendment of Standing order 28B following the election of the Howard Government in 1996.[4] The committee has been regularly renamed since; some recent names include:[5]
| Committee Name ! Parliament(s) | Years | - | Primary Industries, Resources and Rural and Regional Affairs | 38th | 1996-8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Industries and Regional Services | 39th | 1998-2001 | |||
| Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 40th and 41st | 2001-7 | |||
| Primary Industries and Resources | 42nd | 2007-2010 | |||
| Agriculture, Resources, Fisheries and Forestry | 43rd | 2010-2013 | |||
| Agriculture and Industry | 44th | 2013-2016 | |||
| Agriculture and Water Resources[6] | 45th to 46th | 2013-2022 | |||
| Agriculture | 47th | 2022-Present |
In the 47th parliament (July 2022 – present), the membership of the committee is the following:[7]
| Member | Party ! Electorate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meryl Swanson Chair | Division of Paterson, New South Wales | ||||
| Rick Wilson Deputy Chair | Division of O'Connor, Western Australia | ||||
| Division of Spence, South Australia | |||||
| Division of Macarthur, New South Wales | |||||
| Division of Lyons, Tasmania | |||||
| Division of Gilmore, New South Wales | |||||
| Division of Mayo, South Australia | |||||
| Division of Casey, Victoria | |||||
| Division of Dawson, Queensland | |||||
In the 45th parliament (September 2016 – 11 April 2019), the membership of the committee was the following:[8]
| Member | Party ! Electorate | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Wilson Chair | Division of O'Connor, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Division of Mallee, Victoria | - | Division of Hunter, New South Wales | - | Division of Lyne, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Division of Braddon, Tasmania | - | Division of Burt, Western Australia | - | Division of Groom, Queensland | - | Division of Forrest, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Division of Barker, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division of Grey, South Australia | - | Division of Paterson, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||
McVeigh and Broad lost their positions on the committee upon joining the Ministry, with Marino and Gillespie being elected to replace each respectively. Swanson was discharged from the committee and replaced by Fitzgibbon. Swanson was again appointed to the committee when Keay lost her seat her seat in Parliament during the parliamentary eligibility crisis. Keay regained it at the ensuing by-election, and was reappointed to the committee in the place of Fitzgibbon.
| Member | Party ! Electorate | Parliament(s) ! Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division of Ballarat, Victoria | 38th | 1996 | ||||
| Division of McEwen, Victoria | 38th-39th | 1996-2001 | ||||
| Division of Forde, Queensland | 40th | 2001-2004 | ||||
| Division of Hume, New South Wales | 41st | 2004-2007 | ||||
| Division of Lyons, Tasmania | 42nd-43rd | 2007-2013 | ||||
| Division of Grey, South Australia | 44th | 2013-2016 | ||||
| Division of O'Connor, Western Australia | 45th-46th | 2016-2022 | ||||
| Division of Paterson, New South Wales | 47th | 2022-present | ||||