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| Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts | |
| Legislature: | 47th Parliament of Australia |
| Coa Pic: | Coat of Arms of Australia.svg |
| House Type: | Standing Committee |
| Body: | Australian House of Representatives |
| Foundation: | 13 September 2016 |
| Preceded By: | Climate Change, Environment and the Arts |
| Leader1 Type: | Chair |
| Leader1: | Brian Mitchell |
| Party1: | Labor |
| Leader2 Type: | Deputy Chair |
| Leader2: | Bridget Archer |
| Party2: | Liberal |
| Members: | 9 |
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| Meeting Place: | Parliament House Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia |
The Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts 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]
General Purpose Standing Committees of the House of Representatives were first established in 1987,[3] The committee has been regularly renamed; some recent names include:[4]
| Committees ! Parliament(s) | - | Environment, Recreation and the Arts | 35th-38th[5] [6] [7] | - | Communications, Transport and the Arts | 39th | - | Communications, Information Technology and the Arts | 40th-41st | - | Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts | 42nd | - | Climate Change, Environment and the Arts | 43rd | - | Communications and the Arts | 44th-47th |
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In the 47th parliament (July 2022 – present), the membership of the committee is the following:[8]
| Member | Party ! Electorate | ||||
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| Brian Mitchell Chair | Division of Lyons, Tasmania | ||||
| Bridget Archer Deputy Chair | Division of Bass, Tasmania | ||||
| Division of Corangamite, Victoria | |||||
| Division of Parkes, New South Wales | |||||
| Division of Goldstein, Victoria | |||||
| Division of Wills, Victoria | |||||
| Division of Flinders, Victoria | |||||
| Division of Robertson, New South Wales | |||||
| Division of Macquarie, New South Wales | |||||
| Member | Party ! Electorate | Parliament(s) | - | Division of Petrie, Queensland | 45th | |||||||||||||||
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| Division of Lyne, New South Wales | 46th | - | Division of Mallee, Victoria | 46th | - | Division of Lyons, Tasmania | 47th | |||||||||||||