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Legislative Assembly Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics

The Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics is a current standing committee of the Legislative Assembly, established 4 Dec 2003, re-established 20 June 2007.

The committee continues the functions of the Standing Committee on Ethics, which was established to prepare a draft code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly, and to review any code introduced. This Committee has the function of carrying out educative work in relation to ethical standards applying to Members of the Legislative Assembly as well as providing advice on the standards. The Committee can also consider matters of privilege referred by the House.

Inquiries

During the current parliament, the following inquiries have been undertaken by the committee:

Referred	Inquiry Name
04/02/2008	Review of Draft Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Amendment Regulation 2008 (Completed)
14/11/2007	Review of Draft Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Further Amendment Regulation 2007 (Completed)

Records of 4 earlier inquiries conducted by the committee are also available online.

Submissions Invited

The committee is not actively receiving submissions at present. Past submissions may be available under the relevant inquiry.

Reports and Government Responses

During the current parliament, the committee has or plans to table the following reports:

Report Date	Name of Report
29/11/2007	Report on Inquiry into Draft Constitution (Disclosures by Members) Further Amendment Regulation 2007

(there are also 7 reports from past Parliaments).

Members

• Chairperson: Mr Paul Pearce MP.
• Deputy Chair: Mr Amery MP .
• The Hon. Richard AMERY (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Phillip COSTA (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Malcolm KERR (Lib, LA Member)
• Ms Lylea MCMAHON (ALP, LA Member)
• Ms Clover MOORE (Ind, LA Member)
• Mr Paul PEARCE (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr Frank TERENZINI (ALP, LA Member)
• Mr John TURNER (Nat, LA Member)

Contact

Role	Name	Phone	Fax	Email
Main Contact	Ronda Miller	(02) 9230 2225	(02) 9230 2828	ethics@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Postal Address

Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Terms of Reference Establishing Committee

See Part 7A Divison 2 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988 and Resolution of the Legislative Assembly passed 4 December 2003, V&P Entry No 7. Committee of the 54th Parliament established by resolution 20 June 2007.

The functions of the Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics are to consider and report upon any matters relating to privilege which may be referred to it by the House, and to be the designated committee for the purpose of exercising the functions in Part 7A Division 2 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act 1988, relating to Parliamentary Ethical Standards including the Review of the Code of Conduct.