Legislative Council Committees

As a Member of the Legislative Council, Ann is also a member of several Parliamentary Committees.

When an issue arises that requires further scrutiny by Parliament, a Member of Parliament can move a Motion to establish either a Select Committee or to refer the issue to a Standing Committee.

Whereas a Select Committee is solely established to inquire into one specific issue and dissolves when the Committee completes its report, a Standing Committee is a long-standing committee that holds many con-current inquiries into a broad area of governance.

One example of a Standing Committee that Ann is a member of is the Statutory Authorities Review Committee, which has purview over all Statutory Authorities such as the Housing Trust or the Land Management Council. Ann was appointed to the Statutory Authorities Review Committee in November 2007 and since that time has participated in inquiries into the:

• WorkCover Corporation

• Public Trustee

• Land Management Corporation

Ann was also a member of the Legislative Review Committee from May 2006 to November 2007.

Following numerous complaints of mistreatment and abuse of process, in 2007 Ann established a Select Committee into Families SA which is due to report later this year. Since being elected, Ann has also been a member of several other Select Committees, including:

• Selection Process for the Principal at the Elizabeth Vale Primary School

• SA Water

• Staffing, Resourcing and Efficiency of the South Australian Police

• Conduct of PIRSA in Fishing of Mud Cockles in Marine Scalefish and Lakes and Coorong Pipi Fisheries

To learn more about Committees or to make contact with the Secretary of a particular Committee, please see the Parliament of South Australia website.