Legislative Assembly Privileges Committee

The role of the Privileges Committee is to examine and report to the Legislative Assembly on breaches of Parliamentary privilege. Matters are referred to the Committee by resolution of the House and involve investigation of possible breaches of privilege.

As well, the Committee is authorised by the Standing Orders of the House to examine and report on complaints made by citizens who believe they have been adversely commented on by a Member or Members in the House during Parliamentary debate. Such complaints are termed 'a right of reply'.

For further information see Fact Sheet 11: Right of Reply by Persons Referred to in the House.

The Privileges Committee is appointed at the start of each Parliament and meets as required.

Members

The members for the 56th Parliament are:

• Mr Tony Lupton (Chair)
• Mr Robert Clark (Deputy Chair)
• Mr Carlo Carli
• Mr Hugh Delahunty
• Mrs Judy Maddigan
• Hon Dr Denis Napthine
• Mr Don Nardella
• Mr Bob Stensholt
• Mr Murray Thompson

Reports

Committee Reports in the 56th Parliament

Persons Referred to in the Legislative Assembly

• Mr Robert Larocca, April 2008 (PDF 23Kb) (HTML 36 Kb)
• Mrs Belinda Clarkson, November 2007 (Adobe Acrobat 30Kb)

Committee Reports in the 55th Parliament

Persons Referred to in the Legislative Assembly

• Mr Andrew Higgs, October 2004
• Mr Kumar Rajaratnam and Mrs Karen Rajaratnam, October 2003

Other reports

• Report on the Complaint by the Member for Preston, July 2006 (Adobe Acrobat 755Kb)

Committee Reports in the 54th Parliament

Persons Referred to in the Legislative Assembly

• Professor John Power and Ms Ann Morrow, October 2002
• Mr Steve Luby, October 2002
• Mr Alan Malcolm, May 2002
• Mr Tom Love, May 2002
• Mr Kenneth E Jarvis, May 2002
• Ms Deborah Jones, Ms Adriana Bowes and Mr Peter Turley, October 2001
• Cr Arthur Athanasopoulos, October 2001
• Mr Frank Webber, November 2000
• Mr Damien Bonnice, May 2000

Other reports

• Report on Procedures for the Right Of Reply, June 2001

Contact

The Committee can be contacted through its Secretary at the following address:

Assistant Clerk Committees
Department of the Legislative Assembly
Parliament House
East Melbourne, 3002
Telephone: 9651 8553 Fax: 9650 4279