

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund Bill 2014
No. , 2014
(Mr Palmer)
A Bill for an Act to provide for a Parliamentary Joint Committee to investigate establishing an Australia Fund, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Simplified outline of this Act.............................................................. 2
4............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2
Part 2—Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund 3
Division 1—Establishment 3
5............ Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australia Fund........................ 3
6............ Nomination of Committee members.................................................... 3
7............ Appointment of Committee members.................................................. 4
8............ Ceasing to be a Committee member.................................................... 5
Division 2—Functions and powers of the Committee 6
9............ Functions of the Committee................................................................ 6
10.......... Powers of the Committee.................................................................... 7
Division 3—Procedures of the Committee 8
11.......... Convening meetings............................................................................ 8
12.......... Presiding at meetings.......................................................................... 8
13.......... Quorum............................................................................................... 8
14.......... Voting at meetings.............................................................................. 8
15.......... Other powers and proceedings of the Committee................................ 8
Part 3—Miscellaneous 9
16.......... Sunset provision................................................................................. 9
17.......... Rules................................................................................................... 9
A Bill for an Act to provide for a Parliamentary Joint Committee to investigate establishing an Australia Fund, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts: