Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training

Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training
Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training
47th Parliament of Australia
Type
Type	Standing Committee of the Australian House of Representatives
History
Founded	2013
Preceded by	Standing Committee on Education and Employment
Leadership
Chair	Lisa Chesters, Labor
Deputy Chair	Terry Young, Liberal National
Structure
Seats	9
Political groups	Government (5) ; Labor (5); Opposition (3); Liberal (2); Liberal National (1); Crossbench (1); Independent (1);
Meeting place
	Parliament House; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Australia
Website
	Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training
Rules
	Standing Orders of the House of Representatives

The Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training 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]

History

General Purpose Standing Committees of the House of Representatives were first established in 1987,^[3] The committee has been regularly renamed since; some recent names include:^[4]

Committees		Parliament(s)
Employment, Education and Training		35th-38th
Employment, Education and Workplace Relations		39t
Employment and Workplace Relations	Education and Training	40th
Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation	Education and Vocational Training	41st
Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation	Education and Training	42nd
Education and Employment		43rd-44th
Employment, Education and Training		45th-47th

Membership

47th Parliament

In the 47th parliament (July 2022 – present), the membership of the committee is the following:^[5]

	Party	Electorate
Lisa Chesters Chair	Labor	Division of Bendigo, Victoria
Terry Young Deputy Chair	Liberal Nationals	Division of Longman, Queensland
Zoe Daniel	Independent	Division of Goldstein, Victoria
Cassandra Fernando	Labor	Division of Holt, Victoria
Carina Garland	Labor	Division of Chisholm, Victoria
Zoe McKenzie	Liberal	Division of Flinders, Victoria
Gavin Pearce	Liberal	Division of Braddon, Tasmania
Joanne Ryan	Labor	Division of Lalor, Victoria
Sally Sitou	Labor	Division of Reid, New South Wales
Anne Stanley	Labor	Division of Werriwa, New South Wales