The PCC consists of the heads of the offices of Parliamentary Counsel for the Commonwealth, the States, the ACT, the Northern Territory and New Zealand. The current members are:
Ms Annette O'Callaghan (Secretary) |
Parliamentary Counsel, New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office |
Ms Bianca Kimber | Parliamentary Counsel, Australian Capital Territory Parliamentary Counsel's Office |
Mr Geoff Lawn | Parliamentary Counsel, Western Australia Parliamentary Counsel's Office |
Mr Andrew Jones | Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Northern Territory Office of the Parliamentary Counsel |
Ms Cassie Nicholson | Chief Parliamentary Counsel, New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office |
Mr Tony Keyes | Parliamentary Counsel, Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel |
Ms Meredith Leigh | First Parliamentary Counsel, Commonwealth Office of Parliamentary Counsel |
Ms Aimee Travers | Parliamentary Counsel, South Australia Office of Parliamentary Counsel |
Ms Jayne Atkins | Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Victoria Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel |
Ms Katherine Woodward | Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Tasmania Office of the Parliamentary Counsel |
The PCC provides a forum for discussion about the development of legislation and the management of those drafting offices, and an IT Forum for those drafting offices. For details of PCC procedure for dealing with proposed national uniform legislation—see PCC procedure.