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Standing Committee

The Standing Committee is responsible for the affairs of General Synod in between General Synod sessions.

COMPOSITION

The Standing Committee membership is:

The Primate, who is also the President
The Metropolitans of the Provinces
The Chair of Committees of the Synod
The elected lay and clerical Secretaries of the Synod
Three elected diocesan Bishops
Nine elected members of the House of Clergy
Nine elected members of the House of Laity
Two appointed members of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC)
The General Secretary.

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP

The current members are:

Primate: The Most Rev’d Geoffrey Smith, Metropolitan of the Province of South Australia

Metropolitans:

The Most Rev’d Dr Phillip Aspinall, Metropolitan of the Province of Queensland
The Most Rev’d Dr Glenn Davies, Metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales
The Most Rev’d Dr Philip Freier, Metropolitan of the Province of Victoria
The Most Rev’d Kay Goldsworthy AO, Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia

Chair of Committees: Dr Ian Gibson

Clerical Secretary: The Very Rev’d Katherine Bowyer

Lay Secretary: Mr Timothy Reid

House of Bishops:

The Rt Rev’d Dr Richard Condie
The Rt Rev’d John Stead
The Rt Rev’d Garry Weatherill

House of Clergy:

The Venerable David Bassett
The Rev’d Kate Beer
The Venerable Canon Arthur Copeman
The Rev’d Dr Andrew Ford
The Venerable Greg Harris
The Rt Rev’d Dr Timothy Harris
The Rev’d Tracy Lauersen
The Very Rev’d Kanishka Raffel
The Rt Rev’d Dr Michael Stead

House of Laity:

Mr Garth Blake AM SC
Dr Leanne Beagley
Mrs Fiona McLean
Ms Audrey Mills
Justice Debra Mullins AO
Dr Karin Sowada
Dr Carolyn Tan
Dr Robert Tong AM
Acting Justice Peter Young AO QC

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (NATSIAC):

The Rt Rev’d Chris McLeod
Ms Rose Elu

General Secretary: Ms Anne Hywood

General Synod Treasurer: Mr Keith Stephens