Government committee members will have to meet during recess weeks or they'll risk losing their Fridays off, they've been warned.
A review of government standing orders has strongly suggested select committee members overcome their "aversion" to working during non-sitting weeks or face consequences.
"The alternative would be to remove the barrier to holding Friday meetings in sitting weeks and the Standing Orders Committee may wish to consider this if the current aversion to meetings in adjournment weeks persists during the next parliament," a report from the committee, chaired by Speaker David Carter, says.
It's one of a series of recommendations to potentially overhaul the government's committee procedures. Others include reducing the number of committee members from the full 120 MPs to around 96, and spreading them over 12 rather than 13 committees with broader interests than those operating now.
The committee has recommended merging the existing justice and electoral committee with the law and order committee, introducing a broader economic development, science and innovation committee and modifying the governance and administration committee.