42nd Parliament - Outgoing delegations and visits

Information about outgoing delegations and visits for the 42nd Parliament is listed below.

* This delegation was undertaken as part of a committee inquiry. Please refer to the respective committee homepage.

Date Destination Reports
31 December 2007 to 16 January 2008 Official visit by The Hon David Hawker MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate to the United Kingdom Not Applicable
18-25 January 2008 Official parliamentary delegation to the 16th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Auckland, New Zealand
4-19 April 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands and European Institutions. Report tabled 26 June 2008. PDF format
11-27 April 2008 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 118th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Cape Town, South Africa and a bilateral visit to Jordan PDF format
13-17 April 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit by the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs to New Zealand *
20-30 April 2008 Official visit by Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate to Jersey, Guernsey, England and Portugal Not Applicable
7-20 June 2008 Visit to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, United Kingdom
4-15 August 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Malaysia and a bilateral visit to Thailand. Report tabled 10 November 2008. PDF format
9-24 August 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Colombia and Argentina. Report tabled 18 June 2009. PDF format
18-24 August 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 29th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association (AIPA) General Assembly, Singapore
15 September - 19 December 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly, New York Not Applicable
28 September - 10 October 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Report tabled 27 November 2008. PDF format
4 October - 18 October 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Serbia and to attend the 119th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union, Geneva Switzerland. Report tabled 11 March 2009. PDF format
23 October - 8 November 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Egypt and Israel. Report tabled 16 March 2009. PDF format
27 October - 8 November 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Singapore and Indonesia. Report tabled 11 March 2009. PDF format
26 October - 5 November 2008 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Papua New Guinea and East Timor. Report tabled 1 December 2008. PDF format
13 December - 21 December 2008 Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to Singapore and the Republic of Korea Not Applicable
4 - 16 January 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 17th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Vientiane, Laos and a bilateral visit to Vietnam.
2 - 20 April 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 120th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and bilateral visit to Switzerland. Report tabled 24 June 2009. PDF format
11 - 19 April 2009 Visit to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association mid-year Executive Committee meeting, Bermuda
12 April - 3 May 2009 Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission to Canada, USA, Italy, Austria, UK and the Netherlands. Report tabled 24 June 2009 PDF format
14 - 17 April 2009 Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to Chile Not Applicable
14 - 19 April 2009 Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to attend the Australasian Council of Public Accounts and Committees (ACPAC) conference in Wellington, New Zealand *
18 April - 1 May 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Canada and Mexico. Report tabled 14 September 2009. PDF format
19 April - 1 May 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to ASEAN countries - the Philippines, Cambodia and Malaysia
28 June - 3 July 2009 Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to New Zealand Not Applicable
30 June - 15 July 2009 Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties to Austria, Switzerland and the United States of America PDF format
6 - 15 July 2009 Visit to attend the 40th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference, Tarawa, Kiribati Not Applicable
7 - 22 July 2009 Official visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to England, Scotland, Wales, France and Switzerland Not Applicable
22 July - 1 August 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Tonga and Vanuatu. Report tabled 19 November 2009. PDF format
2 - 8 August 2009 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 30th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Pattaya, Thailand
5 August 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Defence Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to Timor Leste *
23 - 27 August 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories to New Zealand *
12 September - 15 December 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly, New York Not Applicable
21 - 25 September 2009 Visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to Argentina and Colombia Not Applicable
25 September - 7 October 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Tanzania and a bilateral visit to Rwanda. Report tabled 24 June 2010. PDF format
26 September – 11 October 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to the United States of America. Report tabled 22 February 2010. PDF format
6 - 16 October 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit by members of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Report tabled 22 February 2010. PDF format
6 - 24 October 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to International Organisations in Italy, Austria, and France and to attend the 121st Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland PDF format
31 October - 6 November 2009 Visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to the United States of America. Not Applicable
1 - 13 November 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to China and Hong Kong. Report tabled 13 May 2010. PDF format
2 - 6 November 2009 Visit to attend the 18th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Australia and Regional Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand.
14 – 17 November 2009 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Belgium and to Edinburgh, Scotland to observe 55th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Report tabled 22 February 2010. PDF format
8 - 21 November 2009 Visit to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Parliamentary Governance Seminar, United Kingdom.
9 - 12 December 2009 Visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. Not Applicable
16 - 23 January 2010 Visit by the Hon Bruce Scott MP, Second Deputy Speaker to attend the 20th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth, India. Not Applicable
16 - 23 January 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 18th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, Singapore.
23 - 28 January 2010 Visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to Indonesia. Not Applicable
14 - 18 February 2010 Visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to attend an executive meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Namibia. Not Applicable
28 February - 4 March 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to the Republic of Korea.
25 March - 11 April 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 122nd Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union in Bangkok, Thailand and a bilateral visit to China. Report tabled November 2010. PDF format
25 March - 11 April 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to ASEAN countries - Brunei, Indonesia and Laos. Report tabled February 2011. PDF format
22 April - 2 May 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to European Parliaments and Institutions. Report tabled September 2010. PDF format
7 - 14 May 2010 Visit to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association mid-year Executive Committee meeting, Swaziland.
26 June - 12 July 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Ireland and Italy. Report tabled October 2010. PDF format
4 - 10 July 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Senate Standing Committee for Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Singapore and Indonesia. Report tabled October 2010. PDF format
9 - 21 July 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to Bhutan and Mongolia