Direct bilateral relationships with other parliaments are a major focus of the PRO. Official and unofficial visits by delegations and individual parliamentarians take place during the year.
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INCOMING DELEGATIONS AND VISITS: 2008
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| Dates |
Title |
Country |
| 25 February 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by Mr Noel O'Flynn TD |
House of the Oireachtas, Ireland |
| 8-13 March 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Estonia |
Estonia |
| 9-16 March 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| 11-13 March 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by Parliamentary Staff from the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
| 16-21 March 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Lithuania |
Lithuania |
| 14 April 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Lebanese KATAEB Party |
Lebanon |
| 14 May 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Labour and Social Affairs Committee |
Federal Republic of Germany |
| 14-15 May 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Centre for Democratic Institutions, Political Party Development Course |
Timor Leste, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu |
| 20 May 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Transport Portfolio Committee |
Republic of South Africa |
| 25-30 May 2008 |
Official Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary delegation from New Zealand (Select Committee on Maori Affairs) |
New Zealand |
| 26-29 May 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Parliament of Tanzania |
Tanzania |
| 29 May 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Jordanian Ministry of Finance |
Jordan |
| 16-18 June 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by Parliamentary Staff from the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka |
| 18-19 June 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Appointments Committee of the Parliament of Ghana |
Ghana |
| 19-20 June 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Witner Kapembwa Mutale Nalumango MP, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia |
Zambia |
| 22 June-02 July 2008 |
Study visit to Australia by Members of the National Assembly of Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| 23 July - 25 July 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Diet Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Japan |
Japan |
| 22 August - 31 August 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Canada |
Canada |
| 26 August - 02 September 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of France |
France |
| 31 August - 03 September 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
| 01 September - 07 September 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Ireland |
Ireland |
| 02 September - 03 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by Dr Wolfgang Thierse, Vice-President of the Bundestag |
Germany |
| 03 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Social Insurance Committee of the Parliament of Sweden |
Sweden |
| 03 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Civil Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Sweden |
Sweden |
| 03 September - 04 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Rt Hon Baroness Ashton of Upholland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
| 12 September - 17 September 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the People's Republic of China |
China |
| 15 September - 18 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Indonesia |
Indonesia |
| 17 September - 18 September 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Czech Republic |
Czech Republic |
| 20 September - 27 September 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Cook Islands |
Cook Islands |
| 22 September - 26 September 2008 |
Visit to Australia by a Delegation from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly |
Portugal, Canada, United Kingdom, Estonia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Romania, Spain and Norway |
| 13 October - 14 October 2008 |
Study visit to Australia by Members of the Institute for Legislative Studies of the National Assembly of Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| 09 November - 15 November 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Kenya |
Kenya |
| 23 November - 28 November 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by Parliamentary Delegation from Singapore |
Singapore |
| 23 November - 30 November 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by Parliamentary Delegation from Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
| 24 November - 25 November 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Judicial Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| 24 November 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by Dr Safet Halilovic Minister for Human Rights and Refugees of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 03 December - 04 December 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Iraq |
Iraq |
| 03 December - 07 December 2008 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Indonesia |
Indonesia |
| 22 December 2008 |
Visit to the Parliament by HE Mr Mohammed El-Ahdab MP from Lebanon |
Lebanon |
| 20 January 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Thailand led HE Mr Prasobsook Boondech, President of the Senate |
Thailand |
| 01 February - 04 February 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by HE Mr Oum Sarith, Secretary-General of the Cambodian Senate |
Cambodia |
| 02 February - 09 February 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Republic of Chile |
Chile |
| 03 February 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Sabir Rustemkhanli MP from the Parliament of Azerbaijan |
Azerbaijan |
| 18 February - 25 February 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Samoa |
Samoa |
| 22 February - 28 February 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Delegation from the European Parliament |
European Parliament (United Kingdom, Slovakia, Germany and Finland) |
| 23 February 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Rt Hon the Baroness Scotland QC, Attorney General of the United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
| 09 March - 15 March 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Uganda |
Uganda |
| 10 March 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by Senator the Hon Francis Escudero from the Philippines |
Philippines |
| 12 March 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by Senator Obert Gutu, the Chief Whip of the Movement for Democratic Change Party of the Parliament of Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe |
| 15 March - 18 March 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Russia |
Russia |
| 17 March - 18 March 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Fourth Philippine Council of Young Political Leaders Delegation sponsored by the Australian Political Exchange Council |
Philippines |
| 1 June 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Thailand led by HE Mr Chai Chidchob, President of the National Assembly and Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Thailand |
| 21 June - 25 June 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Philippines |
Philippines |
| 21 June - 27 June 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Colombia |
Colombia |
| 29 July 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Indonesia led by Dr Laode Ida, Deputy Speaker of the DPD-RI |
Indonesia |
| 10 August - 15 August 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from New Zealand (Primary Production Committee) |
New Zealand |
| 11 August 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Indonesia (Commission VII) |
Indonesia |
| 12 August - 14 August 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 12 August - 13 August 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Timor Leste |
Timor Leste |
| 16 August - 22 August 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Vietnam |
Vietnam |
| 16 August - 23 August 2009 |
Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Cambodia |
Cambodia |
| 17 August 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Steven Fletcher MP, Minister of State (Democratic Reform) |
Canada |
| 19 August 2009 |
Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Indonesia |
Indonesia |
