TABLE OF CONTENTS
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
TERMS OF REFERENCE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
ABBREVIATIONS
GLOSSARY
COMMITTEE REPORT
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
Reference to Committee
Conduct of the Inquiry
Consideration of Individual Cases
Acknowledgements
CHAPTER 2: International Consular Arrangements
Introduction
The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
The Hague Conventions
International Practice
Bilateral Arrangements
Dual Nationality
CHAPTER 3: Australian Consular Services
Introduction
DFAT Consular Services Canberra
Austrade Consular Operations Overseas
Consulates Managed by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs
Honorary Consuls
Locally Engaged Staff
Consular Statistics
Public Response to Consular Service
DFAT Career Structure and Destreaming
Consular Training of A-based Officers
Consular Training for Locally Engaged Staff
Cost of the Consular Service
CHAPTER 4: Privacy and Freedom of Information Legislation
Privacy Act 1988
Freedom of Information Act 1982
The Privacy Act and Consular Work
The Freedom of Information Act and Consular Work
CHAPTER 5: General Consular Issues
Perceptions of the Travelling Public about Consular Services
Australian Government Consular Policy
Fees for Services
Consular Public Affairs Activities
Travel Advices
Financial Assistance to Travellers
Repatriation and Medical Evacuation
Australians with Mental Illness
Return of Remains of Deceased Australians
Access to Consular Assistance
Travel Insurance
Communication with Families
Counselling
CHAPTER 6: Foreign Judicial Proceedings and Custodial
Legal Issues
Introduction
Foreign Judicial Proceedings
Intervention by the Australian Government
Assistance provided by the Australian Government
Prisoners
Pardons and Prisoner Transfer Arrangemetns
Bail
Extradition
The Case of Dr John Flynn
The Case of Mr Rob Bowra
The Case of Mr James Peng
CHAPTER 7: Hostages
Introduction
The Case of Kellie Wilkinson
The Case of David Wilson
Role of Australian Government in the Hostage Crisis
The Role of the Then Minister for Foreign Affairs
Departmental Services to the Wilson Family
DFAT and the Media
Consular Travel Advice
The Consular REsponse Group
CHAPTER 8: Deaths and Australians Missing Overseas
Introduction
Deaths of Australians Overseas
The Case of Mr Ben Maresh
Missing Persons
The Case of Mr David Lindner
Search and Rescue
CHAPTER 9: Custody Issues Involving Austrlaian Children
Introduction
International Recognition of Australian Family Court Decisions
International Conventions
International Chil Abduction Outside the Convention
Australian Government Assistance
Issues on Child Custody
Conclusions
APPENDIX 1: List of Submissions, Supplementary
Submissions, Written Responses to Evidence and Other Documents Authorised
for Publication by the Committee
APPENDIX 2: List of Witnesses who Appeared Before
the Committee at Public Hearings
APPENDIX 3: Statement by Chairman, Senator Michael
Foreshaw, to the Senate, 15 May 1997
APPENDIX 4: David John Wilson - Chronology of Events