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Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America

Terms of Reference

(1) A select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America, be appointed to inquire into that agreement and report within 3 months after the text of the agreement is made publicly available, or on such later date as determined by the committee.

(2) The committee shall:

(a) examine the agreement;

(b) provide a democratic and transparent process to review the agreement in its totality to ensure it is in Australia’s national interest; and

(c) examine impacts of the agreement on Australia’s economic, trade, investment and social and environment policies, including, but not limited to, agriculture, health, education and the media.

For further information, contact:

Mr Brenton Holmes
Committee Secretary
Senate Select Committee on the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United States of America
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3527
Fax: +61 2 6277 3830
Email: fta@aph.gov.au

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