Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Committee Members

The Committee's resolution of appointment provides that the Committee should consist of 32 members in the following combination:

• 12 Members of the House of Representatives nominated by the Government Whip or Whips
• 8 Members of the House of Representatives to be nominated by the opposition Whip or Whips or by an independent Member
• 5 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate
• 5 Senators to be nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
• 2 Senators to be nominated by any minority group or groups or independent Senator or independent Senators.

Senator M Forshaw, Chair (Australian Labor Party, NSW)

The Hon D Hawker MP, Deputy Chair (Liberal Party, Member for Wannon)

Senator M Arbib (Australian Labor Party, NSW - from 1 July 2008)

Senator M Bishop (Australian Labor Party, WA)

Senator M Cormann (Liberal Party, WA)

Senator the Hon A Ferguson (Liberal Party, SA - from 1 July 2008)

Senator M Fifield (Liberal Party, VIC)

Senator C M Moore (Australian Labor Party, QLD)

Senator K O'Brien (Australian Labor Party, Tasmania - from 1 July 2008)

Senator M Payne (Liberal Party, QLD) (from 19 March 2008)

Senator R B Trood (Liberal Party, QLD)

The Hon B Baldwin MP (Liberal Party, Member for Paterson)

The Hon A Bevis, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Brisbane)

Mr M Danby, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Melbourne Ports)

Ms A Ellis, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Canberra)

Mr S W Gibbons, MP (Australian Labor Pary, Member for Bendigo)

Ms S Grierson, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Newscastle)

Mr D Hale, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Solomon)

The Hon I Macfarlane, MP (Liberal Party, Member for Groom)

Ms S Mirabella, MP (Liberal Party, Member for Indi)

Ms M Parke, MP (Australian Labor Party , Member for Fremantle)

Ms K Rea, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Bonner)

Mr B Ripoll, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Oxley)

The Hon A Robb AO, MP (Liberal Party, Member for Goldstein)

Mr S Robert, MP (Liberal Party, Member for Fadden)

The Hon P Ruddock, MP (Liberal Party, Member for Berowra)

Ms J Saffin, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Page)

The Hon B Scott, MP (National Party, Member for Maranoa)

Mr K Thomson, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Wills)

Ms M Vamvakinou, MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Calwell)

Senator A Eggleston (Liberal Party, WA) - till 19 March 2008
Senator A Bartlett (Australian Democrats, QLD) - till 30 June 2008
Senator L J Kirk (Australian Labor Party, SA) - till 30 June 2008
Senator the Hon J A L (Sandy) Macdonald (National Party, NSW) - till 30 June 2008
Senator N Stott Despoja (Australian Democrats, SA) - till 30 June 2008
Senator R S Webber (Australian Labor Party, WA) - till 30 June 2008

Committee Secretary:
Dr Margot Kerley
Ph: 02 6277 2313

Sub-Committee Membership

Under its resolution of appointment, the Committee has the power to establish Sub-Committees, and in the current Parliament has established four Sub-Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence, Trade and Human Rights. Membership of the Sub-Committees is open to all members of the full Committee. Each Sub-Committee has its own Chair and Deputy Chair. The Chair and Deputy Chair of the full Committee are ex-officio members of each of the Sub-Committees.

Sub-Committee membership is as follows:

Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee	Defence Sub-Committee
Mr M Danby MP (Chair) Mrs S Mirabella MP (Deputy Chair) Senator M Bishop Senator M Cormann Senator M Fifield Senator M Forshaw (ex officio) Senator C Moore Senator M Payne Senator R Trood The Hon A Bevis MP Ms A Ellis MP Ms S Grierson MP Mr D Hale MP The Hon D Hawker MP (ex officio) The Hon I Macfarlane MP Ms M Parke MP The Hon A Robb AO MP Mr S Robert MP The Hon P Ruddock MP The Hon B Scott MP Mr K Thomson MP Ms M Vamvakinou MP	The Hon A Bevis MP (Chair) The Hon R Baldwin MP (Deputy Chair) Senator M Bishop Senator M Cormann Senator M Fifield Senator M Forshaw (ex officio) Senator M Payne Senator R Trood Mr S Gibbons MP Ms S Grierson MP Mr D Hale MP The Hon D Hawker MP (ex officio) The Hon I Macfarlane MP Mrs S Mirabella MP Mr S Robert MP Ms J Saffin MP The Hon B Scott MP Mr K Thomson MP
Sub-Committee Secretary: Dr John Carter Ph: 02 6277 2313	Sub-Committee Secretary: Dr Margot Kerley Ph: 02 6277 2313

Trade Sub-Committee	Human Rights Sub-Committee
Ms J Saffin (Chair) The Hon B Scott MP (Deputy Chair) Senator M Cormann Senator M Forshaw (ex officio) Mr S Gibbons MP Mr D Hale MP The Hon D Hawker MP (ex officio) The Hon I Macfarlane MP Mr B Ripoll MP Ms M Vamvakinou MP	Ms K Rea MP (Chair) The Hon P Ruddock MP (Deputy Chair) Senator M Fifield Senator M Forshaw (ex officio) Senator C Moore Senator R Trood Mr M Danby MP Ms A Ellis MP Ms S Grierson MP The Hon D Hawker MP (ex officio) Ms M Parke MP Mr K Thomson MP Ms M Vamvakinou MP
Sub-Committee Secretary: Mr Tas Luttrell Ph: 02 6277 2313	Sub-Committee Secretary: Ms Samantha Mannette Ph: 02 6277 2313

For futher information on the Committee and its Sub-Committees contact the Committee Secretariat.