| Date |
Event |
Delegation members |
20 July 2002 to
31 July 2002 |
Official visit to the Middle East and Central Asia |
Senator Alan Ferguson
Delegation Leader
The Hon. Laurie Brereton MP
Deputy Leader
The Hon. Kim Beazley MP
The Hon. Graham Edwards MP
The Hon. David Jull MP
Senator Marise Payne
The Hon. Geoffrey Prosser MP
The Hon. Bruce Scott MP
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP |
21 July 2002 to
24 July 2002 |
Visit to Malaysia for Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
workshop on Development of Professional Knowledge Based Parliamentarians
for the Twenty-first Century |
Mr Gary Nairn MP |
23 July 2002 to
3 August 2002 |
Visit by the Speaker to China, Malaysia and Singapore |
The Hon. Neil Andrew MP |
13 August 2002 to
15 August 2002 |
Official visit to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
Senator Mark Bishop |
25 August 2002 to
6 September 2002 |
Visit to South Africa to attend the World Summit on
Sustainable Development |
Mr Kelvin Thomson MP |
31 August 2002 to
14 September 2002 |
Visit to Namibia for the Forty-eighth Commonwealth
Parliamentary Conference (6–14 September) and bilateral visit
to Egypt |
Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert (Namibia only)
Delegation Leader – Namibia
Mr Bob Charles MP
Delegation Leader – Egypt
Senator Julian McGauran
Mr Frank Mossfield MP
Mr Kim Wilkie MP |
1 September 2002 to
19 September 2002 |
Official visit to Indonesia and Twenty-third ASEAN
Inter-Parliamentary Organisation Conference in Vietnam |
The Hon. Ian Causley MP
Delegation Leader
Mr Mark Latham MP
Deputy Leader
Senator Alan Eggleston
Mr Peter Lindsay MP
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP |
1 September 2002 to
13 September 2002 |
Official visit to the United States and the European
Institutions |
The Hon. Neil Andrew MP
Delegation Leader
Senator the Hon. Peter Cook
Deputy Leader
Mrs Kay Hull MP
Senator Ross Lightfoot
Senator Kerry O'Brien
Mr Wayne Swan MP
Mr Barry Wakelin MP |
8 September 2002 to
29 December 2002 |
Official parliamentary delegation to attend the United
Nations General Assembly, New York, and the Special Session of the
Asia–Pacific Parliamentary Forum, Isla Navidad, Mexico |
The Hon. Laurie Brereton MP
The Hon. Bruce Scott MP |
| 22 September 2002 to 29 September 2002 |
Official visit to attend the Special Session of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union Council, Geneva, Switzerland |
Senator Grant Chapman
The Hon. Con Sciacca MP |
17 October 2002 to
17 October 2002 |
Visit to Bali by the Hon. Simon Crean MP |
The Hon. Simon Crean MP |
26 October 2002 to
8 November 2002 |
Official visit to Fiji and Papua New Guinea |
Mr Jim Lloyd MP
Delegation Leader
Mr Bob Sercombe MP
Deputy Leader
Senator Richard Colbeck
Ms Ann Corcoran MP
Mr Peter Dutton MP |
27 October 2002 to
8 November 2002 |
Official visit to Nigeria and South Africa |
Senator John Tierney
Delegation Leader
Ms Annette Ellis MP
Deputy Leader
Mr Don Randall MP
Mr Patrick Secker MP
Mr Sid Sidebottom MP
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja |
28 October 2002 to
8 November 2002 |
Official visit to Iran and Jordan |
The Hon. David Jull MP
Delegation Leader
Mr Martyn Evans MP
Deputy Leader
Senator Lyn Allison
The Hon. Dick Adams MP
Mrs Joanna Gash MP
Senator Ross Lightfoot |
31 October 2002 to
4 November 2002 |
Official visit to Papua New Guinea |
Senator Mark Bishop |
6 November 2002 to
9 November 2002 |
Official visit to Japan to attend the Second Australia–Japan
Conference |
Senator Marise Payne
Mr Kevin Rudd MP |
14 November 2002 to
1 December 2002 |
Official visit to China and Canada |
Senator Alan Ferguson
Delegation Leader
Mr Lindsay Tanner MP
Deputy Leader
The Hon. Graham Edwards MP
Mr John Forrest MP
Senator Meg Lees
Mr Gary Nairn MP |
16 November 2002 to
29 November 2002 |
Official visit to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands |
Mr David Hawker MP
Delegation Leader
Mr Anthony Albanese MP
Mr Bob Baldwin MP
Senator Michael Forshaw
Senator the Hon. Bill Heffernan
Senator Steve Hutchins |
17 December 2002 to
22 December 2002 |
Parliamentary visit to the South Pacific |
The Hon. Alexander Downer MP
Delegation Leader
The Hon. Christine Gallus MP
Ms Julie Bishop MP
Senator Alan Ferguson
Mr Martyn Evans MP
Ms Sharon Grierson MP
Mrs De-Anne Kelly MP
Senator Natasha Stott Despoja |
11 January 2003 to
16 January 2003 |
Official visit to attend the Eleventh Asia–Pacific
Parliamentary Forum in Malaysia |
Senator Jeannie Ferris
Delegation Leader
Mr Bob Sercombe MP
Deputy Leader
The Hon. Bruce Baird MP
Ms Jann McFarlane MP |
| 21 January 2003 to 26 January 2003 |
Visit to India to attend a conference to celebrate
the Golden Jubilee of the Indian Parliament |
The Hon. Kim Beazley MP
Senator Alan Ferguson |
10 March 2003 to
12 March 2003 |
Visit to Indonesia for the sixth Australia Indonesia
Ministerial Forum |
Mr Michael Danby MP
Mr Peter Dutton MP
Mr Pat Farmer MP
Mr Harry Jenkins MP
Mrs De-Anne Kelly MP |
29 March 2003 to
14 April 2003 |
108th Interparliamentary Conference, Santiago, Chile
and bilateral visit to Canada |
The Hon. Neil Andrew MP
Delegation Leader
Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP
Deputy Leader
Senator Grant Chapman
Senator Jeannie Ferris |
2 April 2003 to
12 April 2003 |
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee
Meeting, Sarawak, Malaysia |
Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert |
23 April 2003 to
10 May 2003 |
Visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland by the President
of the Senate |
Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert |
6 May 2003 to
23 May 2003 |
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to the
United Kingdom |
The Hon. Leo McLeay MP |
17 May 2003 to
21 May 2003 |
World Trade Organisation Seminar, Cape Town, South
Africa |
Senator the Hon. Peter Cook |
19 May 2003 to
26 May 2003 |
Visit to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq |
The Hon. Judi Moylan MP |
22 May 2003 to
31 May 2003 |
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
visit to Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga |
Senator the Hon. Peter Cook
Delegation Leader
Senator John Hogg
Senator David Johnston
Senator Sandy Macdonald
Senator Gavin Marshall |
9 June 2003 to
12 June 2003 |
Visit to New Zealand by the Speaker |
The Hon. Neil Andrew MP |
28 June 2003 to
5 July 2003 |
Thirty-fourth Conference of Presiding Officers and
Clerks, Nuku'alofa, Tonga |
Senator the Hon. Paul Calvert |
