Preliminary pages
Membership of the Committee
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Chair
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Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
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Deputy
Chair
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Senator Bridget McKenzie
(from 12/9/12)
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Senator Simon Birmingham
(until 12/9/12)
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Members
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Mr Jamie Briggs MP (until 9/10/12)
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Senator David Fawcett
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Mr Laurie Ferguson MP
(until 20/9/12)
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Senator Scott Ludlam
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Mr John Forrest MP
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Senator the Hon Lisa Singh
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Ms Sharon Grierson MP
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Senator Dean Smith
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Mr Harry Jenkins MP
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Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite
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Ms Kirsten Livermore MP
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Senator the Hon Lin Thorp
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The Hon Robert McClelland MP
(from 20/9/12)
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Ms Melissa Parke MP
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Mrs Jane Prentice MP (from 9/10/12)
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The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP
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Committee Secretariat
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Secretary
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Russell Chafer
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Inquiry
Secretary
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Kevin Bodel
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Dr Andrew Gaczol
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Administrative
Officers
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Heidi Luschtinetz
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Dorota Cooley
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Resolution of Appointment
The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing
Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:
- matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and
proposed treaty actions and related Explanatory Statements presented or deemed
to be presented to the Parliament;
- any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument,
whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:
- either House of the Parliament, or
- a Minister; and
- such other matters as may be referred to the committee by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.
List of recommendations
2 Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (Tokyo, 11 November 2004)
Recommendation 1
The Committee supports the Regional Cooperation Agreement
on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (Tokyo, 11 November
2004) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
3 Treaty
between Australia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Extradition done at
Canberra on 10 April 2012
Recommendation 2
The Committee recommends that new and revised extradition
agreements should explicitly provide a requirement that the requesting country
provide annual information concerning the trial status and health of extradited
persons and the conditions of the detention facilities in which they are held.
Recommendation 3
The Committee supports the Treaty between Australia and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Extradition done at Canberra on 10 April 2012
and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
4 Partial
Revision of the 2008 Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International
Telecommunication Union Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference
of 2012 (WRC-12)
Recommendation 4
The Committee supports the Partial Revision of the 2008
Radio Regulations, as incorporated in the International Telecommunication Union
Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) done at
Geneva on 17 February 2012 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
5 Agreement
between the Government of Australia and the Kingdom of Spain for the Mutual
Protection of Classified Information of Defence Interest done at Madrid on 17
November 2011
Recommendation 5
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Kingdom of Spain for the Mutual Protection of Classified
Information of Defence Interest done at Madrid on 17 November 2011 and
recommends that binding treaty action be taken.