43rd Parliament - Outgoing delegations and visits

Information about outgoing delegations and visits for the 43rd Parliament is listed below.

* This delegation was undertaken as part of a committee inquiry. Please refer to the respective committee homepage.

Date Destination Reports
9 September - 11 December 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly, New York Not Applicable
10 - 19 September 2010 Official parliamentary delegation visit to attend the 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya. Report tabled November 2010 PDF format
19 - 26 September 2010 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 31st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association, Hanoi, Vietnam. Report tabled February 2011 PDF format
19 - 29 September 2010 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Tunisia Not Applicable
1 - 11 October 2010 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 123rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland and visit to International Organisations, Paris, France PDF format
11 - 21 January 2011 Official visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins MP to the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands Not Applicable
23 - 27 January 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 19th Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
6 - 11 March 2011 Official committee exchange visit to New Zealand by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs *
2 - 16 April 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to Denmark, Sweden and Greece. Report tabled October 2011 PDF format
4 - 23 April 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 124th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Panama and bilateral visit to Brazil PDF format
4 - 18 April 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana and Ethiopia by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade *
13 - 20 April 2011 Visit by the Hon Anthony Byrne MP to a meeting of the Advisory Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Committee on United Nations Affairs at the 124th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Panama
14 - 27 April 2011 Official visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to the United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands and Turkey Not Applicable
28 April to 1 May 2013 Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Afghanistan PDF format
14 - 21 May 2011 Official visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins MP to Japan and the Republic of Korea Not Applicable
29 May - 4 June 2011 Official visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Singapore, New Zealand and Tonga Not Applicable
6 - 10 June 2011 Official committee exchange visit to New Zealand by the Senate Standing Committee on Rural Affairs and Transport *
11 - 16 July 2011 Visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins MP to Singapore and Indonesia Not Applicable
16 - 20 July 2011 Official visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Morocco Not Applicable
20 - 29 July 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, London. Report tabled November 2011 PDF format
31 July - 12 August 2011 Parliamentary Delegation to Solomon Islands and Samoa. Report tabled July 2012 PDF format
28 August - 9 September 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to China by the House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change, Environment and the Arts *
10 September - 15 December 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly, New York Not Applicable
18 - 24 September 2011 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 32nd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association, Phnom Penh, Cambodia PDF format
23 September - 1 October 2011 Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to Indonesia and Tonga
24 - 27 September 2011 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Peru Not Applicable
27 September - 9 October 2011 Parliamentary Delegation to the United States of America
2 - 11 October 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to attend the 57th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Bucharest, Romania and the Council of Europe enlarged debate of the Parliamentary Assembly on the activities of the OECD, Strasbourg, France PDF format
14 - 19 October 2011 Visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins MP to attend the 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Bern, Switzerland Not Applicable
14 - 27 October 2011 Parliamentary Delegation to attend the 125th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Bern, Switzerland and bilateral visits to Austria and Germany PDF format
5 - 16 November 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore
6 - 11 November 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to Timor Leste and Indonesia by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade PDF format
5 - 14 December 2011 Official Parliamentary delegation to Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Report tabled November 2012 PDF format
6 - 15 December 2011 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to attend a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee meeting, London and visit to Scotland Not Applicable
7 - 13 January 2012 Official Parliamentary delegation to attend the 20th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum, Tokyo, Japan. Delegation report tabled 27 February 2012. PDF format
15 - 18 March 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to observe the Presidential Elections in Timor Leste Not Applicable
24 March - 22 April 2012 Visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Peter Slipper MP to South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Russia, Kazakhstan and Hungary Not Applicable
28 March – 21 April 2012 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly and related meetings in Kampala, Uganda and bilateral visits to Kazakhstan and Hungary PDF format
14 - 18 April 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to observe the Presidential Elections, second round in Timor Leste Not Applicable
14 April - 3 May 2012 Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade and the Senate References Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to the United Kingdom, United States of America, Germany and Spain *
20 April - 4 May 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to the European Parliament and Institutions and bilateral visit to Israel PDF format
27 - 30 May 2012 Joint Committee on Security and Intelligence to attend the 8th International Intelligence Review Agencies Conference, Ottawa, Canada Not Applicable
29 June - 17 July 2012 Visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Hon Peter Slipper MP to Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus Not Applicable
12 - 27 July 2012 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to the United States of America and Canada Not Applicable
14 July to 24 July 2012 Senate Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Delegation to the People’s Republic of China *
15 - 27 July 2012 Trade Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to Japan and the Republic of Korea *
25 August - 7 September 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to Philippines, Laos and Myanmar
25 August - 7 September 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to China and Indonesia. Report tabled December 2012 PDF format
28 August - 4 September 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to Pakistan. Delegation report tabled November 2012 PDF format
6 - 15 September 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to attend the 58th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka
24 - 28 September 2012 Parliamentary delegation to New Zealand by members of the Joint Committee on the National Broadband Network *
16 September - 16 December 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly, New York Not Applicable
16 - 23 September 2012 Parliamentary delegation to attend the 33rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Lombok, Indonesia
1 - 6 October 2012 Parliamentary delegation to attend the Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnerships (ASEP7) meeting, Vientiane, Laos
13 - 28 October 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to attend the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Quebec City, Canada and bilateral visit to Argentina. Report tabled June 2013 PDF format
4 - 11 November 2012 Commonwealth Parliamentary visit to the United Kingdom
3 - 17 November 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to the United Kingdom and Poland
6 - 16 November 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to Algeria and Morocco
20 - 25 November 2012 Parliamentary Delegation to attend the Parliamentary Event of Interfaith Dialogue, Nusa Dua, Indonesia
27 - 30 January 2013 Parliamentary delegation to attend the 21st Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), Vladivostok, Russia PDF format
29 January - 2 February 2013 Parliamentary delegation by members of the Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity to the Philippines *
21 March - 7 April 2013 Parliamentary delegation to attend the 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Quito, Ecuador and bilateral vist to Paraguay. Report tabled June 2013 PDF format
7 - 14 April 2013 Parliamentary delegation to ASEAN countries, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam PDF format
8 - 13 April 2013 Parliamentary delegation to Papua New Guinea PDF format
13 - 21 April 2013 Parliamentary delegation to South Africa and Zambia
22 April - 2 May 2013 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Myanmar and Thailand Not Applicable
28 April - 2 May 2013 Parliamentary delegation to Afghanistan PDF format
5 - 11 May 2013 Parliamentary delegation to China by members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services PDF format
20 - 24 May 2013 Visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms Anna Burke MP to Singapore and Vietnam Not Applicable
28 May - 9 June 2013 Visit by the President of the Senate, Senator the Hon John Hogg to Argentina and Brazil Not Applicable
5 - 18 July 2013 Parliamentary delegation to Cyprus and Russia
6 - 10 October 2013 Official parliamentary delegation to attend the 129th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva, Switzerland. Report tabled December 2013 PDF format