45th Parliament - Incoming delegations and visits


45th Parliament

Information about incoming delegations and visits for the 45th Parliament is listed below.

2016

Date Delegation
12 September 2016 Visit to the Parliament by members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
13 September 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 20th Delegation from Vietnam
5 to 8 October 2016 2nd MIKTA Speakers' Consultation
11 October 2016 Visit to the Parliament by Ms Ingrid Fischbach MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health of Germany
11 October 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 10th Delegation from the Philippines
12 October 2016 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan
12 October 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Dinendra Ruwan Wijewardene MP, Sri Lankan State Minister of Defence
13 to 15 October 2016 Visit to Melbourne by HE Professor Dr Norbert Lammert, Speaker of the Bundestag of Germany
4 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by members of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
8 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by members of the Committee of Sports of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
8 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Francisco Guterres, President of Timor-Leste's Fretilin Party
9 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 24th Delegation from China
15 to 23 November 2016 Visit to Australia by an ASEAN Parliamentary Delegation
21 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 11th Delegation from New Zealand
23 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the Senate Commission on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Media and Information of Cambodia
28 November 2016 Visit to the Parliament by the People's Aspiration Committee of Vietnam

2017

Date Delegation
15 February 2017 Visit to the Parliament by members of the French House of Representatives Committee on Defence
26 February to 3 March 2017 Visit to Australia by the Rt. Hon David Carter MP, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
28 February 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Loa People's Democratic Republic
19 to 22 March 2017 Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the United Kingdom (Commonwealth Parliamentary Association)
19 to 24 March 2017 Visit to Australia by Ms Gabriela Michetti, Vice President of the Argentine Republic and President of the Senate
21 March 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 33rd Delegation from the USA
27 to 30 March 2017 Visit to Australia by Madam Halimah Yacob, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
27 to 31 March 2017 Visit to Australia by a delegation from New Zealand (Justice and Electoral Committee)
28 March 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Pacific Island Electoral Management Body representatives from Kiribati and the Australian Electoral Commission
29 March 2017 Visit to the Parliament by a Delegation of the Committee of Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development of the French Senate
2 May 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Witold Waszczykowski, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs
10 May 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Union Election Commission of Myanmar and the Australian Electoral Commission
22 May 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Korn Chatikavanij MP, Deputy Leader of the Thai Democrat Party
23 May 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 21st Delegation from Vietnam
24 May 2017 Visit to the Parliament by members of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
13 to 14 June 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Hon John Ajaka MLC, President of the Legislative Council, Parliament of New South Wales
20 June 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 11th Delegation from the Philippines
22 June 2017 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation of young parliamentarians from India
7 August 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Bangladesh Delegation
9 August 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 16th Delegation from Japan
13 to 18 August 2017 Visit to Australia by a Delegation from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
1 September 2017 Visit to Australia by Mr Urban Ahlin, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden and Delegation
12 September 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 34th Delegation from the United States of America
12 September 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Senator Olivier Cadic, Senator for the French Nationals Living Abroad
13 September 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights led by Mr Barbar Nawaz Khan MP, Chairman
14 September 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Li Fei, People's Republic of China
16 October 2017 Visit to the Parliament by members of the Australia / Indonesia Friendship Group
16 October 2017 Visit to the Parliament by a Delegation from Vietnam
18 October 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 25th Delegation from the People's Republic of China
23 October 2017 Visit to the Parliament by members of the South African Select Committee on Land and Mineral Resources
8 November 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Rt Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, United Kingdom
22 to 29 November 2017 Visit to Australia by an ASEAN Parliamentary Delegation
27 November 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Fahri Hamzah, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia
28 November 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Professor Dr Norbert Lammert, Former President of the German Federal Parliament
4 December 2017 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Krzysztof Szcerski, Secretary of State and Chief of the Cabinet in the Chancellery of the President, Republic of Poland
6 December 2017 Visit to the Parliament by HE Hekmat Khahil Karzai, Deputy Foreign Minister, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
6 December 2017 Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from Vietnam
18 December 2017 Visit to the Parliament by the Legislature-Parliament Secretariat to the Government of Nepal

2018

Date Delegation
7 February 2018 Visit to the Parliament by The Rt. Hon Trevor Mallard, Speaker of the New Zealand Parliament
14 February 2018 Visit to the Parliament by HE Mr Zdravko Pocivalsek, Minister for Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia
15 to 16 February 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Bangladesh Public Accounts Committee, People's Republic of Bangladesh
26 February 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Head of the Economic, Technology and Environment Committee, Laos National Assembly
27 February 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 12th Delegation from the Philippines
26 to 27 March 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Sri Lanka women MP's
27 March 2018 Visit to the Parliament by members of Knesset, Parliament of Israel
27 March 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the members of the German - Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
9 May 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Hon Lautafi, Minister for Commerce, Industry and Labour, Samoa
23 May 2018 Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Delegation from India
24 May 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Hon Keith Rowley
30 May 2018 Visit to the Parliament by US Congressional staff
30 May 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 12th Delegation from New Zealand
18 June 2018 Visit to the Parliament by a European Union Trade Delegation
2 August 2018 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation of staff from the US Congress
9 August 2018 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Hirotaka Akamatsu, Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Japan
14 August 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 17th Delegation from Japan
15 August 2018 Visit to the Parliament by Mr WON Yoo Chul, President of the Republic of Korea-Australia Parliamentary Friendship Association
19 to 24 August 2018 Visit to Australia by a delegation from New Zealand (Social Services and Community Committee)
20 August 2018 Visit to Parliament by a delegation from the Budget and Financial Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam
23 August 2018 Visit to Parliament by a delegation from the Ethnic and Minority Affairs Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam
10 September 2018 Visit to the Parliament by Hon Habib El Malki, Speaker of the Parliament of Morocco
12 September 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 22nd Delegation from Vietnam
18 to 20 September 2018 Visit to the Parliament by HE Dato’ Mohamad Ariff Bin Md Yusof MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malaysia
18 to 22 September 2018 Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi-Australia Friendship Committee)
19 September 2018 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Public Accounts Committee of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly
15 October 2018 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Michael Müller President of the Bundesrat and Governing Mayor of Berlin
15 to 16 October 2018 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Senate of the Dominican Republic
18 October 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 35th Delegation from the United States of America
22 October 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
22 October 2018 Visit by the Hon Sue Hickey MP, Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
22 to 27 October 2018 Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Chile
21 to 28 November 2018 Visit to Australia by an ASEAN Parliamentary Delegation
24 November to 1 December 2018 Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Ireland
26 November 2018 Visit to the parliament by the Polish-Australian Parliamentary Group
26 November 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Judicial Affairs Committee from the National Assembly of Vietnam
28 November 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Australian Political Exchange Council, 26th Delegation from the People's Republic of China
29 November 2018 Visit to the parliament by Nepali Supreme Court Justices
3 December 2018 Visit to the Parliament by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu
4 December 2018 Visit to the Parliament by Ms Chak Sopheap
10 December 2018 Visit to the parliament by staff of the National Assembly Secretariat of Korea

2019

Date Delegation
11 to 12 February 2019 Visit to the parliament by HE Dato Lim Jock Hoi, ASEAN Secretary General
12 February 2019 Visit to the Parliament by Malaysian Parliamentary Staff
12 February 2019 Visit to the parliament by a delegation from the Parliament of Timor-Leste
14 February 2019 Visit to the parliament by Mr Gerald Darmanin, Minister of Public Action and Accounts, and delegation from the Parliament of France
20 February 2019 Visit to the Parliament by the Timor-Leste Parliamentarians
20 February 2019 Visit to the parliament by the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya
5 March 2019 Visit to the parliament by Mr Henrik Hololei, Director- General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission