Incoming delegations and visits, 41st Parliament 2004-2005



Incoming delegations and visits — 41st Parliament

Direct bilateral relationships with other parliaments are a major focus of the PRO. Official and unofficial visits by delegations and individual parliamentarians take place during the year.

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INCOMING DELEGATIONS AND VISITS:2004-2005
Dates Official Title Country
2 December 2004 Visit to the Parliament by Dr Ibolya David, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly Hungary
7 December 2004 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the National Assembly of Vietnam Vietnam
7 to 11 December 2004 Visit to the Parliamant by the Hon Francis Ole Kaparo MP, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly Kenya
9 December 2004 Visit to the Parliament by Mr David Coltart MP, Justice Spokesman for the Opposition, Movement for Democratic Change, Parliament of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
6 to 13 February 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the European Parliament Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom
9 February 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Ivan Vucic MP of the Croatian Parliament Croatia
15 to 17 February 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from Papua New Guinea (Australia-Political Exchange Council) Papua New Guinea
21 February 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Committee for Economic and Budgetary Affairs of the National Assembly of Vietnam Vietnam
3 March 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Special Select Committee of the Parliament of Malaysia Malaysia
7 March 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Senate Standing Committee on Military Affairs of Thailand Thailand
15 March 2005 Visit to the Parliament by HE Mr Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman, National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Islamic Republic of Iran
15 to 20 March 2005 Official visit to Australia by the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, HE Mr Demetris Christofias Cyprus
16 to 21 March 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Finland Finland
29 March 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary Committee from Sweden Sweden
31 March to 1 April 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs Canada
27 April 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Joint Finance Commission of Tanzania Tanzania
4 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Public Accounts Committee of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Bangladesh
8 to 13 May 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the State of Kuwait Kuwait
9 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Mr Jin Shinobu Murai, Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party, Parliament of Japan Japan
9 to 14 May 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Turkish Grand National Assembly Turkey
10 to 11 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by The Central Party School (CPS) from China as part of the China-Australia Governance Program (CAGP) China
10 to 12 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Ninth Delegation from the International Youth Cooperation Development Centre (CYDECO) of Vietnam Vietnam
11 to 12 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Dr Hidayat Nur Wahid, Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia
21 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the German Parliamentary Budget Committee Germany
23 to 26 May 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Members of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia
23 to 26 May 2005 Official visit to Australia by the New Zealand Justice and Electoral Select Committee (Australia-New Zealand Committee Exchange Program) New Zealand
24 May 2005 Official visit to the Parliament by His Excellency Mr Wu Bangguo, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's National Congress of the People's Republic of China Indonesia
31 May to 1 June 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Hon F. James Sensenbrenner Jr, from the United States Congress United States of America
16 June 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Dr Andras Hajdu, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Parliament of Hungary Hungary
18 to 23 June 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from the Kingdom of Cambodia Cambodia
20 to 22 June 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Parliamentary Select Committee on a Pacific Economic Community Papua New Guinea
21 June 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the German Parliamentary Budget Committee Germany
21 July 2005 Visit to the Parliament by HE Moustafa Mansouri, Minister for Employment and Emissary of the Kingdom of Morocco Morocco
7 to 14 August 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Canada Canada
9 August 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Members of the House of Representatives (DPR's) Commission One (Commission for Defence, Foreign Affairs and Information) of the Republic of Indonesia Indonesia
9 to 11 August 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Republic of Korea Korea
10 August 2005 Visit to the Parliament by Gauteng Provincial Legislature Standing Committee on Public Accounts of the Republic of South Africa South Africa
14 to 19 August 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Congressional Parliamentary Delegation from Argentina Argentina
29 August 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary delegation from Bahrain Bahrain
6 September 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Whip's delegation from the Parliament of Ghana Ghana
12-14 September 2005 Official visit to the Parliament by the Hon WJM Lokubandara MP, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
14 September 2005 Visit to the Parliament by a Parliamentary delegation from the French Economic Affairs Commission France
15 September 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Permanent Committee on Public Works of the Italian Senate Italy
5 to 6 October 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, Leader of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament United Kingdom
10 to 14 October 2005 Official visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the CPA United Kingdom Branch United Kingdom
11 to 12 October 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Young Political Leaders of the USA (Australian Political Exchange Council USA
2 to 3 November 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the First Deputy Speaker and Members of the Appointments Committee of the Parliament of Ghana Ghana
9 November 2005 Visit to the Parliament by the Joint Committee on Education and Science from the Houses of the Oireachtas Ireland
27 November to 4 December 2005 Official Visit to Australia by Mr Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of the Knesset Israel
28 November to 4 December 2005 Official visit to Australia by a Parliamentary delegation from the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Timor-Leste

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