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Treaty Scrutiny: A Ten Year Review

The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties was established almost ten years ago as part of wide-ranging reforms to the treaty-making process. Since then the Committee has reviewed over 350 treaties and tabled its conclusions and recommendations in 72 reports.

To mark its tenth anniversary the Committee held a seminar at Parliament House on Friday 31 March 2006. The seminar provided an opportunity to consider the effectiveness of the Committee in its scrutiny role.

Program (PDF 25KB)

Transcript (PDF 331KB)

Media Release (PDF 41KB)

Report (PDF 1500KB)

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If you have any further questions regarding the seminar, please contact the Committee Secretariat.

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