Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Current Inquiries
- Air Services - PNG
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 06 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Papua New Guinea relating to Air Services (Port Moresby, 6 October 2017).
- Air Services - Thailand
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 06 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand relating to Air Services (Bangkok, 3 August 2017).
- Air Services - Timor-Leste
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 06 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to Air Services (Dili, 26 May 2017).
- MH17 - Netherlands
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 24 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Treaty between Australia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the Ongoing Presence of Australian Personnel in the Netherlands for the Purpose of Responding to the Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 (The Hague, 18 December 2018).
- MRA - UK
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 24 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement on Mutual Recognition in Relation to Conformity Assessment, Certificates And Markings between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London, 18 January 2019).
- Oil Stocks - Hungary
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 24 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and Government of Hungary concerning Oil Stock Contracts (Canberra, 30 October 2018).
- Trade in Wine - UK
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 24 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement on Trade in Wine between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London, 18 January 2019).
- Work Diplomatic Families - Italy
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 12 February 2019
Next Hearing: 01 April 2019
Reporting Date: 06 June 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Italian Republic regarding the undertaking of work by cohabiting family members of diplomatic, consular and technical and administrative staff (Canberra, 27 November 2017).
Minor Treaty Actions
Minor Treaty Actions, or Category 3 treaty actions, include treaty actions that do not impact significantly on the national interest and are likely to have negligible financial or legal effect within Australia.
The Committee has the discretion to inquire formally into minor treaty actions or indicate its acceptance of them without a formal inquiry. If the Committee decides that binding treaty action can be taken for a minor treaty action without a formal inquiry, then this decision will be noted in the next report of the Committee tabled in Parliament.
Committee Secretariat contact:
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Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
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Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: +61 2 6277 4002
Fax: +61 2 6277 2219
jsct@aph.gov.au