Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

1 January 2007 - 30 June 2007

Matters Current as at 1 January 2007
Matters Referred during period (including estimates and annual reports)
Reports tabled that discharge a reference
Current Inquiries as at 30 June 2007
Standing Committee 5 4 6+(1^) 3

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 6 31:39 6 69:40 14 4:08 0 0:00 26 105:27

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing Committee 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Televised hearings
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
Estimates
Other (Bills)
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Standing Committee 9 199 0 67 753 0 402 82 1126 1

^Second report that did not discharge a reference

 

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Standing)

1 January 2007 to 30 June 2007

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)
      (appointed Chair on 21.3.07)

11.9.06

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)
      (appointed Deputy Chair on 12.9.06)

11.9.06

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

28.2.07

Senator John Hogg (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

23.3.07

Senator Russell Trood (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

 

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Lyn Allison (Vic, AD)

11.10.06

Senator Andrew Bartlett (Qld, AD)

11.9.06

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

20.6.07

Senator the Hon Ron Boswell (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator Sue Boyce (Qld, LP)

20.6.07

Senator the Hon George Brandis (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Bob Brown (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Carol Brown (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Kim Carr (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Stephen Conroy (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA. LP)

20.6.07

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Christopher Evans (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Steve Fielding (Vic, FFP)

11.9.06

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Mitch Fifield (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

20.6.07

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Barnaby Joyce (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (Vic, LP)

8.2.07

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Joseph Ludwig (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Gavin Marshall (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Brett Mason (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Julian McGauran (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Christine Milne (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Stephen Parry (Tas, LP)

23.3.07

Senator Helen Polley (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Robert Ray (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

11.9.06

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)

11.9.06

Senator John Watson (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

 

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator David Johnston (WA, LP)       (Chair)

11.9.06-23.3.07

 

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06-28.2.07

Senator Jeannie Ferris (SA, LP)

11.9.06-2.4.07

 

Inquiries

As at 1 January 2007

  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (resolved 22 June 2006 through the Committee)
  • Australia's public diplomacy (referred 7 November 2006)
  • Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping operations (referred 8November 2006)
  • Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2007

  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (resolved 22 June 2006 through the Committee)
  • Australia's public diplomacy (referred 7 November 2006)
  • Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping operations (referred 8November 2006)

New references

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (referred 10 May 2007 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Public hearings

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • 2006-07 Additional Estimates – 14 & 15 February 2007, Canberra
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system – 26 February 2007, Canberra
  • Australia's public diplomacy – 14 March 2007, Canberra; 15 March 2007, Melbourne; 11 April 2007, Canberra (round table); 12 April 2007, Sydney (round table); 15 May 2007, Canberra
  • 2007-08 Budget Estimates – 28, 29, 30 & 31 May 2007, Canberra

Reports tabled

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (tabled 8February 2007)
  • Additional estimates 2006-07 (tabled 21 March 2007)
  • Annual Reports (No. 1 of 2007) (tabled 22 March 2007)
  • Reforms to Australia's military justice system: Second progress report (tabled 29 March 2007)
  • Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 31 May 2007; tabled on 12 June 2007)
  • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007 [Provisions] (tabled 12 June 2007)
  • Budget estimates 2007-08 (tabled 19 June 2007)

Government responses

1 January 2007 – 30 June 2007

  • Mr Chen Yonglin's request for political asylum (tabled 14 June 2007; report tabled 12 September 2005)

Estimates

A statistical summary of this Committee's work when considering Estimates appears in Part Four.

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