Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

12 February 2008 - 30 June 2008

Matters current as at 12 February 2008
Matters re-referred
and/or referred
during period*
Reports tabled that discharge a reference**
Current Inquiries as at 30 June 2008
Standing Committee 0 6 3+(1) 3

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Standing Committee 2 7:02 6 50:35 6 2:56 0 0:00 14 60:33

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing
Committee		 14 0 0 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 7 208 0 16 568 0 65 0 0 0

* includes referral of Annual Reports (1) and Estimates (2)
** includes 1 report that re-referred inquiries from 41st Parliament


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Standing)

42nd Parliament (12 February 2008 to 30 June 2008)

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)
(elected Chair on 14.02.08)

12.02.08

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)
(elected Deputy Chair on 14.02.08)

12.02.08

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

12.02.08

Senator John Hogg (QLD, ALP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

12.02.08
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Lyn Allison (VIC, AD)

13.02.08

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Andrew Bartlett (QLD, AD)

13.02.08

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

14.05.08

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Christopher Ellison (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

13.02.08

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Rod Kemp (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Jan McLucas (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

12.02.08

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

14.02.08

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Kay Patterson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

12.02.08

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

14.02.08

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)

13.02.08

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

12.02.08

Senator John Watson (TAS, LP)

12.02.08

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

12.03.08

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

12.03.08
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Robert Ray (VIC, ALP)

12.03.08–05.05.08

Inquiries from the end of the 41st Parliament

  • Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations (referred 8 November 2006)
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (agreed by resolution of the Committee 22 June 2006)

Inquiries discharged at the beginning of the 42nd Parliament

  • Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations (referred 8 November 2006)
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (agreed by resolution of the Committee 22 June 2006)

Inquiries re-referred

  • Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations (re-referred 14 February 2008)
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (readopted 14 February 2008)

Current inquiries

As at 30 June 2008

  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (readopted 14 February 2008)
  • Australia's involvement in peacekeeping operations (re-referred 14 February 2008)
  • Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific (referred 24 June 2008)

New references

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Economic and security challenges facing Papua New Guinea and the island states of the southwest Pacific (referred 24 June 2008)

Public hearings

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • 2007–08 Additional Estimates—20 & 21 February 2008, Canberra
  • 2008–09 Budget Estimates—2, 3, 4 & 5 June 2008, Canberra
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system—20 June 2008, Canberra; 26 June 2008, Canberra

Reports tabled

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Report on the references of the 41st Parliament (re-adoption of inquiries, Tabled 14 February 2008)
  • Additional Estimates 2007–08 (tabled 18 March 2008)
  • Annual Report (No. 1 of 2008) (tabled 20 March 2008)
  • Budget Estimates 2008–09 (tabled 24 June 2008)

Government responses

12 February 2008–30 June 2008

  • Nil

Estimates

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

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