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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Treaties  
      
                
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Preliminary pages
Membership of the Committee
 
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   Chair    | 
  
   Mr Kelvin Thomson MP    | 
  
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   Deputy
  Chair    | 
  
   Senator Julian McGauran 
  (until 30/6/11)    | 
  
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   Members    | 
  
   Ms Sharon Bird MP    | 
  
   Senator Simon Birmingham    | 
 
 
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   Mr Jamie Briggs MP    | 
  
   Senator Michaelia Cash (until 7/7/11)    | 
 
 
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   Mr John Forrest MP    | 
  
   Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (from 1/7/11)    | 
 
 
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   Ms Sharon Grierson MP    | 
  
   Senator Scott Ludlam     | 
 
 
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   Ms Kirsten Livermore MP    | 
  
   Senator Kerry O’Brien (until 30/6/11)    | 
 
 
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   Ms Melissa Parke MP    | 
  
   Senator Louise Pratt (until 30/6/11)    | 
 
 
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   Ms Michelle Rowland MP    | 
  
   Senator the Hon Lisa Singh (from 1/7/11)    | 
 
 
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   The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP    | 
  
   Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite (from 1/7/11)    | 
 
 
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   Senator Anne Urquhart (from 1/7/11)    | 
 
 
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   Senator Dana Wortley (until 30/6/11)    | 
 
  Committee Secretariat
 
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   Secretary    | 
  
   James Catchpole    | 
 
 
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   Inquiry
  Secretary    | 
  
   Kevin Bodel    | 
 
 
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   Andrew Gaczol    | 
 
 
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   Administrative
  Officers    | 
  
   Heidi Luschtinetz    | 
 
 
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   Michaela Whyte    | 
 
Resolution of
  Appointment
The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing
Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:
- matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and
proposed treaty actions and related Explanatory Statements presented or deemed
to be presented to the Parliament;
 
    - any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument,
      whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:
      
      
  
  - either House of the Parliament, or
 
  
- a Minister; and
 
  
 - such other matters as may be referred to the committee by the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.
 
 
List of recommendations
2 Resolution MEPC.189(60), Adopted on 26 March 2010: Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
Recommendation 1
The Committee supports Resolution MEPC.189(60), Adopted on
26 March 201: Amendments to the Annex of the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973
and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
3 Protocol
  on Investment to the Australia - New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade
  Agreement
Recommendation 2
The Committee supports the Protocol on Investment to the
Australia - New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement and
recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
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