| Thursday 30 March 2006
Venue: The Lobby Restaurant, Parkes, Canberra
6.00 pm – 7.00 pm Reception
Hosted by the Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth Parliament
Welcome by
Sen ator the Hon Paul Calvert
President of the Sen ate
The Hon David Hawker MP
Speaker of the House of Represent atives
7.00 pm – 10.30 pm Seminar Dinner
Addresses by
The Hon Alexander Downer MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Mr Kevin Rudd MP
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Intern ational Security
Friday 31 March 2006
Venue: Main Committee Room
8.30 am – 9.00 am Registration
Welcome
9.00 am – 9.20 am
Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Tre aties
Session One: Reflections on a decade
9.20 am – 10.15 am
Chair: Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Hon Dick Adams MP
Foundation Member, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Treaty Review: A Member’s Perspective
Ms Devika Hovell
Director, Intern ational Law Project, Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales
Ten Years of JSCOT: A Critical Analysis
Mr Neil Roberts MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier and Treasurer, and Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation, Queensland Parliament
Treaty Making: A State Perspective
10.15 am – 10.30 am Launch of JSCOT Database
10.30 am – 11.00 am Morning Tea
Session Two: Treaty making and review in a federal system
11.00 am – 12.15 pm
Chair: Sen ator Dana Wortley
Ms Petrice Judge
Executive Director, Office of Federal Affairs, Department of Premier and Cabinet, Western Australia
The Standing Committee on Treaties as Part of the Treaty Scrutiny Process
Ms Anne Twomey
Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
Treaty Reform - What the States Wanted, What they got and What they want now
Associate Professor Richard Herr
School of Government , University of Tasmania
Some Reflections on the Role of State Parliaments
12.15 pm – 1.15 pm Lunch in the Mural Hall
Luncheon Address
Mr Greg Sheridan
Foreign Editor, The Australian
Session Three: New Developments in Treaty Making and Review
1.15 pm – 2.40 pm
Chair: Senator Russell Trood
Mr Michael L’Estrange
Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Developments in Free Trade Agreements
Associate Professor Greg Rose
Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong
Treaties with Regional Neighbours
Professor Aynsley Kellow
School of Government, University of Tasmania
Climate Change Treaties
Session Four: Perspectives from abroad
2.40 pm – 3.40 pm
Chair: Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Dr Palitha Kohona
Former Chief, Treaty Section/Office of Legal Affairs, United Nations
Recent Trends in Tre at y Law from the Perspective of the UN Secretary-General as Depositary and Significant Tre at y Events
Ms Dianne Yates MP
Chairperson, Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee , New Zealand Parliament
Treaty Review in New Zealand
3.40 pm – 4.00 pm Closing remarks
Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Deputy Chair, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
4.00 pm Close |