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Preliminary pages

Membership of the Committee

Chair

Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite (from 14/2/13)

 

 

Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
(until 6/2/13)

 

Deputy Chair

Senator Bridget McKenzie

 

Members

Mr Jamie Briggs MP (until 9/10/12)

Senator David Fawcett

 

The Hon Justine Elliot MP
(from 6/2/13)

Senator Scott Ludlam

 

Mr Laurie Ferguson MP
(until 20/9/12)

Senator the Hon Lisa Singh

 

Mr John Forrest MP

Senator Dean Smith

 

Ms Sharon Grierson MP

Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite (until 13/2/13)

 

Mr Harry Jenkins MP

Senator the Hon Lin Thorp

 

Ms Kirsten Livermore MP

 

 

The Hon Robert McClelland MP
(from 20/9/12)

 

 

Ms Melissa Parke MP (until 6/2/13)

 

 

Mrs Jane Prentice MP (from 9/10/12)

 

 

The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP

 

 

Mr Mike Symon MP (from 6/2/13)

 

Committee Secretariat

Secretary

Russell Chafer

Inquiry Secretary

Kevin Bodel

 

Dr Andrew Gaczol

 

Katie Ellis

Administrative Officers

Heidi Luschtinetz

 

Dorota Cooley

Resolution of Appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:

  1. 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;

  2. any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

    1. either House of the Parliament, or

    2. a Minister; and

  3. 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 Agreement Establishing the African Development Fund done at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 29 November 1972 as amended [2012]
Agreement Establishing the African Development Bank done at Khartoum, Sudan on 4 August 1963 as amended [2012]

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement Establishing the African Development Fund done at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 29 November 1972 as amended [2012] and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Agreement Establishing the African Development Bank done at Khartoum, Sudan on 4 August 1963 as amended [2012] and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3 Loan Agreement between Australia and the International Monetary Fund (not yet signed) [2012]

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Loan Agreement between Australia and the International Monetary Fund (not yet signed) [2012] and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

4 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan on the Security of Information (Tokyo, 17 May 2012)

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan on the Security of Information (Tokyo, 17 May 2012) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.


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