Outgoing delegations and visits — 41st Parliament

Direct bilateral relationships with other parliaments are a major focus of the PRO. Bilateral visits to other parliaments and attendance by Senators and Members at parliamentary conferences and seminars take place during the year and report back to the Parliament.

Outgoing delegations in 2007

OFFICIAL OUTGOING DELEGATIONS AND VISITS: 41ST PARLIAMENT
Dates	Destination(s)	Delegates	Report
15 to 20 January 2007	Visit to Israel by The Hon David Hawker MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives	The Hon David Hawker MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives*
21 to 26 January 2007	Parliamentary delegation to the 15th Annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), Moscow	The Hon David Hawker MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* Mr Bob Sercombe MP Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Mr Brendan O'Connor MP The Hon Bruce Scott MP	Delegation Report (PDF-1,570 KB) Tabled: 26 March, 2007.
14 to 24 February 2007	Visit by the President of the Senate to Cambodia and Vietnam	Senator the Hon Paul Calvert
24 February to 4 March 2007	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Study Group on the Environment, Belize	Mr Harry Jenkins MP
25 February to 2 March 2007	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 10th Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee Meeting, Johannesburg, South Africa	Ms Ann Corcoran MP
12 to 23 April 2007	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Working Party Meeting and Mid-Year Executive Committee Meeting	Senator Alan Ferguson
14 to 26 April 2007	Parliamentary delegation to Malta and Spain	Senator the Hon Paul Calvert, President of the Senate* Mr Bernard Ripoll MP The Hon Ian Causley MP The Hon Warren Entsch MP Senator Concetta Fierraventi-Wells Senator Andrew Murray	Delegation Report (PDF–9 MB) Tabled: 13 June, 2007.
14 to 28 April 2007	Parliamentary delegation to Canada and Germany	The Hon David Hawker MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* Mr Michael Hatton MP Mrs Trish Draper MP Mrs Kay Elson MP Senator Anne McEwen Senator the Hon Kay Patterson	Delegation Report (PDF–303 KB) Tabled: 17 September, 2007.
21 April to 4 May 2007	Parliamentary delegation to the 116th IPU Assembly, Nusa Dua, Indonesia and bilateral visit to Cambodia	The Hon Judith Moylan MP* Mr Harry Jenkins MP Mrs Kay Hull MP Senator Gavin Marshall Senator Grant Chapman (IPU only)	Delegation Report (PDF–645 KB) Tabled: 13 August, 2007.
9 to 23 June 2007	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit, London	Mr John Murphy MP
23 June to 7 July 2007	Parliamentary delegation to Saudi Arabia and China	The Hon Peter Slipper MP* The Hon Kim Beazley MP Senator John Watson Mr Harry Quick MP Mr Alby Schultz MP
30 June to 15 July 2007	Parliamentary delegation to Brazil and Uruguay	Mr Barry Wakelin MP* The Hon Duncan Kerr MP Senator Steve Fielding Dr Mal Washer MP
7 to 14 July 2007	38th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference, Cook Islands	Senator John Hogg The Hon Ian Causley MP Senator Alan Ferguson	Delegation Report (PDF–16 MB) Tabled: 7 August, 2007
15 to 19 July 2007	Parliamentary delegation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Finance, Economics and Public Administration to New Zealand	The Hon Bruce Baird MP* Ms Sharon Bird MP Mr Stewart McArthur MP Mr Patrick Secker MP Ms Sharon Grierson MP	Delegation Report (PDF–594 KB) Tabled: 19 September, 2007.
18 to 28 August 2007	Official parliamentary delegation to the 28th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association General Assembly, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and bilateral visit to Indonesia	Senator John Watson* Senator Ross Lightfoot Mr Bob Sercombe MP	Delegation Report (PDF–518 KB) Tabled: 19 March, 2008
15 September to 9 December 2007	Parliamentary delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, New York	Senator the Hon Rod Kemp Senator Michael Forshaw
24 September to 5 October 2007	Parliamentary delegation to India to attend the 53rd CPA Conference and the Philippines	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate* Mr Harry Jenkins MP Senator the Hon Sandy Macdonald Senator Linda Kirk	Delegation Report (PDF–471 KB) Tabled: 13 March, 2008

* indicates delegation leader

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