Inter-Parliamentary Relations - Outgoing Delegations

Outgoing delegations and visits — 42nd 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.

OFFICIAL OUTGOING DELEGATIONS AND VISITS: 42nd PARLIAMENT
Dates	Destinations	Delegates	Report
31 December 2007 to 16 January 2008	Official visit by The Hon David Hawker MP and Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson to the United Kingdom	The Hon David Hawker MP Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson
18-25 January 2008	Official parliamentary delegation to the 16th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Auckland	The Hon David Hawker MP Mr Patrick Secker MP
04-19 April 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to The European Institutions	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate* Mr Kelvin Thomson MP (Deputy Leader) Senator Grant Chapman Mr Petro Georgiou MP Senator Anne McEwen Senator Glenn Sterle Senator Ruth Webber	Delegation Report (PDF 386 KB) Tabled: 26 June 2008
11-27 April 2008	Official parliamentary delegation to the 118th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Cape Town, South Africa and bilateral visit to Jordan	Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* The Hon Danna Vale MP (Deputy Leader) The Hon Roger Price MP Ms Jill Hall MP Mr Patrick Secker MP	Delegation Report (PDF 570 KB) Tabled: 28 August 2008
13-17 April 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit by the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs to New Zealand	Senator Claire Moore* Senator Gary Humphries (Deputy Leader) Senator Judith Adams Senator Lyn Allison Senator Sue Boyce Senator Helen Polley Senator Rachel Siewert
20-30 April 2008	Official visit by Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate to Jersey, Guernsey, London and Portugal	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate
07-20 June 2008	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit, United Kingdom	Mr Russell Broadbent MP
04-15 August 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Malaysia and bilateral visit to Thailand	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate * Mr Michael Danby MP Mr Barry Haase MP Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan Mr Graham Perrett MP	Delegation Report (PDF 5.4 MB) Tabled: 10 November 2008
09-24 August 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Colombia and Argentina	Senator Steve Hutchins* Mr Luke Hartsuyker MP Ms Melissa Parke MP Senator Marise Payne Senator Helen Polley Mr Don Randall MP	Delegation Report (PDF 9.7 MB) Tabled: 18 June 2009
18-24 August 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to the 29th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Association (AIPA) General Assembly, Singapore	Ms Sharon Bird MP* The Hon Andrew Robb MP
15 September - 19 December 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to the United Nations General Assembly, New York	Senator Kerry O'Brien* Mrs Joanna Gash MP
28 September - 10 October 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina	Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate* The Hon Philip Ruddock MP Senator Steve Fielding Senator Mark Furner Mr Steve Georganas MP Senator Annette Hurley Senator Barnaby Joyce	Delegation Report (PDF 5 MB) Tabled: 27 November 2008
04 October - 18 October 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Serbia and the 119th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Geneva Switzerland	The Hon Roger Price MP* The Hon Danna Vale MP Senator the Hon Judith Troeth Senator Claire Moore (Geneva only)	Delegation Report (PDF 1 MB) Tabled: 11 March 2009
23 October - 08 November 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Egypt and Israel	Ms Annette Ellis MP* The Hon Bruce Scott MP Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck Senator Gavin Marshall The Peter Slipper MP Senator Glenn Sterle	Delegation Report (PDF 1.9 MB) Tabled: 16 March 2009
27 October - 08 November 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Singapore and Indonesia	Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP Ms Sharon Grierson MP Mr Shayne Neumann MP The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP	Delegation Report (PDF 2.2 MB) Tabled: 11 March 2009
26 October - 5 November 2008	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Papua New Guinea and East Timor	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP* Mrs Louise Markus MP Senator Michaelia Cash Mr Brett Raguse MP	Delegation Report (PDF 3.4 MB) Tabled: 01 December 2008
13 December - 21 December 2008	Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to Singapore and the Republic of Korea	Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate
4 - 16 January 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit to the 17th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Vientiane, Laos and bilateral visit to Vietnam	Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* Mr Luke Simkins Senator Jacinta Collins Senator Helen Kroger Senator Claire Moore
2 - 20 April 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit to the 120th Assembly of the Inter Parliamentary Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and bilateral visit to Switzerland	Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives* Senator the Hon Judith Troeth The Hon Roger Price MP The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP Ms Annette Ellis MP (Ethiopia only)
11 - 19 April 2009	Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to the mid-year Executive Committee meeting in Bermuda	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson
12 April - 3 May 2009	Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission to Canada, USA, Italy, Austria, UK and the Netherlands	Senator Steve Hutchins* Senator Stephen Parry Mr Chris Hayes MP Mr Jason Wood MP	Delegation Report (PDF 6.4 MB) Tabled: 24 June 2009
14 - 17 April 2009	Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to Chile	Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate
14 - 19 April 2009	Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to attend the Australasian Council of Public Accounts and Committees (ACPAC) conference in Wellington, New Zealand	Ms Sharon Grierson MP* Senator Guy Barnett Mr Shayne Neumann MP
18 April - 1 May 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Canada and Mexico	Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate* The Hon Bob Baldwin MP The Hon Dick Adams MP Mr Barrry Haase MP Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan The Hon John Murphy MP Ms Belinda Neal MP
19 April - 1 May 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit to ASEAN countries - the Philippines, Cambodia and Malaysia	Ms Julie Owens MP* Mr Robert Oakeshott MP Senator Glenn Sterle
28 June - 3 July 2009	Official visit by Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate to New Zealand	Senator the Hon John Hogg, President of the Senate
30 June - 15 July 2009	Official additional parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties to Austria, Switzerland and the United States of America	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP* Mr John Forrest MP Ms Jill Hall MP Mr Luke Simpkins MP
6 - 15 July 2009	40th Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference, Tarawa, Kiribati	Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson
7 - 22 July 2009	Official visit by Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives to England, Scotland, Wales, France and Switzerland	Mr Harry Jenkins MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives
22 July - 1 August 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit to Tonga and Vanuatu	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP* Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Senator Claire Moore
23 - 27 August 2009	Official parliamentary delegation visit by members of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories to New Zealand	Senator Kate Lundy* Mr Patrick Secker MP The Hon Dick Adams MP Ms Anna Burke MP Senator Trish Crossin Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson Senator Gary Humphries Mr Paul Neville MP

* indicates delegation leader