Incoming delegations and visits, 40th Parliament 2003

Incoming delegations and visits — 40th Parliament

Direct bilateral relationships with other parliaments are a major focus of the PRO. Official and unofficial visits by delegations and individual parliamentarians take place during the year.

The 40th Parliament was prorogued and the House of Representatives dissolved on 31 August 2004 in preparation for a General Election that was held on 9 October 2004. The information on this page refers to incoming delegations and visits of the 40th Parliament. Information about incoming delegations and visits during the 41st Parliament is available by visiting the "41st Parliament" link.

INCOMING DELGATIONS AND VISITS–2003 (40th PARLIAMENT)

Dates

Official Title

Country

17 January, 2003

Visit to the Parliament by Standing Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, Kingdom of Thailand

Thailand

17 January, 2003

Visit to the Parliament by the USA Congressional Delegation

USA

20 January, 2003

Visit to the Parliament by Members of the Standing Committee on Budget Administration and controlling from the Thailand House of Representatives

Thailand

1 – 7 February, 2003

Visit to the Parliament by a parliamentary delegation from Italy

Italy

11 February, 2003

Visit to Australia by a delegation from Japan sponsored by the Australian Political Exchange Council

Japan

12 February, 2003

Visit by the Slovenian Parliament

Slovenia

4 –6 March, 2003

Visit to Australia by the Special Committee on Modernization and Improvement of Procedures of the House of Commons of Canada

Canada

23 – 30 March, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

24 March, 2003

Visit to Australia by a delegation from Papua New Guinea ponsored by the Australian Political Exchange Council

Papua New Guinea

24– 30 March, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Fiji

Fiji

4 – 15 May, 2003

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Study Tour

Samoa
Tonga
Vanuatu

12 – 18 May, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Russia

19 May, 2003

Visit to Australia by members of King Prajadhipok 's Institute of Thailand

Thailand

26 – 31 May, 2003

Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary delegation from the Majles of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran

27 May, 2003

Visit by a delegation from the International Youth Cooperation Development Centre of Vietnam

Vietnam

27– 28 May, 2003

Visit by a delegation from the Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan

15 – 20 June, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the Parliament of Croatia

Croatia

15 – 19 June, 2003

Visit to Australia by the Select Committee on Education and Science from the New Zealand Parliament

New Zealand

25 – 29 June, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the Philippines

Philippines

1 July, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

South Africa

2 July, 2003

Delegation from the Vietnam 's National Assembly Office

Vietnam

11 – 14 August, 2003

Visit to Australia by the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council

Palestine

19 August, 2003

20th Delegation from the American Council of Young Political Leaders

USA

7 – 13 September, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from the French National Assembly

France

17 September, 2003

Visit to Australia by Prof Dr H M Amien Rais, Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia

Indonesia

5 – 10 October, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Singapore

Singapore

5 – 10 October, 2003

Visit to Australia by a delegation from the CPA United Kingdom Branch

United Kingdom

13 – 14 October, 2003

Visit by Senator Letapata Makhaola, Vice President of the the Senate of the Kingdom of Lesotho

Lesotho

16 October, 2003

Parliamentary Delegation from Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

2 – 8 November, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Brazil

Brazil

3 – 8 November, 2003

CDI &NDI - Visit by Timor Leste National Parliamentary Committee on Forigen Affairs, Defence and National Security

East Timor

22 – 30 November, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Greece

Greece

24 – 25 November, 2003

Visit by the Twelfth Delegation from China – Political Exchange Council

China

1 – 7 December, 2003

Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Austria

Austria

1 – 5 December, 2003

Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from Indonesia

Indonesia

10 December, 2003

Visit by Hon Otinielu Tautelemalae Tausi, Speaker of the Parliament of Tuvalu

Tuvalu