Outgoing delegation and visits, 40th Parliament 2003

Outgoing delegations and visits — 2003, 40th 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.

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 reports on this page refer to delegations of the 40th Parliament. Information about outgoing delegations during the 41st Parliament is available by visiting the "Current Parliament" link.

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OFFICIAL DELGATIONS AND VISITS–2003 (40TH PARLIAMENT)
Dates	Destination(s)	Delegates	Report
11 to 16 January, 2003	Official visit to attend the 11th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Senator Jeannie Ferris* Mr Bob Sercombe MP Hon Bruce Baird MP Ms Jan McFarlane MP	Report ^{(PDF 367 kb)} tabled in the Senate and the House of Representatives on 26 June 2003
21 to 26 January, 2003	Visit to India to attend a conference to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Indian Parliament, New Delhi, India	Senator Alan Ferguson* Hon Kim Beazley MP
10 to 12 March 2003	Visit to Indonesia to participate in the sixth Australia Indonesia Ministerial Forum	Mr Michael Danby MP Mr Peter Dutton MP Mr Pat Farmer MP Mr Harry Jenkins MP Hon De-Anne Kelly MP
29 March to 14 April, 2003	Partcipation at the 108th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference, Santiago, Chile and bilateral visit to Canada a	Hon Neil Andrew MP* Maria Vamvakinou MP Senator Grant Chapman Senator Jeannie Ferris Hon Con Sciacca MP Senator Julian McGauran	Report ^{(PDF 433 kb)} tabled 23 June 2003
2 to 12 April, 2003	Participation at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Executive Committee Meeting, Sarawak, Malaysia	Senator the Hon Paul Calvert
14 to 17 April, 2003	New Zealand (Committee exchange), Defence Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade	Hon Bruce Scott MP Hon Roger Price MP Hon Arch Bevis MP Bob Baldwin MP Senator David Johnston Senator Marise Payne Senator Sandy Macdonald
24 April to 8 May, 2003	Visit to United Kingdom and Ireland by the President of the Senate	Senator the Hon Paul Calvert	Report ^{(PDF 45 kb)} tabled 10 August 2004
17–21 May, 2003	CPA WTO Seminar, Cape Town	Senator the Hon Peter Cook
6–23 May, 2003	Commonwealth Parliamentary visit to the UK	Hon Leo McLeay MP
22–31 May, 2003	Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Cttee visit to PNG, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga	Sen the Hon Peter Cook* Senator Sandy Macdonald Senator John Hogg Senator Gavin Marshall Senator David Johnston
25 July–2 August, 2003	CPA WTO Seminar, Trinidad	Senator the Hon Peter Cook
3–5 September, 2003	Bilateral visit to East Timor	Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan* Peter Lindsay MP Hon Dick Adams MP	Report tabled in Senate, 29 October 2003 ^{PDF 1 mb}
10 September–9 December, 2003	UNGA	Senator Sue Knowles Hon Warren Snowden MP
29 September-4 October, 2003	172nd Session of the IPU Council and related meetings and bilateral visit to Latvia	Senator Grant Chapman* Senator Jeannie Ferris Hon Con Sciacca MP Maria Vamvakinou
29 September-12 October, 2003	49th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Bangladesh, and bilateral visit to Sri Lanka	Senator John Watson* Cameron Thompson MP Senator Mark Bishop Senator the Hon Robert Ray	Report tabled in the House of Representatives, 1 December 2003 ^{PDF 2.3 mb}
8-18 November, 2003	3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva and bilateral visit to Samoa	Mr Jim Lloyd MP Mr Bob McMullan MP Mr Peter Lindsay MP
8–21 November, 2003	Parliamentary delegation visit to Syria, Israel and Lebanon	Senator Sandy Macdonald Senator Kim Carr Mr Phillip Barresi MP Mrs Joanna Gash MP Ms Nicola Roxon MP	Report tabled ^{(PDF –1.4 mb)} in the Senate on 25 March 2004 and House of Representatives on 29 March 2004
8–23 November, 2003	Parliamentary delegation visit to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia	Mr Stewart McArthur MP Mr Gavan O'Connor MP Senator Brett Mason Senator Natasha Stott Despoja	Report(PDF –241kb)
11–22 November, 2003	Parliamentary delegation bilateral visits to New Caledonia and Vanuatu	Senator John Watson Senator Linda Kirk Mr Barry Haase MP
7–9 December, 2003	Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Defence Subcommittee) additional parliamentary delegation to Indonesia to attend the CSCAP Conference	The Hon Bruce Scott MP * The Hon Roger Price MP
7–19 December, 2003	Parliamentary delegation visit to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea	The Hon Ian Causley MP Senator Robert Ray Mr Harry Jenkins MP Senator Ross Lightfoot
8–19 December, 2003	Parliamentary delegation visit to Japan and the Republic of Korea	Senator the Hon Paul Calvert Senator the Hon Nick Bolkus Senator David Johntson Mrs Margaret May MP Mr Paul Neville MP Mr Brendan O'Connor	Report tabled ^{(PDF 642 kb)} in the Senate on 4 March 2004, and in the House of Representatives on 8 March 2004
17–18 December, 2003	Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade visit to the Solomon Islands	Senator Alan Ferguson The Hon David Jull MP Senator Sandy Macdonald Senator Marise Payne Mr Peter Lindsay MP The Hon Roger Price MP

* indicates delegation leader

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