Preliminary Pages
Membership of the Committee
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Chair
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Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
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Deputy
Chair
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Senator Julian McGauran
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Members
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Mr Jamie Briggs MP
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Senator Simon Birmingham
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Mr John Forrest MP
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Senator Michaelia Cash
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Ms Jill Hall MP
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Senator Don Farrell
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Mrs Julia Irwin MP
(from 5/2/09)
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Senator Scott Ludlam
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Ms Belinda Neal MP
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Senator Louise Pratt
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Ms Melissa Parke MP
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Senator Dana Wortley
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Mr Luke Simpkins MP
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Mr Chris Trevor MP
(until 5/2/09)
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Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP
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Committee Secretariat
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Secretary
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Jerome Brown
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Inquiry
Secretaries
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Julia Searle
Sonya Fladun
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Research
Officer
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Geoff Wells
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Administrative
Officers
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Heidi Luschtinetz
(from 19/1/09)
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Dorota Cooley
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Resolution of Appointment
The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee
on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:
a)
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;
b)
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument,
whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:
(i)
either House of the Parliament, or
(ii)
a Minister; and
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 abbreviations
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AFDO
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Australian Federation of
Disability Organisations
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ATO
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Australian Taxation Office
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AUSTRAC
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Australian Transaction Reports
and Analysis Centre
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BVI
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British Virgin Islands
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CRPD
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Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
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NIA
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National Interest Analysis
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OECD
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Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
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OIL
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Office of International Law
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TIEA
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Tax Information Exchange
Agreement
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UN
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United Nations
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List of recommendations
2 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Recommendation 1
The Committee recommends that the Australian Government makes
advice available via the Attorney-General’s Department website and/or other
fora as to:
n when all domestic
avenues of complaint under Australia’s anti-discrimination regime would be
considered to be exhausted; and
n the process a
complainant would need to undertake in order to lodge a complaint with the United
Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Recommendation 2
The Committee supports the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and recommends that
binding treaty action be taken.
3 Two taxation agreements with the British Virgin Islands
Recommendation 3
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of the British Virgin Islands for the Exchange
of Information Relating to Taxes and recommends that binding treaty action
be taken.
Recommendation 4
The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government
of Australia and the Government of the British Virgin Islands for the
Allocation of Taxing Rights with Respect to Certain Income of Individuals
and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.