House of Representatives Committees

Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Agreement with the United Mexican States on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments and Protocol
Chapter 3 Amendments, done at St Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean on 20 June 2006, to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Chapter 4 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Chapter 5 Amendment to Annex 1 to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
Appendix A - Submissions
Appendix B - Exhibits
Appendix C - Witnesses
Appendix D – Report 82

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Brett Mason
	Mr Andrew Laming MP (from 14/2/2007 )	Senator Julian McGauran
	Mrs Margaret May MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Mrs Sophie Mirabella MP (until 14/2/2007 )	Senator Russell Trood
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Dana Wortley
	Hon Bruce Scott MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	James Rees
Inquiry Secretary	Serica Mackay (from 24/1/07 )
	Stephanie Mikac (until 24/1/07 )
Administrative Officer	Heidi Luschtinetz

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report upon:

matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

either House of the Parliament, or
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

COAG	Council of Australian Governments
Cth	Commonwealth
DEH	Department of the Environment and Heritage
DFAT	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
ECBM	Enhanced Coal Bed Methane
EOR	Enhance Oil Recovery
ICRW	International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
IPPA	Investment Protection and Promotion Agreements
ITP	International Transfer of Prisoners
IWC	International Whaling Commission
JRPA	Japanese Research Program Antarctic
LNG	Liquefied Natural Gas
NAFTA	North American Free Trade Agreement
NIA	National Interest Analysis
RIS	Regulatory Impact Statement
SCOT	Commonwealth-State/Territory Standing Committee on Treaties

List of recommendations

Agreement with the United Mexican States on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments and Protocol

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United Mexican States on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, and Protocol (Mexico City, 23 August 2005) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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House of Representatives Committees

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Membership of the Committee

Committee Secretariat

Resolution of appointment

List of abbreviations

List of recommendations

Agreement with the United Mexican States on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments and Protocol

Recommendation 1