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Preliminary pages

Membership of the Committee

Chair

Mr Kelvin Thomson MP

 

Deputy Chair

Senator Julian McGauran

 

Members

Mr Jamie Briggs MP

Senator Simon Birmingham

 

Mr John Forrest MP

Senator Michaelia Cash

 

Ms Jill Hall MP

Senator Don Farrell

 

Mrs Julia Irwin MP
(from 5/2/09 until 12/3/09)

Senator Scott Ludlam

 

Hon John Murphy MP
(from 12/3/09)

Senator Louise Pratt

 

Ms Belinda Neal MP

Senator Dana Wortley

 

Ms Melissa Parke MP

 

 

Mr Luke Simpkins MP

 

 

Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

 


Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary

Jerome Brown

Inquiry Secretaries

Julia Searle

 

Sonya Fladun

Research Officer

Geoff Wells

Administrative Officers

Heidi Luschtinetz

  Dorota Cooley

Resolution of Appointment

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

  1. 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;

  2. any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

    1. either House of the Parliament, or

    2. 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     

AG’s  Attorney General’s
AWBC Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
DEWHA Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
DFAT   Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
EC European Community
MCA Music Council of Australia
MEAA Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance
NIA National Interest Analysis
RIS  Regulatory Impact Statement
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WFA Winemakers’ Federation of Australia

List of recommendations

2 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3 Agreement between Australia and the European Community on Trade in Wine

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Agreement between Australia and the European Community on Trade in Wine and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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