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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)

Senator Scott Ludlam

 

Ms Belinda Neal MP

Senator Louise Pratt

 

Ms Melissa Parke MP

Senator Dana Wortley

 

Mr Luke Simpkins MP

 

 

Mr Chris Trevor MP
(until 5/2/09)

 

 

Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary

Jerome Brown

Inquiry Secretaries

Sonya Fladun

Julia Searle

Research Officer

Geoff Wells

Administrative Officers

Heidi Luschtinetz
(from 19/1/09)

 

Dorota Cooley

 

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

 

ACAP

Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels

DSA

Defence Security Authority

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NIA

National Interest Analysis

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

 

 

List of recommendations

2     Agreement between the Government of Australia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the Security of Information

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the Security of Information and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

 

 

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