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| Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

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Preliminary pages

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

 

Mrs Margaret May MP

Senator Julian McGauran

 

Mrs Sophie Mirabella MP

Senator Glenn Sterle

 

Mr Bernie Ripoll MP

Senator Russell Trood

 

Hon Bruce Scott MP

Senator Dana Wortley

 

 

 

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary

James Rees
(from 29/5/2006)

Gillian Gould
(until 28/4/2006)

Acting Secretary

Janet Holmes
(from 1/5/2006 until 26/5/2006)

Inquiry Secretary

Stephanie Mikac

Research Officer

Serica Mackay

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:

a)                  matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions 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

c)                  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

AET

Applied Explosives Technology

AFP

Australian Federal Police

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investment Commission

Cth

Commonwealth

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Customs

Australian Customs Service

DAFF

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DMNB

2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane

DSTO

Defence Science and Technology Organisation

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FLA

Formal Law Alliance

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

IOS

Ion Mobility Spectrometer

JLV

Joint Law Venture

MAS

Monetary Authority of Singapore

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NIA

National Interest Analysis

NIFS

National Institute of Forensic Science

NMI

National Measurement Institute

PCBs

Polychlorinated biphenyls

PRG

Policy Reference Group

RIS

Regulation Impact Statement

SAFTA

Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement

SCOT

Commonwealth-State/Territory Standing Committee on Treaties

SDR

Special Drawing Rights

SIFT-MS

Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectometry

UN

United Nations

USSFTA

United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

 

List of recommendations

2     Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (Montreal, 1 March 1991) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3     Exchange of Notes constituting a Treaty to amend the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Exchange of Notes constituting a Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore to amend the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement of 17 February 2003 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken

4     Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992, done at London on 16 May 2003, and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

5     International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

6     Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum

Recommendation 5

The Committee supports the Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum, done at Port Moresby on 27 October 2005, and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

8     Agreement with New Zealand in relation to Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings

Recommendation 6

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand in relation to Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

 

 

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