Chair	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Deputy Chair	Senator Julian McGauran
Members	Hon Kevin Andrews MP (until 10/11/08)	Senator Simon Birmingham
	Mr Jamie Briggs MP (from 10/11/08)	Senator Michaelia Cash
	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Don Farrell
	Ms Jill Hall MP	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
	Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	Jerome Brown (from 24/11/08)
	Russell Chafer (until 21/11/08)
Inquiry Secretaries	Kevin Bodel
	Sonya Fladun
	Julia Searle
Research Officer	Geoff Wells
Administrative Officers	Emma Martin
	Dorota Cooley

Resolution of appointment

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

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;
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

NIA	National Interest Analysis

List of recommendations

Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Finland on Social Security

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Finland on Social Security done at Helsinki, 10 September 2008 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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