Contents

Contents


Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Agreement between Australia and the Republic of Finland on Social Security
Appendix A - Submissions
Appendix B - Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

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:

  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

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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