Report

Inquiry into Australia's defence relationships with Pacific island nations

On Thursday, 1 April 2021, the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade – Defence Sub-committee has tabled its report for the Inquiry into Australia's defence relationships with Pacific island nations.


© Commonwealth of Australia 2015

ISBN 978-1-76092-116-3 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-1-76092-117-0 (HTML version)

View report as a single document - (PDF 740KB)


View the report as separate downloadable chapters/appendixes:

Preliminary pages

Foreword, Membership of the Committee, Membership of the Defence Sub-Committee,
Terms of reference, List of abbreviations, List of recommendations

(PDF 257KB)
Chapter 1: Introduction
(PDF 187KB)
Chapter 2: Defence engagement in the Pacific (PDF 223KB)
Chapter 3: Opportunities for closer internal coordination and collaboration (PDF 222KB)
Chapter 4: Opportunities for closer external coordination and collaboration (PDF 249KB)
Chapter 5: Challenges to Defence relationships in the Pacific (PDF 182KB)
Appendix A: List of Submissions (PDF 64KB)
Appendix B: List of Public Hearings (PDF 143KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
PO Box 6021
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 2313
jscfadt@aph.gov.au