B. Witnesses

B. Witnesses

Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Fiji on Cooperation in the Field of Defence and the Status of Visiting Forces

Monday, 20 May 2024

Parliament House, Committee Room 1R4, Canberra

Department of Defence

  • Air Commodore Patrick Keane - Director-General Military Law Branch and Military Legal Service
  • Brigadier Nerolie McDonald - Director-General Pacific and Timor-Leste

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Ms Amanda O’Brien – Treaties Manager
  • Mr Stuart Watts - Assistant Secretary, Fiji and Vanuatu Branch, Melanesia Division, Office of the Pacific

Human Rights Watch

  • Ms Daniela Gavshon – Australia Director

Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and associated side-letters

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Parliament House, Committee Room 2R2, Canberra

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Ms Amanda O’Brien, Treaties Manager
  • Mr John Watts, Assistant Secretary, FTA Goods
  • Mr Scott Wilson, Director, CPTPP

Australian Border Force

  • Mr Cody Ellis Wilson, Acting Director, Trade and Tariff Policy

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Agreement relating to Supply Chain Resilience

Monday, 15 July 2024

Parliament House, Committee Room 1R4, Canberra

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Ms Charlotte Blundell, Assistant Secretary, Indo-Pacific Economic and Supply Chain Branch
  • Ms Eu Niz Chan, Acting Assistant Secretary, Indo-Pacific Economic and Supply Chain Branch
  • Mr Tristan Koens, Acting Director, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Trade Negotiations Section
  • Dr Kate Mitchell, Director, Climate, Human Rights, Advising and Treaties Section
  • Ms Rebecca Williams, Acting Director, Plurilateral Digital and Services Law Section
  • Mr Chris Yost, Director, Supply Chain Resilience Section

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

  • Ms Donna Looney, Head, Sovereign Capability and Supply Chains Division

International Labour Organization Convention No. 191: Safe and Healthy Working Environment (Consequential Amendments) Convention, 2023

Monday, 1 July 2024

Parliament House, Committee Room 2R2, Canberra

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

  • Ms Kristinna Bilboe, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economics and International Labour Branch
  • Mr Adrian Breen, Assistant Secretary, Workplace Relations Legal
  • Ms Elizabeth De Hoog, Assistant Secretary, Work Health and Safety Policy Branch
  • Ms Lani Rankin, Director, International Labour Team

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • Dr Kate Mitchell, Director, Climate, Human Rights, Advising and Treaties Section