Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

1 January 2013 - 30 June 2013

Matters Current as at 1 January 2013
Matters referred during period*
Reports tabled that discharge a reference
Current inquiries as at 30 June 2013
Legislation 1 11 7+(1**) 5
References 3 0 3 0
Total 4 11 10 5

 

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public
Hrs
Public Estimates
Hrs
Private
Hrs
Insp/Other
Hrs
Total Meetings
Total Hours
Legislation 2 3:45 6 64:13 12 2:11 0 0:00 20 70:09
References 4 11:25 0 0:00 13 3:16 0 0:00 17 14:41
Total 6 15:10 6 64:13 25 5:27 0 0:00 37 84:50

 

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Legislation 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
References 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 36 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

 

Witnesses
Hansard Pages
Broadcast hearings
Estimates
Bills
General
Estimates
Bills
General
No. of submissions
No. of Pages
Government Responses
Legislation 8 356 14 0 679 46 0 53 618 0
References 3 0 0 62 0 0 81 10 110 0
Total 11 356 14 62 679 46 81 63 728 0

* Includes referral of Annual reports x 1; estimates x 1
** Includes 1 Interim report

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Legislation)

1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)
(elected Chair on 07.07.11)

01.07.11

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)
(elected Deputy Chair on 07.07.11)

07.07.11

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)
(Chair 29.09.10–07.07.11)

29.09.10

Senator David Fawcett (SA, LP)

01.07.11

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

29.09.10

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

01.07.11

(elected Chair 17 & 18 October 2012 for 2012–13 supplementary Budget estimates)
   

Substitute member

Date of appointment

Senator Lee Rhiannon (NSW, AG)[1]

28.06.13
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Kim Carr (VIC, ALP)

14.05.13

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy (VIC, ALP)

28.06.13

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Richard Di Natale (VIC, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Sean Edwards (SA, LP)

01.07.11

Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

30.09.10

Senator Alex Gallacher (SA, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, AG)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

07.07.11

(elected Deputy Chair 13 & 14 February 2013 for 2012–13 Additional estimates)

Senator Sue Lines (WA, ALP)

16.05.13

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

28.06.13

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig (QLD, ALP)

28.06.13

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator John Madigan (VIC, DLP)

07.07.11

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Bridget McKenzie (VIC, NATS)

01.07.11

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

29.09.10

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Lee Rhiannon (NSW, AG)

05.07.11

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Anne Ruston (SA, LP)

10.09.12

Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

29.09.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Lisa Singh (TAS, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Dean Smith (WA, LP)

09.05.12

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Lin Thorp (TAS, ALP)

21.06.12

Senator Anne Urquhart (TAS, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Larissa Waters (QLD, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (TAS, AG)

25.06.12

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Penny Wright (SA, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

29.09.10
   

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)

29.09.10–07.07.11

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)
(Deputy Chair 29.09.10–30.06.11)

29.09.10–30.06.11
   

Former substitute members

Term of appointment

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)[2]

28.05.12–31.05.12

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)[3]

13.02.13–14.02.13

Senator the Hon Lisa Singh (TAS, ALP)[4]

28.05.12–31.05.12

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)[5]

18.10.11–21.10.11

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)[6]

17.10.12–18.10.12

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (TAS, AG)[7]

16.05.13–17.06.13

Senator Penny Wright (SA, AG)[8]

07.07.11–18.08.11

Senator Penny Wright (SA, AG)[9]

29.06.12–14.08.12
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

29.09.10–31.03.12

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

28.05.12–31.05.12

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

30.09.10–15.06.12

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

29.09.10–22.08.11

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

13.02.13–14.02.13

Senator the Hon Chris Evans (WA, ALP)

07.02.13–12.04.13

Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

29.09.10–14.08.12

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

07.07.11–18.08.11

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

29.06.12–14.08.12

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

16.05.13–17.06.13

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

29.09.10–01.07.11

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry (TAS, ALP)

07.02.12–01.06.12

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

28.05.12–31.05.12

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

18.10.11–21.10.11

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

17.10.12–18.10.12

Senator Matt Thistlethwaite (NSW, ALP)

01.07.11–14.05.13

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Inquiries
As at 01.01.2013

 

Date Referred

Public Hearings
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Reports Tabled

Current Inquiry
As at 30.06.2013

Annual reports

(Refer Standing Order 25(20))

Nil

No. 1 of 2013
tabled 14.03.2013

Ongoing

Implementation of the Defence Trade Controls Legislation

11.10.2012 (agreed to by the committee)

Nil

27.06.2013

No

New References
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

 

Date Referred

Public Hearings
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Reports Tabled

Current Inquiry
As at 30.06.2013

Additional estimates 2012–13

07.02.2013 (see Journals of the Senate, No. 132–7 February 2013, p3606)

13 and 14 February 2013—Canberra

19.03.2013

No

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (New Mandate and Other Measures) Bill 2013 [Provisions]

21.03.2013 (SB)

17.05.2013—Canberra

Presented O.O.S. 13.06.2013; tabled 17.06.2013

No

International Organisations (Privileges and Immunities) Amendment Bill 2013

21.03.2013 (SB)

Nil

Report presented O.O.S 04.06.2013; tabled 17.06.2013

No

Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013 [Provisions]

21.03.2013 (SB)

Nil

17.06.2013

No

Budget Estimates 2013–14

14.05.2013
(see Journals of the Senate, No. 144—14 May 2013, p. 3915)

3–6 June 2013—Canberra

27.06.2013

No

Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2013

16.05.2013 (SB)

07.06.2013—Canberra

17.06.2013

No

African Development Bank Bill 2013 [Provisions]

18.06.2013 (SB)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013

18.06.2013 (SB)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Fair Trade (Workers' Rights) Bill 2013

27.06.2013 (SB)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Overseas Aid (Millennium Development Goals) Bill 2013

27.06.2013 (SB)

Nil

Nil

Yes

Government Responses
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Nil

SB (Selection of Bills Committee)
OOS (Out of session)


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (References)

1 January 2013 to 30 June 2013

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members

Date of appointment

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)
(elected Chair on 07.07.11)

07.07.11

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)
(elected Deputy Chair on 07.07.11)

01.07.11

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)
(Deputy Chair 29.09.10–07.07.11)

29.09.10

Senator David Fawcett (SA, LP)

01.07.11

Senator Helen Kroger (VIC, LP)
(Chair 29.09.10–07.07.11)

29.09.10

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

29.09.10
   

Participating members

Date of appointment

Senator the Hon Eric Abetz (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Chris Back (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Catryna Bilyk (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Simon Birmingham (SA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Ronald Boswell (QLD, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Sue Boyce (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon George Brandis (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Carol Brown (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator David Bushby (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Doug Cameron (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Michaelia Cash (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Kim Carr (VIC, ALP)

14.05.13

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Jacinta Collins (VIC, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy (VIC, ALP)

28.06.13

Senator Mathias Cormann (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Richard Di Natale (VIC, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Sean Edwards (SA, LP)

07.07.11

Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Mitch Fifield (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Mark Furner (QLD, ALP)

30.09.10

Senator Alex Gallacher (SA, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, AG)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Gary Humphries (ACT, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon David Johnston (WA, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Barnaby Joyce (QLD, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Sue Lines (WA, ALP)

16.05.13

Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig (QLD, ALP)

28.06.13

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator John Madigan (VIC, DLP)

07.07.11

Senator Gavin Marshall (VIC, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Brett Mason (QLD, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Anne McEwen (SA, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Bridget McKenzie (VIC, NATS)

01.07.11

Senator Christine Milne (TAS, AG)

29.09.10

Senator Claire Moore (QLD, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Stephen Parry (TAS, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Helen Polley (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Louise Pratt (WA, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator Lee Rhiannon (NSW, AG)

05.07.11

Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator Anne Ruston (SA, LP)

10.09.12

Senator Scott Ryan (VIC, LP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

29.09.10

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Lisa Singh (TAS, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Dean Smith (WA, LP)

05.09.12

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

29.09.10

Senator the Hon Lin Thorp (TAS, ALP)

21.06.12

Senator Anne Urquhart (TAS, ALP)

01.07.11

Senator Larissa Waters (QLD, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (TAS, AG)

25.06.12

Senator John Williams (NSW, NATS)

29.09.10

Senator Penny Wright (SA, AG)

05.07.11

Senator Nick Xenophon (SA, IND)

29.09.10
   

Former members

Term of appointment

Senator Sean Edwards (SA, LP)

01.07.11–07.07.11

Senator the Hon Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Russell Trood (QLD, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11
   

Former substitute member

Date of appointment

Senator Lee Rhiannon (NSW, AG)[10]

14.08.12–16.05.13
   

Former participating members

Term of appointment

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

29.09.10–31.03.12

Senator Guy Barnett (TAS, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Bob Brown (TAS, AG)

30.09.10–15.06.12

Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (NSW, LP)

29.09.10–22.08.11

Senator the Hon Chris Evans (WA, ALP)

07.02.13–12.04.13

Senator Steve Fielding (VIC, FFP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Mary Jo Fisher (SA, LP)

29.09.10–14.08.12

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Scott Ludlam (WA, AG)

14.08.12–16.05.13

Senator Julian McGauran (VIC, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator the Hon Nicholas Minchin (SA, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Kerry O'Brien (TAS, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator the Hon Nick Sherry (TAS, ALP)

07.02.12–01.06.12

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens (NSW, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Matt Thistlethwaite (NSW, ALP)

01.07.11–14.05.13

Senator the Hon Judith Troeth (VIC, LP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

29.09.10–30.06.11

Inquiries
As at 01.01.2013

 

Date Referred

Public Hearings
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Reports Tabled

Current Inquiry
As at 30.06.2013

The importance of the Indian Ocean rim for Australia's foreign, trade and defence policy

24.11.2011

22.03.2013—Canberra

21.04.2013—Pilbara, WA

Presented O.O.S. 14.06.2013; tabled 17.06.2013

No

The administration, management and objectives of Australia's overseas development programs in Afghanistan in the context of the 'Transition Decade'

28.06.2012

22.03.2013—Canberra

Australia's overseas development programs in Afghanistan, tabled 16.05.2013

No

The report of the review of allegations of sexual and other abuse in Defence, conducted by DLA Piper, and the Government's response to the report

10.10.2012

14.03.2013—Canberra

27.06.2013

No

New References
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Nil

Government Responses
01.01.2013–30.06.2013

Nil

SB (Selection of Bills Committee)
OOS (Out of session)

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