Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade


Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

11 September 2006  -  31 December 2006

Matters Current as at 11 September 2006 Matters Referred during period Reports tabled that discharge a reference Current Inquiries as at 31 December 2006
Standing Committee 2 7 4 5

Number and Hours of Meeting
Public Hrs Public Estimates Hrs Private Hrs Insp/Other Hrs Total Meetings Total Hours
Standing Committee 2 11:18 2 20:35 13 4:59 0 0:00 17 36:52

Meetings by State
ACT NSW VIC TAS SA WA NT QLD
Standing Committee 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Witnesses Hansard Pages
Televised hearings Estimates Other (Bills) General Estimates Other (Bills) General No. of submissions No. of Pages Government Responses
Standing Committee 4 131 22 0 243 125 0 52 228 1

 

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade (Standing)

11 September 2006 to 31 December 2006

Method of appointment

Pursuant to amended Senate Standing Order 25.

Current members Date of appointment

Senator David Johnston (WA, LP)

      (appointed Chair on 12.9.06)

11.9.06

Senator Steve Hutchins (NSW, ALP)

      (appointed Deputy Chair on 12.9.06)

11.9.06

Senator Mark Bishop (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Ferguson (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator John Hogg (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Marise Payne (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Russell Trood (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Participating members Date of appointment

Senator Judith Adams (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Lyn Allison (Vic, AD)

11.10.06

Senator Andrew Bartlett (Qld, AD)

11.9.06

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Ron Boswell (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator George Brandis (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Bob Brown (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Carol Brown (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator George Campbell (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Kim Carr (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Grant Chapman (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Stephen Conroy (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Trish Crossin (NT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Alan Eggleston (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Christopher Evans (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon John Faulkner (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Jeannie Ferris (SA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Steve Fielding (Vic, FFP)

11.9.06

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Mitch Fifield (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Michael Forshaw (NSW, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Bill Heffernan (NSW, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Annette Hurley (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Barnaby Joyce (Qld, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator Linda Kirk (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Ross Lightfoot (WA, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Joseph Ludwig (Qld, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Kate Lundy (ACT, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Gavin Marshall (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Brett Mason (Qld, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Julian McGauran (Vic, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Christine Milne (Tas, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Fiona Nash (NSW, NATS)

11.9.06

Senator Kerry Nettle (NSW, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Helen Polley (Tas, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Robert Ray (Vic, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Nigel Scullion (NT, CLP)

11.9.06

Senator Rachel Siewert (WA, AG)

11.9.06

Senator Glenn Sterle (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, AD)

11.9.06

Senator John Watson (Tas, LP)

11.9.06

Senator Ruth Webber (WA, ALP)

11.9.06

Senator Dana Wortley (SA, ALP)

11.9.06

Inquiries

As at 11 September 2006

  • Naval shipbuilding in Australia (referred 10 November 2005)
  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (resolved 22 June 2006 through the Committee)

Current inquiries

As at 31 December 2006

  • Review of reforms to Australia's military justice system (resolved 22 June 2006 through the Committee)
  • Australia's public diplomacy (referred 7 November 2006)
  • Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping operations (referred 8 November 2006)
  • Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

New references

11 September 2006 – 31 December 2006

  • Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 and Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (referred 14 September 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (referred 14 September 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee) [varied on 12 October 2006]
  • Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006 and the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (referred 11 October 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Australia's public diplomacy (referred 7 November 2006)
  • Australia's involvement in international peacekeeping operations (referred 8 November 2006)
  • Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)
  • Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (referred 7 December 2006 – through the Selection of Bills Committee)

Public hearings

11 September 2006 – 31 December 2006

  • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] – 9 October 2006, Canberra
  • Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 [Provisions] – 6 November 2006, Canberra

Reports tabled

11 September 2006 – 31 December 2006

  • Customs Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 and Customs Tariff Amendment (2007 Harmonized System Changes) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (tabled 11 October 2006)
  • Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 [Provisions] (presented out of session on 27 October 2006, tabled on 6 November 2006)
  • Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill 2006 [Provisions] and Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006 [Provisions] (tabled 8 November 2006)
  • Blue water ships: Consolidating past achievements (tabled 7 December 2006)

Government responses

11 September 2006 – 31 December 2006

  • China's emergence: implications for Australia (presented out of session on 2 November 2006; tabled on 6 November 2006; report tabled 30 March 2006)

Estimates

A statistical summary of this Committee's work when considering Estimates appears in Part Eight.

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