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Membership of the Committee

 

Chair

Mr Kelvin Thomson MP

 

Deputy Chair

Senator Julian McGauran

 

Members

Mr Jamie Briggs MP

Senator Simon Birmingham

 

Mr John Forrest MP

Senator Michaelia Cash

 

Ms Jill Hall MP

Senator Don Farrell

 

Mrs Julia Irwin MP
(from 5/2/09)

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
(until 5/2/09)

 

 

Ms Maria Vamvakinou MP

 

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary

Jerome Brown

Inquiry Secretaries

Julia Searle

Sonya Fladun

Research Officer

Geoff Wells

Administrative Officers

Heidi Luschtinetz
(from 19/1/09)

 

Dorota Cooley

 

 

 

Resolution of Appointment

 

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:

a)                  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;

b)                 any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:

(i)                 either House of the Parliament, or

(ii)              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

 

AFDO

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

AUSTRAC

Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

BVI

British Virgin Islands

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

NIA

National Interest Analysis

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OIL

Office of International Law

TIEA

Tax Information Exchange Agreement

UN

United Nations

 

List of recommendations

 

2     Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government makes advice available via the Attorney-General’s Department website and/or other fora as to:

n     when all domestic avenues of complaint under Australia’s anti-discrimination regime would be considered to be exhausted; and

n     the process a complainant would need to undertake in order to lodge a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3     Two taxation agreements with the British Virgin Islands

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the British Virgin Islands for the Exchange of Information Relating to Taxes and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the British Virgin Islands for the Allocation of Taxing Rights with Respect to Certain Income of Individuals and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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