Terms of reference

The Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade will inquire into how Australia makes decisions to send service personnel into international armed conflict having regard to:

• the approach of similar Westminster system democracies around the world;
• parliamentary processes and practices, including opportunities for debate to provide greater transparency and accountability on the deployment of the ADF;
• the security implications of pre-notification of ADF deployment that may compromise the safety of ADF personnel, operational security, intelligence and/or have unintended consequences; and
• any related matters.