Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair	The Hon Richard Marles MP (from 8/5/13) Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite (from 14/2/13 to 8/5/13) Mr Kelvin Thomson MP (until 6/2/13)
Deputy Chair	Senator Bridget McKenzie
Members	The Hon Justine Elliot MP (from 6/2/13 to 22/4/13) Mr Laurie Ferguson MP (from 14/3/13) Mr John Forrest MP Ms Sharon Grierson MP Mr Harry Jenkins MP Ms Kirsten Livermore MP The Hon Richard Marles MP (from 22/4/13) The Hon Robert McClelland MP (until 14/3/13) Ms Melissa Parke MP (until 6/2/13) Mrs Jane Prentice MP The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP Mr Mike Symon MP (from 6/2/13)	Senator the Hon Kim Carr (from 14/5/13) Senator David Fawcett Senator Scott Ludlam Senator the Hon Lisa Singh Senator Dean Smith Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite (from 13/2/13 to 14/5/13) Senator the Hon Lin Thorp

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	Russell Chafer
Inquiry Secretary	Katie Ellis
	Kevin Bodel
	Dr Andrew Gaczol
Researcher	Rhys Merrett
Administrative Officers	Heidi Luschtinetz
	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

c)                  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 recommendations

 

2     Agreement on the Establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement on the Establishment of the Global Green Growth Institute (Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2012) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3     Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Asia-Pacific Regional Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education (Tokyo, 26 November 2011) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.