Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Deputy Chair	Senator Simon Birmingham (from 12/9/11)
Members	Ms Sharon Bird MP	Senator the Hon Helen Coonan (until 23/8/11)
	Mr Jamie Briggs MP	Senator David Fawcett (from 23/8/11)
	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator Scott Ludlam
	Ms Sharon Grierson MP	Senator the Hon Lisa Singh
	Ms Kirsten Livermore MP	Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite
	Ms Melissa Parke MP	Senator Anne Urquhart
	Ms Michelle Rowland MP
	The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	James Catchpole
Inquiry Secretary	Kevin Bodel
	Andrew Gaczol
Administrative Officers	Heidi Luschtinetz
	Michaela Whyte

 

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 between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America Relating to the Operation of and Access to an Australian Naval Communication Station at North West Cape in Western Australia, done at Washington on 16 July 2008

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America Relating to the Operation of and Access to an Australian Naval Communication Station at North West Cape in Western Australia, done at Washington on 16 July 2008 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.