Preliminary Pages

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Mr Kelvin Thomson MP
Deputy Chair	Senator Simon Birmingham
Members	Mr Jamie Briggs MP	Senator David Fawcett
	Mr Laurie Ferguson MP	Senator Scott Ludlam
	Mr John Forrest MP	Senator the Hon Lisa Singh
	Ms Sharon Grierson MP	Senator Dean Smith
	Mr Harry Jenkins MP	Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite
	Ms Kirsten Livermore MP	Senator the Hon Lin Thorp (from 21/6/12)
	Ms Melissa Parke MP	Senator Anne Urquhart (until 21/6/12)
	The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	Russell Chafer ( from 9/7/12) James Catchpole ( until 9/7/12)
Inquiry Secretary	Kevin Bodel
	Dr Andrew Gaczol
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 between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore concerning the Location of a Republic of Singapore Air Force Helicopter Squadron at the Australian Army Aviation Centre Oakey done at Singapore on 1 June 2012

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore concerning the Location of a Republic of Singapore Air Force Helicopter Squadron at the Australian Army Aviation Centre Oakey done at Singapore on 1 June 2012 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3     Two Tax Information Exchange Agreements

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain on the Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes done at Manama on 15 December 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Principality of Andorra on the Exchange of Information with Respect to Taxes done at New York on 24 September 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

4     Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome, 13 June 1976)

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome, 13 June 1976) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.