Preliminary pages

Membership of the Committee

 

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Brett Mason
	Mrs Margaret May MP	Senator Julian McGauran
	Mrs Sophie Mirabella MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Russell Trood
	Hon Bruce Scott MP	Senator Dana Wortley

 

Committee Secretariat

 

Secretary	James Rees (from 29/5/2006) Gillian Gould (until 28/4/2006)
Acting Secretary	Janet Holmes (from 1/5/2006 until 26/5/2006)
Inquiry Secretary	Stephanie Mikac
Research Officer	Serica Mackay
Administrative Officer	Heidi Luschtinetz

 

Resolution of appointment

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

a)                  matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions 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 abbreviations

AET	Applied Explosives Technology
AFP	Australian Federal Police
ASIC	Australian Securities and Investment Commission
Cth	Commonwealth
CSIRO	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Customs	Australian Customs Service
DAFF	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DFAT	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DMNB	2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane
DSTO	Defence Science and Technology Organisation
FBI	Federal Bureau of Investigation
FLA	Formal Law Alliance
FTA	Free Trade Agreement
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
IOS	Ion Mobility Spectrometer
JLV	Joint Law Venture
MAS	Monetary Authority of Singapore
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
NIA	National Interest Analysis
NIFS	National Institute of Forensic Science
NMI	National Measurement Institute
PCBs	Polychlorinated biphenyls
PRG	Policy Reference Group
RIS	Regulation Impact Statement
SAFTA	Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement
SCOT	Commonwealth-State/Territory Standing Committee on Treaties
SDR	Special Drawing Rights
SIFT-MS	Selected Ion Flow Tube Mass Spectometry
UN	United Nations
USSFTA	United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

 

List of recommendations

2     Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (Montreal, 1 March 1991) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

3     Exchange of Notes constituting a Treaty to amend the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement

Recommendation 2

The Committee supports the Exchange of Notes constituting a Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore to amend the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement of 17 February 2003 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken

4     Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

Recommendation 3

The Committee supports the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992, done at London on 16 May 2003, and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

5     International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

Recommendation 4

The Committee supports the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

6     Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum

Recommendation 5

The Committee supports the Agreement establishing the Pacific Islands Forum, done at Port Moresby on 27 October 2005, and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

8     Agreement with New Zealand in relation to Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings

Recommendation 6

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of New Zealand in relation to Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.