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Navigation: Contents | Next Page Preliminary PagesMembership of the Committee
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Chair |
Mr Kelvin Thomson MP |
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Deputy Chair |
Senator Simon Birmingham |
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Members |
Ms Sharon Bird MP |
Senator David Fawcett |
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Mr Jamie Briggs MP |
Senator Scott Ludlam |
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Mr Laurie Ferguson |
Senator the Hon Lisa Singh |
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Mr John Forrest MP |
Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite |
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Ms Sharon Grierson MP |
Senator Anne Urquhart |
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Mr Harry Jenkins MP |
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Ms Kirsten Livermore MP |
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Ms Melissa Parke MP |
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Ms Michelle Rowland MP |
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The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP |
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Secretary |
James Catchpole David Monk |
Inquiry Secretary |
Kevin Bodel |
Senior Researcher |
Dr Andrew Gaczol |
Administrative Officers |
Heidi Luschtinetz |
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Michaela Whyte |
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.
The Committee supports the Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI on Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships by Inclusion of New Regulations on Energy Efficiency for Ships Resolution MEPC.203(62) adopted at London on 15 July 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Agreement between the European
Union and Australia on the Processing and Transfer of Passenger Name Record
(PNR) Data by Air Carriers to the Australian Customs and Border Protection
Service done at Brussels on 29 September 2011 and recommends that binding
treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Protocol amending the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of India for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (New Delhi, 16 December 2010) and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
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