Appendix 4:
Inquiries by parliamentary committees

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

• Amendment of Australia’s Schedule of Concessions under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT) and the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization for Implementation of Ministerial Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products; and Ministerial Decision—Export Competition, hearing 10 October 2016.
• Paris Agreement, hearing 7 November 2016.
• Doha Amendment to the Paris Agreement, hearing 7 November 2016.
• Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States of America and Vietnam and associated side letters, hearing 7 November 2016.
• Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Ukraine on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, hearing 21 November 2016.
• Treaty on Extradition between Australia and The People’s Republic of China, hearing 24 November 2016.
• Consequences of Termination of the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, hearing 14 March 2017.
• Framework Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic concerning Cooperation on the Future Submarine Program, hearing 14 March 2017.
• Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the French Republic regarding the Exchange and Reciprocal Protection of Classified Information, hearing 20 March 2017.
• Agreement to Amend the Singapore Free Trade Agreement, hearing 19 June 2017.

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Human Rights Sub-committee

A world without the death penalty: Australia’s advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty (DFAT coordinated the Government’s response, which was tabled on 1 March 2017).

Inquiry into the status of the human right to freedom of religion or belief (submission 9 June 2017).

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee

The delivery and effectiveness of Australia’s bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea. [The committee tabled its report 4 May 2016. DFAT coordinated the Government’s response to the recommendations which was tabled on 8 November 2016.]

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works

• Security personnel accommodation and operations centre, Kabul, Afghanistan (submission 8 August 2016).
• New post, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (submission 6 October 2016).
• Diplomatic Academy, Level 1, 44 Sydney Ave Barton, Canberra (submission 14 October 2016).
• Embassy base building refurbishment and IEA tenant fit-out, Paris, France (submission 23 November 2016), hearing 17 February 2017.
• New Embassy Washington, USA (submission 15 November 2016), hearing 17 February 2017.
• New Embassy Relocation and Fit-out, Athens, Greece (submission 20 June 2017).
• New Consulate-General, Lae, Papua New Guinea (submission 20 June 2017).
• New Consulate-General, Surabaya, Indonesia (submission 20 June 2017).
• Fit-out of the Australian Delegation to the OECD (submission 23 June 2017).

Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth

Leveraging our advantages—The trade relationship between Australia and Indonesia (submission 31 March 2017, coordinated by DFAT). [The committee tabled its report 19 June 2017.]

Joint Select Committee on Government Procurement

Inquiry into the Commonwealth Procurement Framework, (submission 31 March 2017), hearing 8 May 2017.

Joint Standing Committee on Migration

Seasonal Change—Inquiry into the Seasonal Worker Programme. [The committee tabled its report 5 May 2016. Input into the Government response, coordinated by the Department of Employment, which was tabled 16 February 2017.]

Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee

Inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment (Restoring Shortwave Radio) Bill 2017, hearing 16 June 2017.