Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee
Scope
The Legislation Committee examined legislation referred to it by the Senate, scrutinised proposed annual and additional expenditure and monitored the administration and annual reports of government portfolios including foreign affairs, trade, defence and veterans' affairs.
Members of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 2 November 2005. L-R: Senators Lyn Allison and David Johnston, Dr Kathleen Dermody [Secretary], Senators Mark Bishop, John Hogg and John Faulkner. DPS Auspic.
Reports
Date tabled
Title
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Estimates Report, December 1994
Parliamentary paper number 471/1994
Estimates Report, June 1995
Parliamentary paper number 491/1995
Review of Annual Reports
Parliamentary paper number 484/1995
Review of Annual Reports
Parliamentary paper number 485/1995
Estimates Report, November 1995
Parliamentary paper number 492/1995
Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1996
Parliamentary paper number 432/1996
Examination of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1996
Parliamentary paper number 425/1996
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 2 of 1996
Parliamentary paper number 426/1996
Estimates Report, October 1996
Parliamentary paper number 431/1996
Estimates Report, March 1997
Parliamentary paper number 137/1997
Export Market Development Grants Bill 1997 and Export Market Development Grants (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Bill 1997
Parliamentary paper number 139/1997
Estimates Report, June 1997
Parliamentary paper number 136/1997
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 1 of 1997
Parliamentary paper number 135/1997
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 2 of 1997
Parliamentary paper number 470/1997
Estimates Report, November 1997
Parliamentary paper number 465/1997
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 1998
Parliamentary paper number 147/1998
Estimates Report, June 1998
Parliamentary paper number 144/1998
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 2 of 1998
Parliamentary paper number 401/1998
Estimates Report, March 1999
Parliamentary paper number 94/1999
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 1 of 1999
Parliamentary paper number 58/1999
Estimates Report, June 1999
Parliamentary paper number 154/1999
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 2 of 1999
Parliamentary paper number 185/1999
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 1999
Parliamentary paper number 448/1999
Estimates Report, March 2000
Parliamentary paper number 83/2000
Scrutiny of Annual Reports - No. 1 of 2000
Parliamentary paper number 157/2000
Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill (No.4) 1999
Parliamentary paper number 152/2000
Estimates Report, June 2000
Parliamentary paper number 153/2000
Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 447/2000
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2000 and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 447/2000
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 2 of 2000
Parliamentary paper number 444/2000
Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2000
Parliamentary paper number 133/2001
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 1 of 2001
Parliamentary paper number 43/2001
Estimates Report, March 2001
Parliamentary paper number 64/2001
Estimates Report, June 2001
Parliamentary paper number 132/2001
Video [duration 2:54] - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee hearing, 4 June 2001, on the policy role of public servants.
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 2 of 2001
Parliamentary paper number 172/2001
Scrutiny of Annual Reports: No. 1 of 2002
Parliamentary paper number 242/2002
Estimates Report, March 2002
Parliamentary paper number 243/2002
Estimates Report, June 2002
Parliamentary paper number 328/2002
Annual Reports (No. 2 of 2002)
Parliamentary paper number 573/2002
Additional estimates 2002-03
Parliamentary paper number 55/2003
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2003)
Parliamentary paper number 56/2003
Budget estimates 2003-04
Parliamentary paper number 151/2003
Provisions of the Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2003
Parliamentary paper number 153/2003
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2003)
Parliamentary paper number 267/2003
Provisions of the Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
Parliamentary paper number 441/2003
Aspects of the Veterans' Affairs Entitlement Act 1986 and the Military Compensation Scheme
Parliamentary paper number 199/2003
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2004)
Parliamentary paper number 84/2004
Provisions of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Bill 2003 and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2003
Parliamentary paper number 69/2004
Additional estimates 2003-04
Parliamentary paper number 63/2004
Budget estimates 2004-05
Parliamentary paper number 140/2004
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee questioning Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Minister for Defence, and officers from the Department of Defence at a budget estimates hearing, 1 June 2004. Seated facing camera L-R: Senators Marise Payne, Alan Ferguson and Sandy Macdonald, Saxon Patience [Acting Secretary], Senators Andrew Bartlett, Chris Evans and John Faulkner. DPS Auspic.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee questioning Senator the Hon Robert Hill, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade, and officers from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at a budget estimates hearing, 2 June 2004. Seated facing camera L-R: Senators Bob Brown, Marise Payne, Alan Ferguson and Sandy Macdonald, Saxon Patience [Acting Secretary], Senators Chris Evans, Robert Ray and John Faulkner. DPS Auspic.
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee members Senators Chris Evans, Robert Ray and John Faulkner at a budget estimates hearing, 2 June 2004. DPS Auspic.
Cartoon - Geoff Pryor, 'Dear oh dear…some people never learn...', Canberra Times, 2 June 2004. Cartoon in response to the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Legislation Committee examination of the role of Australian personnel in operational decisions in Iraqi prisons.
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2004) (presented out of session on 1 September 2004)
Parliamentary paper number 239/2004
Additional estimates 2004-05
Parliamentary paper number 64/2005
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2005)
Parliamentary paper number 60/2005
Budget estimates 2005-06
Parliamentary paper number 171/2005
Video [duration 4:55] - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Budget estimates hearing 2 June 2005. Example of a minister intervening during estimates (Minister Robert Hill and Senator Robert Ray).
Video [duration 2:45] - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Budget estimates hearing 2 June 2005. Example of a minister intervening during estimates (Minister Robert Hill and Senator John Faulkner).
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2005)
Parliamentary paper number 202/2005
Additional estimates 2005-06
Parliamentary paper number 61/2006
Annual reports (No. 1 of 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 84/2006
Provisions of the Australian Trade Commission Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 2 May 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 146/2006
Provisions of the Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2006 (presented out of session on 2 May 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 146/2006
Budget estimates 2006-07
Parliamentary paper number 144/2006
Reforms to Australia's military justice system: First progress report (correction to appendix 4 tabled on 17 August 2006); (Second progress report tabled 29.3.07; Third progress report tabled 10.9.07; Fourth Progress report tabled 24.9.08)
Parliamentary paper number 159/2006
Annual reports (No. 2 of 2006)
Parliamentary paper number 175/2006
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment Bill 2006
Parliamentary paper number 436/2006
![Members of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee at a supplementary budget estimates hearing, 2 November 2005. L-R: Senators Lyn Allison and David Johnston, Dr Kathleen Dermody [Secretary], Senators Mark Bishop, John Hogg and John Faulkner. DPS Auspic.](/assets/committees/body-images/c068/c068-050696di-012-foreign-affairs-comm-2-nov-2005.jpg)