Australian Parliament

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee

Every public sitting of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee we capture, transcribed, with the people who spoke there and a search of what was said.

13 public sittings since 26 September 2025

Sittings appear here a month after they are held. A Polyfact plan gives you every sitting as soon as it is transcribed.

How to watch the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee

Australian Parliament broadcasts the sittings of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee. Polyfact records each one, transcribes it and identifies the speakers, so you can open a sitting below, read it and watch it from the second a speech starts.

Latest public sittings

  1. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee 4 September 2026
  2. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Launceston, TAS 27 August 2026
  3. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Queenscliff, VIC 24 August 2026
  4. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee 1 July 2026
  5. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Melbourne, VIC 18 May 2026
  6. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Sydney, NSW 8 May 2026
  7. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 2 of 2) 4 May 2026
  8. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 1 of 2) 4 May 2026
  9. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee 3 March 2026
  10. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 2 of 2) 18 February 2026
  11. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 1 of 2) 18 February 2026
  12. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 2 of 2) 26 September 2025
  13. Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (part 1 of 2) 26 September 2025

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Where these transcripts come from

Polyfact records and transcribes the sittings and committee hearings of Australia's parliaments. A speaker is named only once their identity is confirmed, by the official record or by a person; automatic guesses are left out.