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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

7 May 2026

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The Chair opens the subcommittee hearing on Australia’s role in conflict prevention and invites the Development Intelligence Lab to outline its conflict-cycle framing and six reform proposals for strategy, oversight, coordination, funding and monitoring.

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Hearing opening and Development Intelligence Lab proposals

15:18

Chair opening — mandate and witnesses

15:18

Development Intelligence Lab — conflict cycle and six reforms

17:03

Parliamentary Q&A — conflict‑prevention framework, institutions and risks

25:48

Chair Q&A — definition, coordination and gaps

25:48

Branch, ambassador, and parliamentary oversight proposals

41:02

International examples and current Australian practice

52:43

Emerging regional risks and digital disruption

01:02:26

IOM and UNICEF evidence — ODA, displacement, youth and early warning

01:07:46

IOM and UNICEF — openings on displacement and children

01:07:46

ODA levels, burden‑sharing and strategic focus

01:14:59

Pacific youth, education and China question

01:25:33

Adolescent data, youth voice and inclusion mechanisms

01:29:47

Displacement tracking and regional early warning

01:42:38

International IDEA and AEC — democratic resilience and electoral support

02:15:41

International IDEA — democratic resilience, youth and information integrity

02:15:41

AEC — role in regional electoral resilience

02:31:20

Regional democracy, youth turnout and US aid gaps

02:34:44

International IDEA and AEC — elections, Bangladesh and conflict prevention

02:51:44

Contractor community — ODA settings, whole‑of‑government coordination and conflict drivers

03:06:37

Contractor community — openings on ODA and conflict sensitivity

03:06:37

Whole‑of‑government coordination and managing contractors’ role

03:17:30

Private sector engagement and donor coordination

03:23:50

Climate risk, gender equality and conflict drivers

03:36:01

Monitoring, early warning and adaptive programming

03:48:42

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

7 May 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Fri, 8 May 2026 Australian Parliament

15:18 - 16:10

Speaker 10

This public hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade for the inquiry into the role of Australia's international development program on preventing conflict. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which each of us is calling from today. I'd like to pay my respects to elders past and present, but also acknowledge the cultures of any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples present with us today. This hearing will be broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of the proceedings will be published on the committee's web page. I now, welcome representatives from the Development Intelligence Lab to give evidence today.

For the hand side record, would you please state your name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee?

16:12 - 16:16

Speaker 21

Brady Rice, CEO of the Development Intelligence Lab.

16:17 - 16:20

Speaker 59

Martina Zapp, General Manager of the Development Intelligence Lab.

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