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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

17 June 2026

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The chair opens the hearing on Australia’s development program and conflict prevention, before academic experts Watts and Wright set out a ‘three Ds’ (defence, diplomacy, development) conflict-prevention doctrine and answer questions on evidence gaps, unintended conflict impacts of aid, operationalising conflict analysis, and integrity and anti‑corruption measures in fragile states.

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Opening and Australian conflict-prevention doctrine

16:19

Opening of hearing and member introductions

16:19

Independent experts’ openings — conflict prevention doctrine

19:28

Evidence base gaps and unintended conflict impacts of aid

29:17

Bridging academia–policy and creating expertise rosters

40:22

Best practice conflict prevention model and localization

46:41

Integrity, corruption and governance ‘matched funding’

55:53

Regional prevention practice, donor flexibility and security architecture

01:02:22

Asia Foundation opening — conflict prevention dimensions

01:02:22

Search for Common Ground opening — prevention impacts

01:09:07

Donor flexibility, best practice comparators and shrinking UN role

01:11:35

Drivers of conflict in the region — governance and information ecosystems

01:23:14

Debt diversification, alternative finance and countering misinformation

01:36:07

Mini‑laterals, ASEAN, PIF and regional security architecture

01:57:20

Measuring peace, risk appetite and Pacific conflict risks

02:15:35

IEP opening — measuring peace, data gaps and recommendations

02:15:35

Explicit frameworks, visibility of governance aid and Pacific data deficits

02:18:59

Localization, risk appetite and donor caution

02:32:49

Pacific conflict risks, China’s role and allied donor coordination

02:38:13

Gender, conflict-related violence and women’s leadership in prevention

02:46:08

ARC Centre and UN Women openings — gender equality as peace infrastructure

02:46:08

Conflict‑related sexual violence, program design and ‘gender‑responsive’ policy

02:59:10

Lessons from Afghanistan, long‑term investment and local women’s movements

03:19:52

Supporting grassroots women leaders, diaspora engagement and online backlash

03:27:57

Online violence, early warning via women’s rights, and implicit vs explicit conflict lenses

03:40:13

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

17 June 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Wed, 17 Jun 2026 Australian Parliament

16:18 - 17:22

Speaker 12

In the room, I I I now declare open this public hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade for the inquiry into the role of Australia's international development program in preventing conflict. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which each of us are calling in from today. I'd like to pay my respects to elders past and present, and I also acknowledge the cultures of any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples present with us here 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 subcommittee's webpage. I now invite members of the subcommittee to introduce themselves.

17:22 - 17:25

Speaker 1

Maybe if we start with people in the room.

17:25 - 17:28

Speaker 4

Tony Serbia, federal member for Maintain in South Australia.

17:29 - 17:37

Speaker 8

Leon Robello, the federal member for Macpherson on the Gold Coast and the deputy chair of this committee. Okay.

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