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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

19 August 2026

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The Chair opens the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee hearing, sets out procedural parameters, and DFAT presents its overarching conflict‑prevention model linking deterrence, diplomacy, development and resilience, including recent UN and regional initiatives.

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Opening of hearing and DFAT conflict‑prevention framework

15:14

Opening of hearing and witness introductions

15:14

DFAT opening statement — deterrence, diplomacy, development, resilience

17:26

Humanitarian protection and institutionalising conflict prevention

22:53

Q — Chair: protecting humanitarian workers declaration

22:53

Q — Chair: making conflict prevention more explicit in DFAT

26:59

OECD DAC review and Pacific perspective on conflict prevention

36:05

Country case studies — PNG fragility, Myanmar response and elections

42:07

Senator Collins — PNG fragility, Global Fragility Act, El Niño and election support

42:07

Myanmar humanitarian–development approach and use of local faith networks

44:38

Defence–DFAT integration on Pacific security and WPS

48:13

Q — Neumann: integrating Defence activities with ODA objectives in the Pacific

48:13

Q — Rebello: Defence–DFAT coordination on conflict prevention and HADR

53:05

Q — Jarrett: women, peace and security coordination and impact measurement

58:55

Risk anticipation, resilience examples and hearing close

01:04:58

Pacific fuel security case — coordinated conflict‑risk response

01:04:58

Proactive risk anticipation, resilience framing and hearing close

01:07:45

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

19 August 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade Thu, 20 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

15:14 - 16:02

Speaker 1

Well, good morning, everyone. I now declare open this public hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 we meet today. I'd like to pay my respects to elders past and present, and also acknowledge the cultures of any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with us here today.

This hearing will be broadcast on the Parliament's website and a transcript of proceedings will be published on the committee's webpage. I now welcome representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Defence to give evidence today. For the Hansard record, would you please begin by stating your name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee.

16:02 - 16:11

Speaker 10

Thank you. Thank you, Chair. I'm Natalie Cohen. I'm the Acting Deputy Secretary of Development, Multilateral and Europe Group at DFAT.

16:11 - 16:17

Speaker 6

Aidan Whyte, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Development Policy and Equality Division, DFAT.

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