International Relations Publications

Flowchart 7 – Procedure for outgoing extradition requests to New Zealand (NZ) under the Extradition Act 1988. Information about the process of incoming and outgoing extradition requests, and provisional arrest requests. 

Use this flowchart when a crime is allegedly committed against an Australian law and a law enforcement agency identifies evidence overseas.

Australia formally responded to Philip Morris Asia's claim on 21 December 2011. In its response, Australia rejected the claims made by Philip Morris Asia and outlined arguments Australia intended to make in defending its right to implement the tobacco plain packaging measure.

The Attorney-General is responsible for the administration of the Foreign States Immunities Act 1985, which applies in relation to all civil litigation in Australian courts involving ‘foreign states’ as defined in the Act.

In December 2006, the Trans-Tasman Working Group on Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement delivered their final report.  The report make ten recommendations detailing how the legal framework for resolving civil disputes with a trans-Tasman element might be improved.