Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3281.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 19, 24 November 2016, p. 590.

[3]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 9 of 2016, p. 3.

[4]        Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 9 of 2016, 23 November 2016, p. 3.

[5]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 9 of 2016, p. 39.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016, pp 2–3.

Chapter 2 - Issues raised in evidence

[1]        Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Efic Act,  https://www.efic.gov.au/about-efic/our-governance/efic-act/ (accessed 18 January 2017).

[2]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[5]        The Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3281.

[6]        The Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3281.

[7]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[8]        For example: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 5; and Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 5.

[9]        Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 6.

[10]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 6.

[11]      Productivity Commission, Australia's Export Arrangements, http://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/export-credit (accessed 27 January 2017).

[12]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 6.

[13]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 7.

[14]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 5.

[15]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 7.

[16]      For example: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 4; Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 1.

[17]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[18]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 4.

[19]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 3.

[20]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Small Business Export Loan - Efic's Criteria, https://www.efic.gov.au/business-solutions/small-to-medium-sized-business/small-business-export-loan/efics-criteria/ (accessed 17 January 2017).

[21]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991, ss. 3(3).

[22]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991, ss. 3(5).

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[24]      For example: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1; Australian Grape and Wine Authority, Submission 2; Australian Advanced Manufacturing Council, Submission 3; Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, Submission 4; Austmine Ltd, Submission 5; Mr Graham Poon, Submission 6; Export Council of Australia, Submission 12.

[25]      For example: Mr Graham Poon, Submission 6, p. 1; Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[26]      The Hon Steven Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3281.

[27]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[28]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 5; Mr Graham Poon, Submission 6, p. 2.

[29]      Mr Graham Poon, Submission 6, p. 1.

[30]      Mr Graham Poon, Submission 6, p. 2.

[31]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 5.

[32]      For example: Australian Grape and Wine Authority, Submission 2, p. 2; Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[33]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[34]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[35]      Australian Grape and Wine Authority, Submission 2, p. 2.

[36]      For example: Austmine Ltd, Submission 5, p. 2; Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[37]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[38]      Austmine Ltd, Submission 5, p. 2.

[39]      Export Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp 1– 2.

[40]      Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, Submission 4, pp 2–3. 

[41]      Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, Submission 4, p. 3. 

[42]      Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre, Submission 4, p. 2. 

[43]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 3.

[44]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 4.

[45]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 4.

[46]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 4.

[47]      For example: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, pp 3–4.

[48]      Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, p. 3.     

[49]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 9.

[50]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 9.

[51]      Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, p. 4; Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 1.

[52]      For example: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, pp 3–4.

[53]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 3.

[54]      Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, p. 3.

[55]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 3.

[56]      Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, pp 3–4.

[57]      Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, pp 3–4; Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 9.

[58]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 9.

[59]      Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8.

[60]      For example: ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 2: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 5; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 5.

[61]      For example: ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 2: Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 5; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 5.

[62]      For example: ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 2; Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 9.

[63]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 5.

[64]      For example: ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 2; Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 7. Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 6.

[65]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 7.

[66]      ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 3.

[67]      ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 3.

[68]      ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, pp 1–2.

[69]      ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 3.

[70]      For example: ActionAid Australia, Submission 8, p. 4; Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 6; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 6.

[71]      Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government's Response to the Productivity Commission Review in Australia's Export Credit Arrangements, http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/gov/20140801082010/http://www.dfat.gov.au/publications/efic/ (accessed 27 January 2017).

Dissenting report by Labor senators  

[1]        Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network, Submission 7, pp 3–5.

[2]        Jubilee Australia Research Centre and The Australia Institute, Submission 9, p. 8.

[3]        Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 11, p. 3.

Dissenting report by Senator Nick Xenophon - 'UN-Efic-AL': Using an Arm of the Australian Government to Give a  Leg up to Foreign Manufacturing – at the Expense of Aussie Jobs

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[2]        Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, Annual Report 2015–16, p. 8.