House of Representatives Committees

| Parliamentary Joint Committee on Electoral Matters

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Background to the Delegation

[1] Senator the Hon Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Media Release, 2012-13 International Development Assistance Budget, 8 May 2012.

Chapter 2 Indonesia -

[1] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Indonesia country brief, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/>, viewed 2 April 2012.

[2] AusAID, Australia Indonesia Partnership Country Strategy 2008-13, 2008, p. 2.

[3] Secretariat General of DPD RI, DPD RI (Senate) in the Parliament of Indonesia, p. 1.

[4] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Indonesia country brief, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/>, viewed 2 April 2012.

[5] Jakarta Post, Articles: < http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/13/editorial-higher-threshold.html>, <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/16/new-election-law-gets-mixed-reviews.html> and< http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/12/new-election-law-makes-no-progress-critics.html>, viewed 30 April 2012.

[6] Komisi Pemilhan Umum (KPU), The 2009 Elections in numbers, 2010, p. 3.

[7] AusAID, Annual program performance report 2010: Indonesia, p. 43.

[8] International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES Indonesia: Electoral Survey 2010, November 2010, pp. 3-5.

[9] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Indonesia: Fact Sheet, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/fs/indo.pdf>, viewed 2 April 2012.

[10] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Indonesia country brief, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/>, viewed 2 April 2012.

[11] AusAID, Annual Report 1998-1999, pp. 48-49.

[12] AusAID, Annual Report 2003-2004, p. 62.

[13] AusAID, Annual program performance report 2010: Indonesia, p. 44.

[14] AusAID website, <http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/trans-indonesia/civ-soc-just-dem-init2.cfm>, viewed 2 April 2012.

Chapter 3 Tonga

[1] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tonga: Fact sheet, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/index.html>, viewed 26 March 2012.

[2] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tonga: Fact sheet, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/index.html>, viewed 26 March 2012.

[3] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Tonga: Fact sheet, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/index.html>, viewed 26 March 2012.

[4] AusAID website, < http://www.ausaid.gov.au/countries/pacific/tonga/Pages/tonga-challenges.aspx>, viewed 19 April 2012.

[5] The Australia-Tonga Partnership for Development, August 2009, is available on the AusAID website at: <http://www.ausaid.gov.au/countries/pacific/partnership/Pages/tonga.aspx>

[6] AusAID website, < http://www.ausaid.gov.au/countries/pacific/tonga/Pages/tonga-challenges.aspx>, viewed 19 April 2012.

[7] DFAT website, < http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/tonga/tonga_brief.html>, viewed 16 April 2012.

[8] Partnership for Development between the Government of Australia and the Government of Tonga, August 2009, p. 1.

[9] Lord Tu’ivakano, Prime Minister of Tonga, Prime Minister’s Statement at the General Debate of the 66^th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, 24 September 2011.

[10] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2006-2007, October 2007, p. 87.

[11] Constitutional and Electoral Commission, Final Report, 5 November 2009, Kingdom of Tonga, pp. 118-119.

[12] Government of Tonga, His Majesty King George Tupou V: A Monarch for a Time of Change, 28 July 2008, < http://www.pmo.gov.to/election/political-reform/244-his-majesty-king-george-tupou-v-a-monarch-for-a-time-of-change>

[13] ABC News, Tonga's colourful king dead at 63, 20 March 2012, <http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-19/king-of-tonga-dead/3897426 >, viewed 26 March 2012.

[14] Office of the Electoral Commission (Tonga), Report of the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the General Election 2010, February 2011, Annex III—Joint Statement, p. 1.

[15] Office of the Electoral Commission (Tonga), Report of the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the General Election 2010, February 2011, p. 21.

[16] Office of the Electoral Commission (Tonga), Report of the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the General Election 2010, February 2011, p. 1.

[17] Office of the Electoral Commission (Tonga), Report of the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the General Election 2010, February 2011, pp. 20-21.

[18] Office of the Electoral Commission (Tonga), Report of the Electoral Commission on the conduct of the General Election 2010, February 2011, Annex III—Joint Statement, pp. 1-2.