Footnotes

Inquiry into the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2015 [Provisions]

[1]        Journals of the Senate No. 110, 20 August 2015, pp 3007-3008.

[2]        The Hon Joe Hockey, MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Hon Julie Bishop, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Australia to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank', Joint media release, 24 June 2015.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 2-3.

[4]        See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter IX (Status, Immunities, Privileges and Exemptions).

[5]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert 8/15, 19 August 2015, pp 2-3.

[6]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert 8/15, 19 August 2015, p. 3.

[7]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Ninth Report of 2015, 9 September 2015, p. 616.

[8]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Ninth Report of 2015, 9 September 2015, p. 617.

[9]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Ninth Report of 2015, 9 September 2015, p. 617.

[10]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Ninth Report of 2015, 9 September 2015, p. 617.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[12]      'China’s Jin Liqun Named President-Elect of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank', The Wall Street Journal, 24 August 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-jin-liqun-named-president-elect-of-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-1440421017 (accessed 1 September 2015).

[13]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[14]      The Hon Joe Hockey, MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Hon Julie Bishop, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Australia to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank', Joint media release, 24 June 2015.

[15]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, AIIB offers new export opportunities, May 2015, http://www.efic.gov.au/education-and-tools/export-monitor/2015/export-monitor-may-2015/ (accessed 1 September 2015).

[16]      Public hearing, 14 September 2015.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[18]      Mr Robert Dolamore and Mr Geoffrey Wade, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2015, Bills Digest No. 16, 3 September 2015, p. 6.

[19]      Mr Phillip Lipscy, 'Who's afraid of the AIIB: why the United States should support China's Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank', Foreign Affairs (online edition), 7 May 2015, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2015-05-07/whos-afraid-aiib (accessed 8 September 2015).

[20]      Public hearing, 14 September 2015.

[21]      AIIB, What is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?, http://www.aiibank.org/html/aboutus/AIIB/ (accessed 1 September 2015).

[22]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter 1 (Articles, functions and membership), Article 1.

[23]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 1.

[24]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter 2 (Capital), Article 4(1).

[25]      Dr Philippa Brant, Research Associate, Lowy Institute for International Policy, 'Four observations about the AIIB's Articles of Agreement', The Interpreter, 30 June 2015, http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/06/30/Four-observations-AIIB-Articles-of-Agreement.aspx (accessed 2 September 2015).

[26]      AIIB, Key provisions, http://www.aiib.org/html/pagefaq/Key_Provisions/ (accessed 1 September 2015).

[27]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[28]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter V (Governance), Article 22.

[29]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[30]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter V (Governance), Article 25.

[31]      Dr Philippa Brant, Research Associate, Lowy Institute for International Policy, 'Four observations about the AIIB's Articles of Agreement', The Interpreter, 30 June 2015, http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/06/30/Four-observations-AIIB-Articles-of-Agreement.aspx (accessed 2 September 2015).

[32]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter V (Governance), Article 22, Article 25.

[33]      See: Articles of Agreement, Chapter V (Governance), Article 28.

[34]      Mr Robert Dolamore and Mr Geoffrey Wade, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2015, Bills Digest No. 16, 3 September 2015, p. 5.

[35]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[36]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[37]      Public hearing, 14 September 2015.

[38]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 3.

[39]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 2.

[40]      The Hon Joe Hockey, MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Hon Julie Bishop, MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Australia to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank', Joint media release, 24 June 2015.

[41]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 1.

[42]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 3.

[43]      Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Submission 2, p. 3.

[44]      Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Submission 2, p. 3.

[45]      Public hearing, 14 September 2015.

[46]      Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, AIIB offers new export opportunities, May 2015, http://www.efic.gov.au/education-and-tools/export-monitor/2015/export-monitor-may-2015/ (accessed 1 September 2015).

[47]      The Hon Joe Hockey, MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, House of Representatives Hansard, 13 August 2015, p. 2.

[48]      The Treasury and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 1, p. 4.