Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 1].

[2]        ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 1].

[3]        ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 1].

[4]        ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 1].

[5]        The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard,
10 May 2007, p. 6.

Chapter 2 - Background to the proposed changes to ACIAR

[1]        Department of Finance and Administration, Governance Arrangements for Australian Government Bodies, August 2005, p. 4.

[2]        See Commonwealth of Australia, Review of the corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders, 2003, p. 16.

[3]        The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, Media release, 'Review of corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders', 14 November 2002.

[4]        The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister, 'Review of corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders', Media Release, 14 November 2002; Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, 'Australian Government Response to Uhrig Report', Media Release 57/04, 12 August 2004.

[5]        The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, 'Review of corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders', Media Release, 14 November 2002.

[6]        Uhrig Review, Appendix A, p. 105.

[7]        The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, 'Review of corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders', Media Release, 14 November 2002.

[8]        Commonwealth of Australia, Review of the corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders, 2003, p. 54.

[9]        Commonwealth of Australia, Review of the corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders, 2003, p. 54.

[10]      Commonwealth of Australia, Review of the corporate governance of statutory authorities and office holders, 2003, p. 35.

[11]      Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, 'Australia Government Response to Uhrig Review', Media Release 57/04, 12 August 2004.

[12]      Senator the Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, 'Australia Government Response to Uhrig Review', Media Release 57/04, 12 August 2004.

[13]      Submission 1, p. 3.

Chapter 3 - The provisions of the Bill

[1]        The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[2]        Parliamentary Library, 'Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research Amendment Bill 2007', Bills Digest, 19 August 1992, p. 1.

[3]        ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 5(1).

[4]        ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 24(2).

[5]        ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 8(1) and ss. 8(2).

[6]        ACIAR Act 1982, Explanatory Memorandum, Clause 8 [p. 3].

[7]        ACIAR, Corporate Governance, Board of Management, http://www.aciar.gov.au/web.nsf/doc/ACIA-5KLV5K (accessed 28 May 2007).

[8]        ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 19(1).

[9]        ACIAR Act 1982, para. 19(3)(b).

[10]      ACIAR, Board of Management http://www.aciar.gov.au/web.nsf/doc/ACIR-5JE3LB (accessed 28 May 2007).

[11]      The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[12]      The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[13]      The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[14]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[15]      Uhrig Review, p. 67.

[16]      Parliamentary Library, 'ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007', Bills Digest no 160, 2006- 2007, p. 1.

[17]      The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[18]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, item 9.

[19]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[20]      Submission 1, paragraph 12, p. 4.

[21]      Submission 1, paragraph 13, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 1, paragraph 6, p. 3.

[23]      Proposed section 24.

[24]      Proposed section 29C.

[25]      Proposed section 29B.

[26]      Proposed section 27.

[27]      Proposed section 28.

[28]      Proposed section 29D.

[29]      Proposed section 26.

[30]      Submission 1, paragraphs 12 and 13, p. 4.

[31]      ACIAR Act 1982, section 5.

[32]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 5].

[33]      Proposed subsection 5(4).

[34]      Proposed section 5A.

[35]      Proposed section 29E.

[36]      Proposed subsection 39(1).

[37]      ACIAR Act 1982, paragraphs 39(2)(a) and 39(2)(b).

[38]      Proposed paragraphs 39(2)(c) and 39(2)(d).

[39]      ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 39(3).

[40]      Proposed subsection 24(3).

[41]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 8]; The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2007, p. 6.

[42]      Proposed subsection 24(3).

[43]      Submission 1, paragraph 12, p. 4.

[44]      Proposed section 8.

[45]      Submission 1, paragraph 15, p. 5.

[46]      Submission 1, paragraph 17, p. 5.

[47]      Proposed sections 10 and 11.

[48]      Proposed section 13.

[49]      Proposed sections 16A and B.

[50]      Proposed section 16.

[51]      Proposed section 16B.

[52]      ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 7(2).

[53]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 6].

[54]      Submission 1, paragraph 6, p. 3.

[55]      Proposed section 9.

[56]      Proposed section 16K.

[57]      Proposed paragraphs 39(2)(c) and 39(2)(d).

[58]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, [p.10].

[59]      Parliamentary Library, 'ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007', Bills Digest no 160, 2006- 2007, p. 4.

[60]      ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 16(1).

[61]      ACIAR Act 1982, ss. 19(1).

[62]      Submission 1, paragraph 17, p. 5.

[63]      Proposed  para. 19(2)(a).

[64]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, item 17, Part III, Division 2, s. 10, [p. 6];

[65]      Submission 1, paragraph 17, p. 5.

[66]      Uhrig Review, p. 74.

[67]      Proposed section 9.

[68]      Uhrig Review, p. 60.

[69]      Uhrig Review, p. 60.

[70]      Uhrig Review, p. 61.

[71]      Senator The Hon Nick Minchin, Minister for Finance and Administration, 'Australian Government Response to Uhrig Review', Media Release 57/04, 12 August 2004.

[72]      ACIAR Act 1982, Part VIII, s. 41.

[73]      Proposed section 41.

[74]      ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Explanatory Memorandum, item 36, [p. 10].

[75]         Mr Bob McMullan MP, ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 May 2007, p. 76, and Mr Patrick Secker MP, ACIAR Amendment Bill 2007, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 May 2007, p. 78.