Appendix 3 - Additional information, tabled documents and
answers to questions on notice
The following were tabled (10 November 2005) with the report titled
Opportunities and challenges: Australia's relationship with China:
Department of Education, Science and Training
- copy of "Memorandum
of Understanding on Cooperation in Education and Training between the
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and the Department
of Education, Science and Training of Australia", dated 2 December
2002 (in English and Chinese).
- "Arrangement
on Higher Education Qualifications Recognition between the Government of
Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of China",
dated 24 October 2003 (in English and Chinese).
AusAID
- correspondence
dated 17 June 2005—request to replace a document tabled at the hearing on
14 June 2005.
- "China–Australia
Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program: Matrix of Activities 1997–2005".
- "A
Summary of Australian Development Scholarships for China 2003 to
2005".
Asialink and Asia Education Foundation
- magazine: AEF News (Volume 14/No 1/June 2005)
- booklet: Asialink; The University of Melbourne;
An initiative of The Myer Foundation
- booklet: 'The
US, Taiwan and the PRC; Managing China's Rise: Policy Options for
Australia' by Professor Hugh White, Melbourne
Asia Policy Papers (Number 5, November 2004) published by The
University of Melbourne
- booklet: 'Trade
in Services; Policy Options and Implications for Australia-Asia Relations'
by Professor Christopher Findlay, Melbourne
Asia Policy Papers (Number 6, March 2005) published by The University
of Melbourne
- CD: Voices & Visions from China; Texts
for the Senior English Classroom
Embassy of the People's Republic of China
- Correspondence
dated 24 June 2005 including reference materials
- Magazine: Combat Cults and Protect Human Rights
- Leaflet: 'Xiao
Dengliang: I oppose fabricating rumors in my name'
- Leaflet: 'Fu
Yibin hacked family members to death'
- Leaflet:
'"Falun Gong" is a Cult; Fallacies of Li Hongzhi'
- Leaflet:
'Expose the True Feature of Falun Gong'
- Leaflet: 'Falun
Dafa; Peaceful Journey of truthfulness-compassion-forbearance'
- Information
sheet: '"Falun Gong" Is a Cult; A Doctoral Student Breaks with
"Falun Gong' (3 copies)
- Booklet: '"Falun
Gong" Is a Cult VI' published by New Star Publishers 2000
- Booklet: '"Falun
Gong" Is a Cult VII' published by New Star Publishers 2000
- Booklet: 'Li
Hongzhi & His "Falun Gong", Deceiving the Public and Ruining
Lives' published by New Star Publishers 1999
- CD: Memorandum On "Falun Gong"
Anita Chan, Contemporary China Centre, Australian
National University
- 'Chinese Labour Standards, China's Trade
Union Federation, and the Question of Engagement', paper presented at a
symposium on 14 and 15 February 2005
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
- email dated 1 July 2005, providing clarification
of evidence given at the hearing on 21 June 2005
Department of the
Environment and Heritage
- correspondence dated 7 July 2005—answers to
questions on notice from hearing on 20 June 2005 re climate change project
and collaborative project on cultural heritage.
Department of
Education, Science and Training
- correspondence
dated 7 July 2005—answers to questions on notice from hearing on 14 June
2005 re:
- number of visits
to the 'Study in Australia' website
- number of high
school students studying Chinese
- DEST's role in intellectual
property rights in the context of FTA with China
- 'Agreement between
the Government of Australia and the Government of the People's Republic of
China on Co-operation in Science and Technology' dated 8 May 1980
- 'Memorandum of Understanding
under the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of
the People's Republic of China on Cooperation in Science and Technology' dated
16 May 1989
- 'The Management
of a Special Fund: Memorandum of Understanding between The Department of
Education, Science and Training of Australia and the Ministry of Science and
Technology of the People's Republic of China for Scientific and Technological Cooperation'
dated 4 July 2005
Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource
Economics
- correspondence
dated 14 July 2005 including copy of report
- Developments in Chinese Agriculture Abare Report by Ivan Roberts and Neil
Andrews dated July 2005
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- correspondence dated 18 July 2005—answers
to questions on notice from hearing on 16 June 2005 re:
- list of Australian participants at the
June 2005 Human Rights Dialogue
- summary of issues and participants at the
Australia-China Human Rights Dialogues
- internet links to copies of Australia's
nuclear safeguards agreements with nuclear weapons states
-
specific measures that would be required
of China to ensure that Australian–obligated uranium does not end up in nuclear
weapons
- confirmation of the Australian companies
seeking to export uranium to China
- confirmation that the issue of nuclear
waste has not arisen in discussions with China
- China's position on Japan's move to lift
restrictions on whaling at the International Whaling Commission meeting in
Ulsan, South Korea
- brief history and copy of ASEAN's Treaty
of Amity and Cooperation
- Australia's relations with Hong Kong
- Australia's relations with Macau
- copy of the Australia-China MOU on the
launch of FTA negotiations
- details of AusAID's HIV/AIDS project in
Xinjiang.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Correspondence dated 2 August 2005—further
information on AusAID's HIV/AIDS project in Xinjiang, Western China
following a recent field visit by Australia's Special Representative on
HIV/AIDS, Ms Annmaree O'Keefe.
- Correspondence dated 11 October 2005
– answers to question on notice from roundtable hearing on 13 September
2005 re:
- Background
information on the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and
Climate
- Background
information on negotiations towards a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with
China.
AusAID
- correspondence dated 27 July 2005—answers
to questions on notice from hearing on 14 June 2005 re:
- number
of people who travelled to China in the last year to provide development
assistance or to Australia as recipients of assistance
- breakdown
of ODA expenditure to China
- example
of a case study in development—Datong Cleaner Environment Project
- recording
of AusAID financial commitments for future years
- copy
of two documents by Fitzgerald Consulting:
- China 2001-2010: Political, Economic and
Social Issues of Reform and Transformation, December 2000
- China Country Strategy Review 2002-2005:
Report and Recommendations to AusAID, March 2001
Mr Liam
Phelan, Australia
Tibet Council
- correspondence
dated 24 August 2005—additional information arising from hearing on 29 June
2005 re correspondence from the Australia Tibet Council to DFAT regarding the annual Bilateral
Human Rights Dialogue between Australia and China dated:
- 15
July 1998
- 10
August 1999 (media release)
- 4
August 2000
- 8
October 2001
- 5
August 2002
- 16
July 2003
- 12
October 2004
- 20 May
2005
Professor Stuart
Harris, Department of International Relations,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
- email
correspondence dated 15 September 2005—additional information arising from
the roundtable discussion on 13 September 2005.
AusAID
- correspondence dated 30 August 2005—answers
to written questions on notice dated 19 July 2005 re:
- China in the
south west Pacific (6 questions)
- good
governance programmes/human rights (5 questions)
Department of Immigration and Multicultural
and Indigenous Affairs
- correspondence dated 10 September
2005—answers to questions on notice from hearing on 21 June 2005 and
answers to written questions on notice dated 19 July 2005 re:
- staffing
levels in DIMIA
- staffing
levels in multicultural affairs area
- promotion of
multicultural relations
- Chinese–Australian
community related activities undertaken by DIMIA
- DIMIA actions
to promote greater awareness of the Chinese–Australian community's
contribution to Australian society
- recent
reports from quality control codes and statistics in relation to
processing various categories of risk
- visa
categories that Chinese protection visa applicants arrive on
- copy of
protection visa application form
- visa
breakdown for 77 PRC national granted refugee status in 2003–2004
Department of Education, Science and Training
- correspondence dated 12 September
2005—answers to written questions on notice dated 19 July 2005 re:
- Chinese
studies in Australia (6 questions)
- science and
technology (4 questions)
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