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Chapter 2 Agreement Establishing the African Development Fund done at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 29 November 1972 as amended [2012]

[1] World Bank, Affiliates < http://go.worldbank.org/CGC782MDY0 >, accessed 7 December 2012.

[2] World Bank, Affiliates < http://go.worldbank.org/CGC782MDY0 >, accessed 7 December 2012.

[3] World Bank, Affiliates < http://go.worldbank.org/CGC782MDY0 >, accessed 7 December 2012.

[4] World Bank, Affiliates < http://go.worldbank.org/CGC782MDY0 >, accessed 7 December 2012.

[5] Asian Development Bank, Members < http://www.adb.org/about/members>, accessed 7 December 2012.

[6] European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Our shareholders <http://www.ebrd.com/pages/about/who/shareholders.shtml >, accessed 7 December 2012.

[7] National Interest Analysis [2012] ATNIA 23 with attachment on consultation, Agreement Establishing the African Development Fund, done at Abidjan on 29 November 1972, as amended [2012] ATNIF 17, and Agreement Establishing the African Development Bank, done at Khartoum on 4 August 1963, as amended [2012] ATNIF 18, (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’) , para 1.

[8] African Development Bank (AfDB), 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 4.

[9] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 4.

[10] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 4.

[11] AfDB, The African Development Bank, < http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/african-development-bank-afdb/ > accessed 5 November 2012.

[12] AfDB, The African Development Bank, < http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/african-development-bank-afdb/ > accessed 5 November 2012.

[13] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 7.

[14] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[15] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 9.

[16] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 9.

[17] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[18] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[19] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[20] African Development Bank (AfDB), Annual Report 2011, pvi.

[21] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[22] AfDB, Member Countries, < http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/members/>, accessed on 3 December 2012.

[23] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 5.

[24] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 3.

[25] AfDB, African Development Fund <http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/african-development-fund-adf/> accessed 5 November 2012.

[26] AfDB, African Development Fund <http://www.afdb.org/en/about-us/african-development-fund-adf/> accessed 5 November 2012.

[27] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 7.

[28] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 7.

[29] AfDB, 2012, AfDB in Brief, p 9.

[30] NIA, para 14.

[31] NIA, para 14.

[32] Mr Paul Griffiths, Assistant Director-General, Multilaterals and Bilateral Partnerships Branch, AusAID, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 1.

[33] NIA, para 10.

[34] AusAID, Australia’s Comprehensive Aid Policy Framework <http://www.ausaid.gov.au/makediff/Pages/capf.aspx>, accessed 5 November 2012.

[35] NIA, para 7.

[36] NIA, para 10.

[37] NIA, para 10.

[38] NIA, paras 8-9.

[39] NIA, para 11 & 13.

[40] NIA, para 11 & 13.

[41] NIA, para 12.

[42] NIA, para 25.

[43] NIA, para 25.

[44] NIA, para 25.

[45] NIA, para 27.

[46] NIA, para 28.

[47] NIA, para 32.

[48] NIA, para 33. (May 2012 exchange rates)

[49] NIA, para 33. (May 2012 exchange rates)

[50] NIA, para 34.

[51] NIA, para 35.

[52] NIA, para 36.

[53] Department of Treasury, Submission 1, p. 3.

[54] NIA, para 36.

[55] NIA, para 37-38.

[56] NIA, para 29.

[57] Mr Shaun Anthony, Acting General Manager, International Finance and Development Division, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 4.

[58] See for example, s.6 of the Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Act 2009.

[59] NIA, para 30.

[60] See for example the Asian Development Bank (Additional Subscription) Act 2009.

[61] NIA, para 31.

[62] NIA, para 31.

Chapter 3 Loan Agreement between Australia and the International Monetary Fund (not yet signed) [2012]

[1] ‘Section 2: Australia's interactions with the International Monetary Fund’, http://www.treasury.gov.au/PublicationsAndMedia/Publications/2011/Australia-and-the-International-Financial-Institutions-2008-2009/Australia-and-the-International-Financial-Institutions-20082009-Annual-Report/Section-2-Australias-interactions-with-the-International-Monetary-Fund>, accessed 9 November 2012.

[2] ‘Section 2: Australia's interactions with the International Monetary Fund’, as above.

[3] International Monetary Agreements Act 1947, <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/imaa1947360/>, accessed 9 November 2012.

[4] ‘Section 2: Australia's interactions with the International Monetary Fund’, as above.

[5] National Interest Analysis [2012] ATNIA 19 with attachment on consultation Loan Agreement between Australia and the International Monetary Fund (Tokyo, 13 October 2012), [2012] ATNIF 22, (Hereafter referred to as ‘NIA’), paras 4-5.

[6] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2, p. 1.

[7] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 11.

[8] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2, p. 1.

[9] NIA, para 6. See also ‘Section 2: Australia's interactions with the International Monetary Fund’, as above.

[10] NIA, para 7.

[11] NIA, para 7.

[12] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 11.

[13] Further information on IMF lending can be found at ‘Fact Sheet: IMF Lending’ <http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/howlend.htm>, accessed 14 November 2012.

[14] NIA, paras 8-9.

[15] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 12, and Department of the Treasury, Submission 2, p. 2.

[16] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13.

[17] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13.

[18] ‘Recent Changes in IMF Lending’ Reserve Bank of Australia, Bulletin, December Quarter 2011, <http://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/pdf/bu-1211-8.pdf> accessed 14 November 2012.

[19] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2, p. 1.

[20] NIA, para 10.

[21] NIA, para 11. The SDR interest rate is determined weekly, based on a weighted average of representative short-term money market interest rates (currently the US dollar, Euro, Pound Sterling and Yen rates). This is in accordance with Article XX of the IMF’s founding multilateral treaty, the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (1947).

[22] NIA, paras 12-13.

[23] NIA, para 14.

[24] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 12.

[25] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 12.

[26] NIA, paras 15-16.

[27] NIA, para 17.

[28] NIA, para 18.

[29] NIA, para 19.

[30] Australian Accounting Standards Board, 2005, Australian Accounting Standard 31: Financial Reporting by Government, p 187.

[31] NIA, para 18.

[32] NIA, para 12.

[33] The Treasury, Debt, the Budget and the Balance Sheet, <http://www.treasury.gov.au/PublicationsAndMedia/Publications/2011/Economic-Roundup-Issue-4/Report/Debt-the-Budget-and-the-balance-sheet>, Accessed 7 March 2013.

[34] Reserve Bank of Australia, Statistical Tables, Capital Market Yields – Government Bonds, <http://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/tables/index.html#interest_rates>, Accessed 7 March 2013.

[35] International Investing, What are sovereign Ratings, <http://internationalinvest.about.com/od/researchingglobalstocks/a/What-Are-Sovereign-Ratings.htm>, Accessed 7 March 2013.

[36] Op-eds “Asia: Stepping Up from Regional Influence to a Global Role”, Peterson Institute for International Economics, <http://www.iie.com/publications/opeds/print.cfm?ResearchId=1956&doc=pub> accessed 14 November 2012.

[37] “IMF owns up to Argentina errors”. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3566699.stm> accessed 14 November 2012. See also “We made many mistakes with Argentina in the 90s,' says ex-IMF chief”, <http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/70966/we-made-many-mistakes-with-argentina-in-the-90s-says-eximf-chief> accessed 14 November 2012.

[38] Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF “IMF Performance in the Run-Up to the Financial and Economic Crisis IMF Surveillance in 2004–07”, <http://www.ieo-imf.org/ieo/files/completedevaluations/crisis-%20main%20report%20(without%20moises%20signature).pdf> accessed 14 November 2012.

[39] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 12.

[40] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13.

[41] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 12.

[42] Mr Jyoti Rahman, Manager, International Monetary System Unit, International Finance and Development Division, Macroeconomic Group, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 13.

[43] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2.1, p. 1

[44] These reforms are still currently in the implementation phase with the delay largely stemming from the US elections precluding the introduction of legislation to the US Congress. Department of the Treasury, Submission 2.1, p. 1

[45] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2.1, p. 1.

[46] Department of the Treasury, Submission 2.1, p. 2.

Chapter 4 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan on the Security of Information (Tokyo, 17 May 2012)

[1] See ‘The Quiet Achiever: Australia-Japan Security Relations’, <http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/quiet-achiever-australia-japan-security-relations>, accessed 7 November 2012.

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

[3] Mr Peter Roberts, Director, Japan Section, North East Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 7.

[4] Mr Peter Roberts, Director, Japan Section, North East Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 7.

[5] NIA, para 4. These Japanese agencies are: Cabinet Secretariat, Defence, Foreign Affairs, National Policy Agency, and the Public Security Intelligence Agency.

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

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

[8] NIA, paras 5-6.

[9] Mr Peter Roberts, Director, Japan Section, North East Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 9.

[10] NIA, para 7.

[11] Mr Peter Roberts, Director, Japan Section, North East Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 7.

[12] NIA, para 8.

[13] ‘Classified Information” means all information which requires protection against unauthorised disclosure in the interest of the national security of the providing Party and which is subject to a Security Classification and generated by, or for the use of, or under the jurisdiction of, the Competent Authorities of the Government of Japan or the Government of Australia. The information may be in any form, including oral, visual, electronic, magnetic, or documentary forms, or equipment or technology, and may also include any reproductions or translations (Article 1(a)).

[14] NIA, para 9.

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

[16] NIA, para 10.

[17] NIA, para 11.

[18] NIA, para 12.

[19] “Third Partner” means the government of a third State or an intergovernmental organisation with which the Receiving Party has concluded an agreement or arrangement concerning the protection of classified information (Article 1(i)).

[20] NIA, para 13.

[21] NIA, para 14.

[22] NIA, para 15.

[23] NIA, para 16.

[24] NIA, para 17.

[25] NIA, para 18.

[26] NIA, para 19.

[27] NIA, para 20.

[28] NIA, para 21.

[29] NIA, paras 23-24.

[30] NIA, para 25.

[31] The Australian Government has introduced a new PSPF, including a revision of the Government’s security classification system. The revised system reduces the number of classifications from seven to four: PROTECTED, CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET and TOP SECRET. The classifications X-IN-CONFIDENCE, HIGHLY PROTECTED and RESTRICTED will no longer be used for new material. (The RESTRICTED classification will continue to be used by the Department of Defence until August 2013.) The classification system was introduced across government from 1 August 2012, and will be implemented by 31 July 2013. Further information about the new Protective Security Policy Framework can be found at <www.protectivesecurity.gov.au>.

[32] NIA, para 27.

[33] NIA, para 28 -29.

[34] NIA, para 30.

[35] Mr Michael Jerks, Assistant Secretary, Critical Infrastructure and Protective Security Policy Branch, National Security Resilience Policy Division, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 26 November 2012, p. 8.

[36] NIA, para 31.

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

Chapter 5 Four Minor Treaty Actions

[1] This guidance is contained in IMO resolution A.1047(27) Principles of minimum safe manning, which supersedes earlier Resolutions A.890(21) and A.955(23).