House of Representatives Committees

| Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1] Australia, Parliament 2004, Near Neighbours — Good Neighbours: An inquiry into Australia’s Relationship with Indonesia, (D Jull, Chairman), Parl. Paper 113, Canberra, p. 16.

[2] ibid., p. 15.

[3] ibid.

Chapter 2 Timor-Leste

[1] The World Bank, Timor-Leste Overview, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.worldbank.org/en/country/timor-leste/overview>.

[2] Operation ASTUTE was the military codename for the Australian contingent of the ISF.

[3] Central Intelligence Agency, World Fact Book: Timor-Leste, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tt.html>.

[4] Department of Defence, ‘Mission complete for ANZAC diggers’, Media Release, issued 3 January 2013, viewed 23 January 2013, <www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2013/jan/0103.htm>.

[5] The other parties in the AMP coalition Government were the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Democratic Party (PD), Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT) and the National Democratic Union of the Timorese Resistance (UNDERTIM).

[6] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Timor-Leste country brief, viewed 23 January 2013, <http://dfat.gov.au/geo/timor-leste/timor-leste-brief.html>.

[7] International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013, viewed 28 May 2013, <www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/index.aspx>; UN Statistics Department, World Statistics Pocketbook, viewed 27 May 2013, <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/pocketbook/PDF/2011/Timor-Leste.pdf>.

[8] IMF, World Economic Outlook: Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth, IMF, Washington DC, October 2012, p. 194.

[9] Ministry of Finance, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget, Book 1, p. 6, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.mof.gov.tl/>.

[10] Minister of State, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget of Timor-Leste unanimously approved, viewed 16 April 2013, <http://timor-leste.gov.tl/>; Ministry of Finance, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget, Book 5, p. 5, viewed 16 April 2013, <www.mof.gov.tl/>. Development Partners will provide a further US$12.9 million in loans for two on-going projects, bringing total Official Development Assistance in 2013 to US$216.3 million.

[11] Secretary of State for the Council of Ministers of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste predicted to be one of the top ten fastest growing economies for 2011, Statement issued 20 January 2011, viewed 18 January 2013, <www.timor-leste.gov.tl>.

[12] The final amount allocated to the Infrastructure Fund was reduced by $150 million to $604.4 million.

[13] Ministry of Finance, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget, Book 1, pp. 22–31, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.mof.gov.tl/>.

[14] Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia—Timor–Leste Maritime Arrangements, Fact Sheet, viewed 21 January 2013, < http://dfat.gov.au/geo/timor-leste/fs_maritime_arrangements.html>.

[15] Ministry of Finance, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget, Book 1, p. 7, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.mof.gov.tl/>.

[16] Minister of State, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget of Timor-Leste unanimously approved, viewed 16 April 2013, <http://timor-leste.gov.tl>; Ministry of Finance, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, 2013 State Budget, Book 1, p. 5, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.mof.gov.tl/>.

[17] United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Human Development Report 2013, UNDP, New York, 2011, p. 15, viewed 27 May 2013, <http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Summary.pdf>.

[18] AusAID submission to the JSCFADT inquiry into Australia’s relationship with Timor-Leste (Submission No. 22, p. 6).

[19] See: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Country statistics, viewed 20 January 2013, <www.unicef.org/statistics/index_countrystats.html>; ICF Macro, Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10, Ministry of Finance, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Calverton, Maryland, December 2010.

[20] UNMIT, Timor-Leste and the United Nations: Building on stability, 2012, viewed 23 January 2013, <http://unmit.unmissions.org/>.

[21] UNDP, Human Development Report 2011 — Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All, UNDP, New York, 2011, p. 164, viewed 20 January 2013, <http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2011/>.

[22] Secretariat of State for Vocational Training and Employment and the National Statistics Directorate, Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste Labour Force Survey 2010, p.viii, viewed 21 January 2013, <http://dne.mof.gov.tl/publications/index.htm>.

[23] Department of Defence, Defence Support to Timor-Leste, viewed 17 April 2013, <http://www.defence.gov.au/opspire/>.

[24] Following the Parliamentary elections held in 2012, Araújo was appointed Vice Prime Minister and Coordinator of Social Affairs. Vicente da Silva Guterres was elected President of the National Parliament.

[25] Biographical information obtained from The Freedom Collection, George W. Bush Institute, viewed 3 May 2013, <www.freedomcollection.org/>.

[26] The delegation understands that the Land Ownership Bill, which passed the Parliament, was vetoed by the President. A new proposal is intended to be presented to the Cabinet.

[27] PUN (National Unity Party).

[28] UNDERTIM (National Democratic Union of the Timorese Resistance)

[29] Following the Parliamentary elections held in 2012, Mr Nunes became Vice President of Commission B and Ms Maria Lurdes Martins de Sousa Bessa MP was elected its first woman President.

[30] The UN has published a Fact Sheet summarising UNMIT’s achievements, viewed 12 May 2013, <www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/past/unmit/>.

[31] On 16 April 2012 Taur Matan-Ruak (Major General José Maria Vasconcelos) was elected President of Timor-Leste.

[32] In 2011, 31 Timorese received scholarships to study in Australia through the Australian aid program. In June 2011, 15 Timorese commenced working on a pearl farm near Broome as part of a hospitality pilot program for a possible expansion of the Pacific Seasonal Worker Program. Since then a memorandum of understanding has been agreed with the Government of Timor-Leste and Australia is now receiving Timor-Leste’s seasonal workers in the hospitality and horticulture industries.

Chapter 3 Indonesia

[1] DFAT, Indonesia country brief, viewed 28 May 2013, <http://dfat.gov.au/geo/indonesia/indonesia_brief.html>.

[2] Secretariat General of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, A Point of View: The House of Representatives Work’s Mechanism, Jakarta, 2010, p. 29.

[3] The World Bank, Indonesia Economic Quarterly: Pressures mounting, Washington DC, March 2013, <www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/Indonesia/IEQ-MARCH-2013-English.pdf>, viewed 28 May 2013.

[4] Central Intelligence Agency, World Fact Book: Indonesia, viewed 29 May 2013, <www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html>.

[5] The World Bank, Indonesia Economic Quarterly: Pressures mounting, Washington DC, March 2013, p. 19, viewed 28 May 2013, <www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/Indonesia/IEQ-MARCH-2013-English.pdf>.

[6] Coordinating Ministry For Economic Affairs, Republic of Indonesia, Master Plan for the Acceleration and Expansion of Indonesia’s Economic Development 2011-2025, Jakarta, 2011, <www.depkeu.go.id/ind/others/bakohumas/bakohumaskemenko/PDFCompleteToPrint(24Mei).pdf>, viewed 29 May 2013.

[7] DFAT, About the IA-CEPA negotiations, viewed 30 May 2013, <http://www.dfat.gov.au/fta/iacepa/>.

[8] United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Human Development Report 2013, UNDP, New York, 2011, p. 15, viewed 27 May 2013, <http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Summary.pdf>.

[9] The World Bank, Indonesia Economic Quarterly: Pressures mounting, Washington DC, March 2013, p. 49, viewed 28 May 2013, <www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/Indonesia/IEQ-MARCH-2013-English.pdf>.

[10] AusAID, Why we give aid to Indonesia, viewed 27 May 2013, <www.ausaid.gov.au/countries/eastasia/indonesia/Pages/why-aid.aspx>; AusAID, Demographic and development statistics for Indonesia, viewed 27 May 2013, <www.ausaid.gov.au/countries/eastasia/indonesia/Pages/statistics-indonesia.aspx>.

[11] AusAID, Australia Indonesia Partnership Country Strategy 2008-13, viewed 27 May 2013, <www.ausaid.gov.au/Publications/Documents/aip_strat_2008-13_english.pdf>.

[12] JSCFADT, Australia’s Overseas Representation—Punching below our weight?, Report of the Inquiry into Australia’s Overseas Representation, 2012, p. 45.