Second Reading Speeches

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021

Type
Government
Portfolio
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Assent
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991
to: enable Export Finance Australia to make equity investments, including to support infrastructure investments in the Indo-Pacific or export-linked projects in Australia; and provide Export Finance Australia with the ability to offer guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions without also needing to provide a loan to the same transaction.

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