Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness and myself, the answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) Answering this would require an unreasonable diversion of resources.

(2) Answering this would require an unreasonable diversion of resources.

(3) Yes.

(4) Answers for each financial year are set out below:

2009-10

(a) 13

(b) 2 of 13 pieces of regulation passed.

  (i) 5 additional pieces of regulation passed:

- Charter of the United Nations (Dealing with Assets) Amendement Regulation 2010 (No.1)

- Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Eritrea) Regulations 2010;

- Charter of the United Nations (UN Sanction Enforcement Law) Amendment Declaration 2010 (No. 1);

- Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Liberia) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1);

- Australia-EU Security of Classified Information Agreement, tabled in Parliament on 12 May 2010.

  (i) 11 of 13 prices of regulation no passed:

- WTO Doha Round Negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Legislative amendment regarding simplifying and expanding EFIC's powers (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Negotiation of Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Negotiation of Australia-Japan Free Trade Agreement (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Negotiation of Australia-Korea Free Trade Agreement (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Negotiation of Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Scheme for accreditation of entities to issue Certificates of Origin under Australia's Free Trade Agreement (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- World Wine Trade Group Agreement on Labelling Requirements (tabled 15 June 2010, but entry force in Australia not until 1 June 2012);

- Negotiation of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (the final ACTA text did not require any changes to Australian laws);

- Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy).

- Australia-Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) Free Trade Agreement Negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy).

20010-11

(a) 8

(b) 6 of 8 pieces of regulation passed.

  (i) No additional pieces of regulation passed.

  (ii) 2 of 8 pieces of regulation not passed:

- WTO Doha Round Negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Amendment to the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 to simplify and expand EFIC's powers (in part 4 of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991) (deferred pending outcome of Productivity Commission review of export credit in Australia).

20011-12

(a) 4

(b) 2 of 4 pieces of regulation passed.

  (i) 3 additional pieces of regulation passed:

- Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Iran) (Export Sanctioned Goods) List Amendment Declaration 2011 (No. 1);

- Charter of the United Nations (Sanctions – Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Amendment Regulations 2011 (No. 2);

- Amendment to Annex 4-A of the United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA).

  (ii) 2 of 4 pieces of regulation not passed:

- WTO Doha Round Negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

- Australia's Free Trade Agreement negotiations (difficult to predict such regulatory change with accuracy);

20012-13

(a) 9

(b) Unable to comment – financial year still underway.

(5) No.

(6) Not applicable to this department.