QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Question No. 346)
Senator Ludlam asked the Minister representing the Minister for Trade, upon notice, on 13 December 2010: With reference to the publication dated 18 August 2010 on the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) website which states that EFIC had signed a 10 year $50 million loan agreement with Australian business Orica Limited, to support the construction of an industrial grade ammonium nitrate plant in Indonesia: Why were the social and environmental impacts of this large scale project not considered to be significant enough to have the project classified as a 'Category A' under the EFIC environment policy.