No Amendment to Efic Act without Meaningful Reform

(Jubilee Australia, Sydney, 17 January 2017) Jubilee Australia has demanded that no expansion of Efic’s mandate be allowed unless the institution improves its transparency and due diligence. Jubilee’s concerns, summed up in an article in the Guardian today, said that any changes to the Efic Act should include better transparency and accountability with regard to its social and environmental assessment processes and a removal of its exemption from the freedom of information act. The demands were made in a joint submission with the Australia Institute to a Senate Inquiry into proposed reforms to Efic.