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Chapter 1 Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012

[1] Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[2] The Hon Nicola Roxon, Attorney-General, House of Representatives Hansard, 31 October 2012, p. 12736.

[3] Attorney-General, House of Representatives Hansard, 31 October 2012, p. 12736.

[4] S. Skehill, Strategic Review of Small and Medium Agencies in the Attorney-General’s Portfolio, January 2012, pp. 83-84.

[5] S. Skehill, Strategic Review of Small and Medium Agencies in the Attorney-General’s Portfolio, January 2012, p. 40.

[6] Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Seventh Report of 2012, <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=humanrights_ctte/reports/index.htm> accessed 11 December 2012.

[7] Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, First Report of 2013, <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=humanrights_ctte/reports/1_2013/index.htm>, accessed 7 February 2013.

[8] Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, <http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_legalcon> accessed 28 November 2012.

[9] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[10] 2012-13 Budget <http://www.budget.gov.au/2012-13/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-03.htm> accessed 20 December 2012.

[11] House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs <http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=spla/bill courts and tribunals/hearings.htm>.

Chapter 2 Schedule 1—National Native Title Tribunal

[1] Mr Warwick Soden OAM, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Court of Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[2] Mr Kym Duggan, Attorney-General’s Department, Mr Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal, and Mr Warwick Soden, Federal Court of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 1.

[3] Mr Graeme Neate, President, National Native Title Tribunal, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 1.

[4] Mr Soden OAM, Submission 1, pp. 5-6.

[5] Mr Soden OAM, Submission 1, p. 6.

[6] Mr Soden, Submission 1, p. 6; and Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 5.

[7] Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 5.

[8] Ms Stephanie Fryer-Smith, Native Title Registrar, National Native Title Tribunal, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 5.

[9] NTSCORP, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 10, p. 2.

[10] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[11] Mr Duggan, Attorney-General’s Department, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 3.

[12] Mr Neate, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, pp. 1-2.

[13] Mr Neate, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, pp. 2-3.

[14] Mr Warwick Soden OAM, Submission 1, p. 4.

[15] Mr Duggan, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 2.

[16] Mr Neate, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 2.

[17] NTSCORP, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 10, p. 2.

[18] NTSCORP, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 10, p. 2.

[19] Dr Mary Edmunds, Anthropological Consultant, Visiting Fellow, Research School of Humanities and the Arts, Australian National University, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 4.

[20] Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 5.

[21] Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 3.

[22] Joint Committee on Human Rights, Submission 3; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 7; and Dr Edmonds, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 7.

[23] Mr Duggan, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 1.

[24] Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 7, p. 2.

[25] Dr Edmunds, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 7.

[26] Mr Duggan, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 7.

[27] Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 6.

[28] Mr Neate, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 6.

[29] Mr Soden, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 6.

Chapter 3 Schedule 2—Family Court and Federal Circuit Court

[1] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[2] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[3] The submission of the Hon Diana Bryant AO, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (Administration) Bill 2012, noted that the Acting CEO of the Federal Magistrates Court commenced in that position on 25 November 2008, not 2009 as stated in paragraph 12 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Bill.

[4] Mr Richard Foster, Chief Executive Officer, Family Court of Australia and acting Chief Executive Officer, Federal Magistrates Court, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[5] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[6] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[7] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[8] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[9] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 11.

[10] Ms Susan Punster, Acting Assistant Secretary, Attorney-General’s Department, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 11.

[11] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[12] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 10.

[13] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 10.

[14] Attorney-General’s Department, Submission 2, p.4.

[15] The Hon Diana Bryant AO, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 1, pp. 2-9.

[16] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

[17] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

[18] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

[19] Community and Public Sector Union, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 2, pp. 1-2.

[20] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 8.

[21] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

[22] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

[23] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 10.

[24] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 9.

Chapter 4 General issues

[1] Attorney-General, House of Representatives Hansard, 31 October 2012, pp. 12736-38.

[2] Mr Soden OAM, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, p. 5.

[3] Mr Foster, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 20 November 2012, pp. 9-10.

[4] See <http://www.anao.gov.au/About-Us/Audit-Work-Program>.

[5] Section 8 (1) of the Public Accounts and Audit Act 1951 provides that the duties of the committee include: to determine the audit priorities of the Parliament and to advise the Auditor-General of those priorities.

[6] S. Skehill, Strategic Review of Small and Medium Agencies in the Attorney-General’s Portfolio, January 2012, pp. 40-41 and pp. 81-82.

[7] National Native Title Council, Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Submission 4, p. 5.

[8] Native Title Act 1993 section 209

[9] Australian Human Rights Commission, Native Title Report 2012, p. 38.

[10] 2012-13 Budget, Budget Paper No.2, Expense measures, Attorney-General’s Department <http://www.budget.gov.au/2012-13/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-03.htm> viewed 17 December 2012.