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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       House of Representatives Standing Orders 222 (a) iii.

[2]       House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 44, Consideration of Bills, 16 February 2012, p. 3.

[3]       Hansard, House of Representatives, 13 February 2012, pp. 28-29.

[4]       The Hon. Robert Katter MP, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, pp. 1-6.

[5]       House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 44, Consideration of Bills, 16 February 2012, p. 3.

Chapter 2 Previous Parliamentary initiatives to scrutinise the treaty making process

[1]       Odgers Senate Practice, http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/odgers/chap18. accessed 7 March 2012.  (Hereafter referred to as ‘Odgers, Chapter 18’).

[2]       Odgers, Chapter 18.

[3]       Odgers, Chapter 18.

[4]       Known colloquially as ‘The Tasmanian Dam Case’, http://www.envlaw.com.au/tasmanian_dam.html, accessed 15 March 2012.

[5]       Odgers, Chapter 18.

[6]       Odgers, Chapter 18.

[7]       Senator Bourne, Second Reading Speech, Hansard, 31 May 1995.

[8]       Glen Cranwell, ‘The Case for Parliamentary Approval of Treaties in Australia’, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol 8 Number 4, December 2001, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/cranwell84.html, accessed 16 March 2012.

[9]       Glen Cranwell, ‘The Case for Parliamentary Approval of Treaties in Australia’, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol 8 Number 4, December 2001, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/cranwell84.html, accessed 16 March 2012.

[10]     Trick or Treaty? Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties, November 1995, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=legcon_ctte/completed_inquiries/pre1996/treaty/report/index.htm accessed 15 March 2012.

[11]     Austlii, Treaty Law Resources, “Senate - Legal and Constitutional References Committee Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties - Report  Executive Summary” http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/reports/tortexs.html, accessed 16 July 2012.

[12]     Austlii, Treaty Law Resources, “Senate - Legal and Constitutional References Committee Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties - Report Chapter 17 Recommendations”, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/reports/tort17.html, accessed 16 July 2012.

[13]     Odgers, Chapter 18.

[14]     House of Representatives, Hansard, 2 May 1996, p. 233.

[15]     Hon Laurie Brereton MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 2 May 1996, p. 236.

[16]     Odgers, Chapter 18.

[17]     Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Voting on trade: The General Agreement on Trade  in Services and an Australia-US  Free Trade Agreement, 26 November 2003, Chapter 3, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=fadt_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/gats/report/index.htm, accessed 15 March 2012.

[18]     See ‘Government Response’ http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=fadt_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/gats/index.htm, accessed 16 July 2012.

[19]     Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET), Submission 6, pp. 6-7.

[20]     Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 95, Chapter 3, ‘The Australia Chile Free-Trade Agreement’, p. 35.

Chapter 3 Treaties Ratification Bill 2012

[1]       Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[2]       Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[3]       Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[4]       Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[5]       Professor George Williams, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 2.

[6]       Dr Anne Twomey, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 1.

[7]       The Hon. Robert Katter MP, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 5.

[8]       Dr Anne Twomey, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 2.

[9]       Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 3.

[10]     Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, pp. 3-4.

[11]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 5.

[12]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[13]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[14]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[15]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[16]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.

[17]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.

[18]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 4.

[19]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 4.

[20]     Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.

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