Footnotes

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and other Legislation Amendment (Emergency response consolidation) Bill 2008

[1]        The following description of each schedule is summarised from the Explanatory Memorandum and Minister's second reading speech.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p.10.

[3]        Explanatory memorandum, p.12.

[4]        The report, Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle "Little Children are Sacred", may be viewed at http://www.nt.gov.au/dcm/inquirysaac/pdf/bipacsa_final_report.pdf .

[5]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Report on the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and four related bills concerning the Northern Territory National Emergency Response, August 2007.

[6]        Submission 6, p.2 (CLC).

[7]        Submission 9, p.i (Prof Altman).

[8]        Submission 12, p.4 Attachment (NLC).

[9]        Submission 15, p.9 (Laynhapuy Homelands Association) and Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.71 (Ms Mununggurr, Laynhapuy).

[10]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.38 and Submission 1, p.6 (Police Federation of Australia); Submission 4, p.7 (Law Council of Australia); Submission 5, p.3 (HRLRC); Submission 6, p.2 (CLC); Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.2 (Tangentyere Council) and pp.35, 39 (Prof Altman).

[11]      Submission 6, p.3 (CLC).

[12]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.38 (Mr Kelly, PFA) and Submission 1, p.6 (PFA).

[13]      Submission 9, pp.i, 2-3 Attachment (Prof Altman).

[14]      Submission 4, pp.7-8 (LCA).

[15]      Submission 12, p.1 (NLC) and Submission 6, p.3 (CLC).

[16]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.9 (Mr Tilmouth). Also Submission 12, p.5 (NLC) and Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.9 (Mr Levy), p.23 (Ms Havnen), p.71 (Mr Norton).

[17]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.10 (Mr Levy).

[18]      Submission 6, pp.3-4 (CLC). Also Submission 11, p.5 (SCIL); Submission 12, p.1 (NLC); Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.8 (Mr Tilmouth) and pp.35, 36 (Prof Altman).

[19]      Submission 4, p.9 (LCA)

[20]      Submission 10, p.1 (NT Government). Also Submission 12, p.3 (NLC).

[21]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.94 (Ms Edwards, FaHCSIA). A copy of this authorisation was provided to the Committee, see FaHCSIA Additional information 30.4.08, Instrument of Authorisation – Specified classes of persons to enter or remain on Aboriginal land, 10.10.2007.

[22]      Submission 12, Attachment, p.5 (NLC). Also Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.38 (Prof Altman).

[23]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, pp.25, 30 (Mr Toohey).

[24]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, pp.6, 8 (Mr Levy, NLC).

[25]      FaHCSIA Additional information 30.4.08, proposed ministerial authorisation.

[26]      See Guidelines for the Classification of Films and Computer Games made under the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995. The category X18+ is a special and legally restricted category which contains only sexually explicit material and RC is refused classification. X18+ is only legally available in the NT and ACT.

[27]      Submission 7, p.4 (Austar).

[28]      Submission 7, pp.5-6 and Additional information, 1.5.08, pp.3-4 (Austar).

[29]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.46 (Mr Kelly, PFA).

[30]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, pp.32-3 and Submission 7, Additional information 1.5.08 and 6.5.08 (Austar).

[31]      DBCDE Additional information, 6.5.08.

[32]      Submission 7, p.3 (Austar).

[33]      Submission 7, pp.7-9, Attachment 2 and Committee Hansard 29.4.08, pp.24-5, 27, 30 (Austar).

[34]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.101 (Dr Pelling, DBCDE).

[35]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.55 (Mr Wodak, NAAJA).

[36]      Little Children are Sacred, p.65.

[37]      ibid, p.199.

[38]      Submission 4, pp.4-5 (LCA); Submission 5, p.17 (HRLRC).

[39]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, pp.87-8 (Ms Morris, NT Department of Justice).

[40]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.106 (Ms Davies, Attorney-General's Department).

[41]      Submission 7, pp.2-3, 9 and Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.23 (Austar).

[42]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.103 (Ms Curran, FaHCSIA).

[43]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p. (Austar) and 30.4.08, p.108 (DBCDE). Also DBCDE Additional information, 6.5.08, Distinction between 'channel' and 'service' with regard to the 35% provision.

[44]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, pp.25-6 (Senator Humphries).

[45]      Submission 2, pp.1-2 (Festival of Light Australia).

[46]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.105 (Ms Edwards, FaHCSIA).

[47]      Submission 5, p.22 (HRLRC).

[48]      Submission 1, p.3 (Police Federation of Australia) and Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.41.

[49]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, pp.88-9 (Ms Morris, NT Department of Justice).

[50]      Submission 2, p.4 (Festival of Light Australia).

[51]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.47 (Mr Kelly, PFA).

[52]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.36 (Prof Altman).

[53]      Submission 6, p.6 (CLC). Also Submission 9, p.ii (Prof Altman); Submission 15, pp.10-11 (Laynhapuy Homelands Association); Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.2 (Tangentyere Council).

[54]      Submission 10, p.2 (NT Government). Also Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.37 (Prof Altman).

[55]      FaHCSIA Additional information, 6.5.08, Community Stores Licensing.

[56]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.83 (Major Gen. Chalmers).

[57]      Submission 4, p.9 (LCA) and Committee Hansard 29.4.08, pp.49-50 (Ms Webb and Mr Parmeter, LCA).

[58]      These obligations are found in a number of the major international human rights treaties to which Australia is a party, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD); and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)

[59]      Submission 5 (HRLRC).

[60]      Submission 11, p.5 (SCIL). Also Submission 13, p.4-5 (NAAJA).

Dissenting report by Liberal Senators

[1]        Submission 7, pp.8-9 (AUSTAR).

[2]        Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.24.

[3]        Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.25

[4]        Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, Report, Little Children are Sacred, April 2007, p.199.

[5]        Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.16 (Ms Havnen).

[6]        Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.54 (Mr Johnson, NAAJA).

[7]        Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.25 (Mr Toohey).

[8]        Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.25 (Mr Toohey).

[9]        Submission 2, p.5 (Festival of Light Australia).

[10]      Submission 18, p.1 (Mr Duell).

[11]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.3 (Mr Tilmouth).

[12]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.10.

[13]      Committee Hansard 29.4.08, p.9.

[14]      Committee Hansard 30.4.08, p.107 (Ms Edwards, FaHCSIA).

Minority report from the Australian Greens and the Australian Democrats

[1] Additional comments by the Australian Labor Party, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs report, August 2007.

[2] The initial budget appropriations for the intervention were made with an endpoint of 30 June 2008 with no provisions to roll over unallocated funds, and the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 has a five year sunset clause.

[3] Mal Brough, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, second reader, 21 June 2007

[4] Submission 4,Law Council of Australia, page 7

[5] Departmental Minute of 13^th March 2007, as presented in evidence to the committee.

[6] Anderson, P and Wild,R. Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle 'Little Children are Sacred' Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, 2007, p200.

[7] As pointed out in submission 4 by the Law Council of Australia, p6... and as spelt out in more detail in Chapter 3 Section 3 of the HREOC Social Justice Report 2007.

[8] Central Land Council, submission 6, p6

[9] Additional comments by the Australian Labor Party, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Report of Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) and four related bills concerning the Northern Territory National Emergency Response 2007, p37-47.

[10] Tom Calma, Social Justice Commissioner,  HREOC, Social Justice Report 2007, p 248

[11] - Budget 2008-09 Media Release, Jenny Macklin MP Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 13 May 2008. Note that the Budget Papers carried no reference to the independent review component mentioned in the release.

[12] Anderson, P and Wild,R. Little Children are Sacred Report 2007 (op cit)

[13] Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, 2007. http://snaicc.asn.au

[14] Combined Aboriginal Organisations, Proposed Emergency Response and Development Plan to protect children in the Northern Territory – A preliminary response to the Australian Government's proposals, CAO Darwin November 2007.

[15] Tom Calma, Social Justice Report 2007 (op. cit.)

[16] Community Partnership Agreements comprise Recommendation 13 of the Social Justice Report 2007 (op. cit.) and this concept is explored in more detail in Chapter 3 Section 4 of that report. This approach is consistent with that recommended by the Combined Aboriginal Organisations Emergency Response and Development Plan (op cit) and the nine principles of engagement outlined in the Little Children Are Sacred Report.