Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 70—27 November 2014, p. 1891.

[2]        House of Representatives Hansard, 22 October 2014, pp. 11670–11673 and House of Representatives Hansard, 27 November 2014, pp. 12437–13452.

[3]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 15 of 2014, 27 November 2014, Appendix 1.

[4]        See www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics

[5]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 15 of 2014,
19 November 2014, p. 27.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

Chapter 2 - Key provisions of the bill and issues raised

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.3.

[2]        It should be noted that members or groups of members with at least five per cent of the votes that may be cast at the general meeting have similar powers. Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.5.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.6.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, paragraphs 1.7 and 1.8.

[5]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[6]        Submission 5, p. [1].

[7]        Submission 9, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 9, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 11, p. 3.

[10]      Submission 10, p. 2.

[11]      Submission 10, p. [2].

[12]      Submission 3, p. 1.

[13]      Submission 14, p. [1].

[14]      Submission 14, p. [1].

[15]      Submission 6, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[17]      Submission 12, p. 1.

[18]      Submission 12, pp. 1–2.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.11.

[20]      Submission 4, Appendix p. 2.

[21]      Submission 12, p. 1.

[22]      The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) also supported this view, Submission 13.

[23]      Submission 13, p. 2.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.8.

[25]      See, for example, Submission 10.

[26]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[27]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[28]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[29]      Submission 10, p. 2.

[30]      Submission 13, p. 2. See also CAANZ, Submission 4, p. 2; and FSC, Submission 10, p. 2.

[31]      Submission 8, p. 1.

[32]      Submission 8, p. 1.

[33]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[34]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[35]      Submission 10, p. 2. See also the Law Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[36]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.1[a].

[37]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.2[b].

[38]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.1[b].

[39]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.3.

[40]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.4.

[41]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 2.4.

[42]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraphs 2.7 and 2.8.

[43]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraphs 2.5 and 2.9.

[44]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[45]      Submission 9, p. 3. See also the submissions made by the Law Council, Submission 11, p. 1; and OM, Submission 12, p. 2.

[46]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[47]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[48]      Submission 14, p. [2].

[49]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[50]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[51]      Submission 11, p. 1.

[52]      Submission 14, p. 2.

[53]      Submission 5, p. 1.

[54]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 3.11.

[55]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 3.10.

[56]      Submission 11, p. 5; Submission 4, p. 1.

[57]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[58]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 4.3.

[59]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 4.5.

[60]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[61]      See, for example, the Law Council, Submission 11, p. 1.

[62]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 5.3.

[63]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 5.4.

[64]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 5.5.

[65]      See, for example, Law Council, Submission 11, p. 5.

[66]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 6.7.

[67]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[68]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[69]      Department of the Treasury, answer to question on notice, No. 1, see appendix 2 to this report.

[70]      Submission 2, p. [1].

[71]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[72]      Submission 3, p. 2.

Dissenting Report by Senator Nick Xenophon

[1]        The Australia Institute, Submission 8, p. 1.

[2]        GetUp!, Tell Woolworths: Stop Gambling With Our Lives, available at: https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/core-member-pokies-reform/1-120-solution/tell-woolworths-stop-gambling-with-lives, accessed 10 February 2015.

[3]        Peter R Graham QC, Submission 1, p. 1.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[5]        The Australia Institute, Submission 8, p. 2.