Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 51, 10 August 2017, p. 1657.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 8 of 2017, 10 August 2017, p. 1 and appendix 1.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 2 and 5.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[6]        Australian Border Force Act 2015 (ABF Act), ss. 4(1) and 4(4).

[7]        ABF Act, ss. 42(2).

[8]        ABF Act, s. 43.

[9]        ABF Act, s. 44 and 46.

[10]      ABF Act, s. 45 and 46.

[11]      ABF Act, s. 47.

[12]      ABF Act, s. 48.

[13]      ABF Act, s. 49.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[17]      The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs.

[18]      Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No. 9 of 2017, August 2017, pp. 1–4.

[19]      Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No. 10 of 2017, September 2017, pp. 29–36.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[22]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 16.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[3]        Refugee Legal, Submission 5, pp. 3–5; Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 3; Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 9; Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (Kaldor Centre), Submission 12, p. 2; Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 13, p. 6.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[5]        The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Proof Hansard, 9 August 2017, p. 8.

[6]        The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Proof Hansard, 9 August 2017, p. 8; Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[7]        Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 10, pp. 1 and 2.

[8]        OAIC, Submission 10, pp. 1 and 2.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 28.

[10]      AHRC, Submission 13, p. 16.

[11]      AHRC, Submission 13, p. 16.

[12]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 3–7; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2; Refugee Legal, Submission 5, p. 4; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 13–22; Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 10.

[13]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, pp. 17–18.

[14]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 5; Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.

[15]      Refugee Advice & Casework Service, Submission 6, p. 2; Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 3, Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 4.

[16]      Refugee Advice & Casework Service, Submission 6, p. 2.

[17]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[18]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 5.

[19]      AHRC, Submission 13, pp. 16 and 17.

[20]      AHRC, Submission 13, pp. 18 and 19.

[21]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 5; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 19.

[22]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 12 and 13.

[23]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 23.

[24]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 4; AHRC, Submission 13, pp. 21–23.

[25]      AHRC, Submission 13, pp. 21–23.

[26]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, pp. 3–4; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 22; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[27]      AHRC, Submission 13, pp. 22 and 23.

[28]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2 ; Rural Australians for Refugees, Submission 2, p. 2.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13.

[30]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 3.

[31]      AHRC, Submission 13, p. 23.

[32]      Rural Australians for Refugees, Submission 2, p 2.

[33]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 6.

[34]      Refugee Advice & Casework Service, Submission 6, pp. 1–2.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 23.

[36]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 24.

[37]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 29.

[38]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 22; Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, pp. 3–5.

[39]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2, Rural Australians for Refugees, Submission 2, p. 2; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 23.

[40]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 5.

[41]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 11, 12, 14 and 15.

[42]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, pp. 6 and 12; NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL), Submission 4, p. 3.

[43]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 20.

[44]      NSWCCL, Submission 4, p. 3.

[45]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 12.

[46]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[47]      AHRC, Submission 13, p. 26.

[48]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 5.

[49]      AHRC, Submission 13, p. 26.

[50]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 13.

[51]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 27.

[52]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 16.

[53]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 1–2; Refugee Legal, Submission 5, pp. 4–6.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 27.

[55]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on notice ABPI/002, 8 September 2017 (received 11 September 2017), p. 1.

[56]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on notice ABPI/002, 8 September 2017 (received 11 September 2017), p. 2; The committee notes that the department provided a third example of this power, regarding an 'emergency determination of serious drugs and precursors to be a border controlled drug, plant or precursor which are subject to offences in the [Criminal Code]', but that this relates to a Ministerial decision, rather than a decision made by a Departmental Secretary.

[57]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 14; Refugee Legal, Submission 5, pp. 4–6.

[58]      Refugee Legal, Submission 5, p. 4.

[59]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, pp. 6 and 14.

[60]      NSWCCL, Submission 4, p.  Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 2; Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 5; Refugee Legal, Submission 5, p. 4.

[61]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 20.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, pp. 25, 28 and 29.

[63]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 25.

[64]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 2; NSWCCL, Submission 4, p. 3.

[65]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1, p. 2; NSWCCL, Submission 4, p. 3, Refugee Legal, Submission 5, p. 6; Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 5.

[66]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 1; Rural Australians for Refugees, Submission 2; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 3; NSWCCL, Submission 4; Refugee Legal, Submission 5; Refugee Advice & Casework Service, Submission 6; Save the Children Australia, Submission 7; Law Council of Australia, Submission 8; Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Submission 9; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 11; Kaldor Centre, Submission 12; AHRC, Submission 13.

[67]      Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 19.

[68]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 25.

[69]      Mr Jason Russo, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Strategic Policy Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 23

[70]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 8; Dr Joyce Chia, Refugee Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 6.

[71]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, pp. 3 and 5.

[72]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[73]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 11.

[74]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 19–21; OAIC, Submission 10, p. 3.

[75]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[76]      OAIC, Submission 10, pp. 3–4.

[77]      OAIC, Submission 10, pp. 3–4.

[78]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 15.

[79]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 10; Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, p. 3; AHRC, Submission 13, p. 14.

[80]      Save the Children Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[81]      Kaldor Centre, Submission 12, pp. 5 and 6; Dr Joyce Chia, Refugee Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 3.

[82]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 19.

[83]      Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Submission 9; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 11; Dr Barri Phatarfod, Doctors for Refugees, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, pp. 7–15.

[84]      Dr Barri Phatarfod, Doctors for Refugees, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 7.

[85]      Determination of Immigration and Border Protection Workers – Amendment No. 1, 30 September 2017.

[86]      Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Submission 9; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Submission 11; Dr Barri Phatarfod, Doctors for Refugees, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 7.

[87]      Ms Pip de Veau, First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 18.

[88]      Committee Hansard, 8 September 2017, p. 21.

[89]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.