Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
EM, p. 1, paragraph 1.
[2]
p. 3, paragraph 12.
Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill
[1] Most of the
text in this chapter is taken directly from the EM to the Bill, and the Second
Reading Speech.
[2]
The Bill enacts separate but identical provisions in relation to each of
the Tribunals. For this reason, on occasions, there will be a reference in the
report to 'the Tribunal'. A reference to 'the Tribunal' is a reference to
either the MRT or the RRT.
[3] Migration
Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report, http://www.mrt.gov.au/publications/ar0506/MRTRRTAR0506.pdf
[Accessed 19/12/06].
[4]
Migration Review Tribunal, www.mrt.gov.au/about.htm
[Accessed 8/12/06].
[5]
Migration Review Tribunal, www.mrt.gov.au/about.htm
[Accessed 8/12/06].
[6]
EM, p. 2.
[7]
pp 2-3.
[8]
p. 2.
[9]
Senate Hansard, 7 December 2006, pp 22-23.
[10]
Submission 13, p. 2.
[11]
Senator the Hon. Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs, Senate
Hansard, 7 December 2006, pp 2-3.
[12]
Proposed subparagraphs 359AA(b)(i) and 424AA(b)(i).
[13]
Proposed subparagraphs 359AA(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and proposed subparagraphs
424AA(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv).
Chapter 3 - Key issues
[1]
See, for example, Submission 11, p.2; see also HREOC, Committee
Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 12.
[2]
Submission 5, p. 12; see also Refugee Advice and Casework
Service, Submission 8, p. 5.
[3]
Submission by the International Law Section of the Law Council of
Australia to DIMA, Proposed Amendments to the Migration Act, 7 November 2006,
p. 4; see also Mr John Gibson, Refugee Council of Australia, Committee
Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 18 & 20.
[4]
Submission 3, p. 3.
[5]
Submission 3, p. 3; see also Mr Kerry Murphy, Australian
Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR), Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 4
& 7.
[6]
ALHR, Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 6-7 and p. 9; see
also HREOC, Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 15.
[7]
Submission 4, p. 14; see also Mr John Gibson, Refugee
Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 17.
[8]
See, for example, A Just Australia, Submission 3, p. 1;
Castan Centre, Submission 4, p. 14; Submission by the
International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia to DIMA, Proposed
Amendments to the Migration Act, 7 November 2006, p. 2.
[9]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 19.
[10]
Submission 13, p. 8.
[11]
Submission 5, p. 2; see also Mr Craig Lenehan, Australian
Lawyers for Human Rights, Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 2; Mr
Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner, HREOC, Committee Hansard, 31
January 2007, p. 12.
[12]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 29.
[13]
Submission 5, p. 7; see also Legal Aid Commission of NSW, Submission
7, p. 2; A Just Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.
[14]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 19-20.
[15]
Submission 8, p. 4; see also Legal Aid Commission of NSW, Submission
7, p. 3; ALHR, Submission 9, p. 6.
[16]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 20.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 26; see also Mr Graeme Innes
AM, HREOC, Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 12; Castan Centre, Submission
4, p. 18; Submission 6, p. 4.
[18]
Submission 7, p. 5.
[19]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 31.
[20]
SAAP v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs [2005] HCA 24 at 175 (18 May 2005).
[21] Submission
4, p. 18.
[22]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 11; see also Submission
5, p. 8.
[23]
Submission 5, p. 11; see also Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 12 & 15.
[24]
Submission 7, p. 4; see also Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 18.
[25]
Submission 13, p. 5.
[26]
Ms Michaela Byers, Submission 2, p. 3; see also HREOC, Submission
5, p. 4; RACS, Submission 8, p. 5.
[27]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 8.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 8.
[29]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 23.
[30]
Submission 13, pp 3-4.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 43.
[32]
Commonwealth of Australia, Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review
Tribunal Annual Report 2005-06, p. 29.
[33]
Submission 8, p. 4.
[34]
Submission 4, p. 17.
[35]
Submission 2, p. 1.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, pp 22 & 23.
[37]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 23.
[38]
Submission 12A, p. 2.
[39]
Submission 13, p. 5; see also Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 33.
[40]
Submission 2, p. 2; see also A Just Australia, Submission
3, p. 1; RACS, Submission 8, p. 3; Refugee and Immigration
Legal Centre, Submission 16, p. 4.
[41]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 13.
[42]
Submission 3, p. 4; see also RACS, Submission 8,
p. 3.
[43]
Submission 5, p. 6; see also FECCA, Submission 11,
p. 2.
[44]
Submission 14, p. 4.
[45]
Submission 5, p. 6.
[46]
See Senator the Hon. Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs, Senate
Hansard, 7 December 2006, p. 22.
[47]
Submission 9, pp 7-8.
[48]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 11; see also Submission by
the International Law Section of the Law Council of Australia to DIMA, Proposed
Amendments to the Migration Act, 7 November 2006, p. 3.
[49]
Submission 13, p. 7.
[50]
Committee Hansard, 31 January 2007, p. 13.