Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 119 – 18 March 2010, p. 3398.

[2]        The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, 'National Security Legislation Discussion Paper', Media Release, 12 August 2009.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 1.

[4]        The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 3.

[5]        The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 6.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010, p. 1.

CHAPTER 2 - Overview of the bills

[1]        Australian Law Reform Commission, Fighting Words: A Review of Sedition Laws in Australia, September 2006, Recommendations 10‑1 to 10-5; Security Legislation Review Committee (Sheller Committee), Report of the Security Legislation Review Committee, June 2006; and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Review of Security and Counter‑Terrorism Legislation, December 2006.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 5.

[3]        Items 15, 18, 20 and 28, respectively, of Schedule 1 of the NS Bill.

[4]        Item 35 of Schedule 1 of the NS Bill.

[5]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Inquiry into the Terrorist Organisation Listing Provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995, September 2007, Recommendation 6.

[6]        The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 4.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 13.

[8]        Item 3 of Schedule 2 of the NS Bill.

[9]        Items 7, 8, 11, 13‑18 and 19-23 of Schedule 2 of the NS Bill.

[10]      The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 4.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, pp 20-21.

[12]      Item 8 of Schedule 3 of the NS Bill.

[13]      Item 13 of Schedule 3 of the NS Bill.

[14]      Item 15 of Schedule 3 of the NS Bill; and Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 27.

[15]      Items 8-10 and 16 of Schedule 3 of the NS Bill.

[16]      The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 4.

[17]      Item 4 of Schedule 4 of the NS Bill.

[18]      The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 4. Also see Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 48.

[19]      Item 1 of Schedule 6 of the NS Bill. These provisions are similar to some existing state laws, for example, section 25A of the Bail Act 1978 (NSW) and section 16 of the Bail Act 1985 (SA).

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, p. 52.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010, pp 52-53.

[22]      These functions and limitations are identical to those currently set out in subsections 55(1)‑(2) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002, except that the LE Bill extends the functions to the AFP.

CHAPTER 3 - Key issues – National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

[1]        Attorney‑General's Department, Submission 12, p. 2; and http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Consultationsreformsandreviews_Nationalsecuritylegislation-publicconsultation_SubmissionstotheNationalSecurityLegislationPublicConsultation (accessed 14 May 2010).

[2]        Submission 11, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 10, p. 8.

[4]        Submission 22, p. 3. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 28; and Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, pp 49-52.

[5]        Submission 10, p. 9. Also see Law Society of NSW, Submission 23, p. 4.

[6]        Submission 18, p. 5.

[7]        Submission 13, p. 5.

[8]        Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 45.

[9]        Submission 12, p. 5.

[10]      Submission 12, pp 2-3. Also see the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 5.

[11]      Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, pp 45-46. Also see the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 5.

[12]      Submission 10, Attachment 2, p. 4. Also see Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 6; and Professor George Williams, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 26 for similar arguments.

[13]      Submission 17, p. 2. Also see Australian Law Reform Commission, Fighting Words: A Review of Sedition Laws in Australia, ALRC Report 104 (2006).

[14]      Submission 18, p. 33.

[15]      Submission 9, p. 3. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 2.

[16]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[17]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 7; Dr Patrick Emerton, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 29; and Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 17.

[18]      For example, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, Submission 9, p. 18; Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 14, p. 1; National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 7; and Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, pp 16-17.

[19]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 7; and Professor George Williams, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 23.

[20]      Submission 9, pp 4-5. Also see Liberty Victoria, Submission 8, p. 1; Law Council of Australia, Submission 22, p. 6; Mr Ed Santow, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 23; and Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 28 for similar views on existing legislation.

[21]      Submission 9, pp 6-7.

[22]      Submission 9, p. 18. Also see Dr Patrick Emerson, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, pp 32‑33.

[23]      Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 50.

[24]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 1.

[25]      Submission 14, p. 1.

[26]      Submission 22, p. 6.

[27]      For the full text of Article 19, see: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm (accessed 1 June 2010).

[28]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 35.

[29]      Proposed paragraphs 80.2A(1)(c), 80.2A (2)(c), 80.2B(1)(d) and 80.2B(2)(d) of the NS Bill.

[30]      Submission 18, pp 36-37. Also see Liberty Victoria, Submission 8, p. 2.

[31]      Proposed paragraphs 80.2A(1)(d) and 80.2B(1)(e) of the NS Bill.

[32]      Submission 9, p. 9.

[33]      Submission 8, p. 1.

[34]      Submission 5, p. 2. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 4; and Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, pp 19-20.

[35]      Submission 5, p. 2. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 4; and Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, pp 19-20.

[36]      Proposed paragraphs 80.2A(1)(a)-(b), 80.2A(2)(a)-(b), 80.2B(1)(a)-(b) and 80.2B(2)(a)-(b) of the NS Bill.

[37]      Submission 2, p. 6.

[38]      Submission 2, p. 6.

[39]      Submission 2, p. 6.

[40]      The Hon. Catherine Branson QC, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 10.

[41]      International Convention on All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 4. See: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm (accessed 2 June 2010).

[42]      Dr Katharine Gelber, Submission 5, pp 3-4.

[43]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[44]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[45]      Submission 6, p. 5.

[46]      Submission 13, p. 7.

[47]      Submission 22, p. 8. Also see Dr Patrick Emerton, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 29.

[48]      Submission 5, pp 2-3. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, pp 4-5; Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 10, p. 13; Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p.21; and Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 37.

[49]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 3 and p. 18. Also see Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 50.

[50]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Fighting Words: A Review of Sedition Laws in Australia, ALRC Report 104 (2006), Recommendations 12-1 and 12-2.

[51]      Submission 17, p. 3.

[52]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, pp 19-20.

[53]      Submission 9, p. 3. Also see Nicholas Petrie, Samuel Peirce, Samual Flynn, Claire Bongiorno, Patrick Magee, Louise Brown and Grace Jennings‑Edquist, Submission 20, p. 4.

[54]      Submission 10, p. 15. Also see Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 23.

[55]      Submission 2, p. 7. Also see Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 38; and Law Council of Australia, Submission 22, p. 8.

[56]      Submission 2, p. 9.

[57]      National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 7; and Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 41.

[58]      Submission 15, p. 24.

[59]      Submission 10, pp 17-18. Also see Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 25.

[60]      Submission 10, p. 19.

[61]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 5.

[62]      The Hon. Catherine Branson QC and Ms Bronwyn Byrnes, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 12.

[63]      Submission 18, p. 45.

[64]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 21.

[65]      Submission 10, p. 20.

[66]      Submission 14, p. 2. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 14.

[67]      Submission 9, pp 10-11.

[68]      Submission 13, p. 8.

[69]      The National Association of Community Legal Centres submitted that there should not be two separate categories of offences with different powers and safeguards: see Submission 13, p. 9. Also see Liberty Victoria, Submission 8, p. 2.

[70]      Submission 19, pp 1-2.

[71]      Submission 16, p. 4.

[72]      Submission 13, p. 9. Also see Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 21.

[73]      Submission 22, p. 17. Also see Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 3.

[74]      Submission 6, pp 19-21.

[75]      Answer to questions on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 5.

[76]      Submission 18, p. 15. Also see Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 26; and Law Council of Australia, Submission 22, p. 15.

[77]      Submission 18, p. 19; and the Hon. Catherine Branson QC, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 16. Also see Dr Katharine Gelber, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 18.

[78]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, pp 2-3.

[79]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 8. Also see Professor George Williams, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 23.

[80]      For example, Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 14, p. 2; and National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 9.

[81]      The Hon. John Clarke QC, Report of the Clarke Inquiry into the Case of Dr Mohamed Haneef (November 2008), Recommendation 3.

[82]      Submission 10, p. 30. Also see Liberty Victoria, Submission 8, pp 2-3; Nicholas Petrie, Samuel Peirce, Samual Flynn, Claire Bongiorno, Patrick Magee, Louise Brown and Grace Jennings‑Edquist, Submission 20, p. 3; and Mr Edward Santow, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 23.

[83]      Submission 15, pp 31-33.

[84]      Submission 9, p. 21. Also see National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 9.

[85]      Submission 6, p. 18.

[86]      Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 25.

[87]      Mr Ben Santamaria, Australian Federal Police Association, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, pp 33-34.

[88]      Mr Jonathan Hunt‑Sharman, Australian Federal Police Association, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 36; and Mr Ben Santamaria, Australian Federal Police Association, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 37.

[89]      Answer to questions on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 11. Also see Australian Federal Police, answer to questions on notice, received 4 June 2010, pp 2-3.

[90]      Commander Scott Lee, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 52.

[91]      Commander Scott Lee, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 46. Also see Australian Crime Commission, answer to questions on notice, received 1 June 2010, p. 1.

[92]      Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 53.

[93]      Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 52.

[94]      Answer to questions on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 4.

[95]      Answer to questions on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 10.

[96]      For example, Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 34; National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 10; and Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 25.

[97]      Submission 6, p. 22.

[98]      Submission 6, p. 25.

[99]      Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 23. Also see Human Rights Law Resource Centre and Amnesty International, Submission 15, p. 35; and Nicholas Petrie, Samuel Peirce, Samual Flynn, Claire Bongiorno, Patrick Magee, Louise Brown and Grace Jennings‑Edquist, Submission 20, p. 3.

[100]    Submission 10, p. 32.

[101]    Submission 22, p. 19. Also see Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 3; and the Law Society of NSW, Submission 23, pp 3-4.

[102]    Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 24. Also see Gilbert & Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 10, p. 31.

[103]    Mr Christopher Goldsmid, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 55. Also see the Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney‑General, House Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 4; Mr Ben Santamaria, Australian Federal Police Association, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 35; Commander Scott Lee, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 46; and Attorney‑General's Department, answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, pp 12-13 for similar arguments.

[104]    Submission 7, pp 1-2.

[105]    Submission 16, p. 5.

[106]    For example, Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 24.

[107]    For example, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, Submission 9, p. 21; National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 10; and Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 3.

[108]    Submission 22, p. 20.

[109]    Submission 18, p. 3.

[110]    Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 6.

[111]    Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 6.

[112]    For example, National Association of Community Legal Centres, Submission 13, p. 11.

[113]    For example, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University, Submission 9, p. 23.

[114]    Submission 10, p. 38. Also see Sydney Centre for International Law, Submission 6, p. 27 where the centre expressed concern with the NSI Act, including its strict criminal liability provisions.

[115]    Submission 10, pp 36-38; and Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 24.

[116]    Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, pp 3-4. Also see Law Council of Australia, Submission 22, p. 25.

[117]    Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 7.

CHAPTER 4 - Key issues – Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010

[1]        Submission 22, p. 30. Also see Police Federation of Australian, Submission 3, p. 1; Liberty Victoria, Submission 8, p. 4; Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, p. 50; and Australian Crime Commission, Submission 21, p. 3.

[2]        Australian Crime Commission, Submission 21, p. 3.

[3]        Attorney‑General's Department, Submission 12, p. 4.

[4]        Submission 3, p. 1.

[5]        Submission 8, p. 4.

[6]        For example, Australian Federal Police Association, Supplementary Submission 16, p. 3; and Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 18, pp 32 and 51.

[7]        For example, Dr Fergal Davis, Submission 1, p. 1; and Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 14, p. 3.

[8]        For example, Law Council of Australia, Submission 22, p. 30.

[9]        Proposed subsections 8(5) and 9(5) of the LE Bill.

[10]      Submission 22, p. 30.

[11]      Submission 22, p. 36.

[12]      Submission 18, p. 51.

[13]      Submission 22, pp 30-36.

[14]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 4.

[15]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 8 and p. 9.

[16]      Ms Laura Munsie, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 51.

[17]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, pp 7-8.

[18]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 8.

[19]      Answer to question on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 8.

[20]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Anti‑Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, paras 5.167-5.171.

[21]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Anti‑Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Recommendation 28. The committee also recommended extending the defence to include statements for journalistic, education, artistic, scientific, religious or public interest purposes which are largely reflected in the defence proposed in the NS Bill, except for a religious defence.

[22]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the Australian Crime Commission Amendment Act 2007, September 2008, Chapter 4 where the PJC‑ACC expressed concern with its ability to access information relevant to its oversight function.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY LIBERAL SENATORS

[1]        Commander Scott Lee, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 46.

[2]        Commander Scott Lee, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 46.

[3]        Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 48.

[4]        Ms Annette Willing, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 52.

[5]        Answer to questions on notice, received 3 June 2010, p. 4.

[6]        Answer to questions on notice, received 4 June 2010, p. 2.

[7]        Answer to questions on notice, received 1 June 2010, p. 1.

DISSENTING REPORT BY AUSTRALIAN GREENS

[1] Dr. Patrick Emerton, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 30.

[2] Dr. Patrick Emerton, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2010, p. 32.

[3] Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 10, p. 8.