Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 8 February 2012, p. 2058.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 9 February 2012, p. 2089.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, 28 February 2012, p. 2138.

[4]        Migration Act, subsection 233A(1).

[5]        Subsection 236(5) provides the definition for 'a conviction for a repeat offence'.

[6]        The committee considered these amendments as part of the Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 [Provisions] inquiry. The committee's report is available at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Completed%20inquiries/2008-10/antipeoplesmuggling/index, (accessed 6 March 2012).

[7]        Second Reading Speech, Proof Senate Hansard, 8 February 2012, p. 69.

[8]        Existing section 236A of the Migration Act provides for the discharge of offenders without proceeding to conviction for certain offences. This section would be unchanged by the Bill.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Submission 3, p. 1.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 20, p. 2.

[4]        Professor George Williams, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 9.

[5]        For example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre for Public Law, Submission 1, p. 2; Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19, p. 4.

[6]        Submission 3, pp 1, 5.

[7]        Submission 7, p. 10.

[8]        Submission 17, p. 3.

[9]        Submission 17, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[11]      Submission 7, p. 9.

[12]      Submission 14, p. 3.

[13]      Submission 14, p. 3.

[14]      For example, Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19, p. 4.

[15]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[16]      For example, Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 18, pp 1-2.

[17]      Submission 19, p. 4.

[18]      Ms Catherine Branson QC, President, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 7.

[19]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 2.

[20]      For example, Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, pp 7-8; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 12, p. 1.

[21]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[23]      Ms Catherine Branson QC, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 7.

[24]      Submission 6, p. 3. Also see, Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19, p. 7.

[25]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 3.

[26]      Mr Phillip Boulten SC, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 1.

[27]      Submission 7, p. 9.

[28]      Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Report No. 1 of 2002, p. 16.

[29]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[30]      Submission 17, p. 3.

[31]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[32]      Submission 7, p. 13 (emphasis in original).

[33]      Submission 7, p. 13.

[34]      For example, Legal Aid WA, Submission 5, pp 2-3; Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 5; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 12, p. 1; Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19, p. 5.

[35]      Submission 7, p. 5.

[36]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[38]      Submission 11, p. 2.

[39]      Submission 11, pp 2-3.

[40]      For example, Ms Bassina Farbenblum, Submission 3, p. 5; Legal Aid WA, Submission 5,
pp 3-4; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 6, p. 2; Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, pp 10-12; Amnesty International Australia, Submission 10, p. 3; Judicial Conference of Australia, Submission 11, p. 3; Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Submission 15, pp 2-3; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 18, p. 2.

[41]      Submission 3, p. 5.

[42]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 14, pp 2-3; Attorney-General's Department, Submission 17, p. 4.

[43]      Submission 14, p. 3; also see Attorney-General's Department, Submission 17, p. 4.

[44]      Submission 14, pp 2-3.

[45]      Mr Iain Anderson, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 13.

[46]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Response to Questions on Notice, provided 23 March 2012.

[47]      Submission 7, p. 8; see also Legal Aid WA, Submission 5, p. 1.

[48]      Submission 20, p. 7.

[49]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[50]      For example Legal Aid Western Australia, Submission 5, pp 2-3; Legal Aid NSW, Submission 20, p. 9.

[51]      Submission 19, p. 8.

[52]      Submission 20, p. 9.

[53]      Mr Iain Anderson, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 16.

[54]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Response to Questions on Notice, provided 23 March 2012. The CDPP noted that, in addition to prosecution costs, the figures provided to the committee include the additional costs of: CDPP liaison with various agencies; national and regional coordination of the office's people smuggling work; and the provision of law reform assistance and involvement in inquiries relating to people smuggling issues.

[55]      For example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 1, p. 3; Human Rights Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 8; Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 13, p. 1.

[56]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[57]      Submission 8, p. 8.

[58]      Submission 11, p. 1.

[59]      For example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 1, pp 3-5; Ms Bassina Farbenblum, Submission 2, p. 2; Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 4, p. 3; Human Rights Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 7; Human Rights Law Centre, Submission 9, p. 1; Amnesty International Australia, Submission 10, p. 2; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 12, p. 1.

[60]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[61]      Submission 4, pp 4-5.

[62]      Submission 4, p. 5.

[63]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[64]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[65]      Submission 1, pp 4-5.

[66]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[67]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[68]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[69]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[70]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[71]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[72]      Submission 3, p. 4.

[73]      For example, Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 4, pp 5-6. Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 7; Human Rights Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 8. 

[74]      Submission 10, p. 3; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Issue Paper on the Smuggling of Migrants by Sea, 2011, p. 30, available at: http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Migrant-Smuggling/Issue-Papers/Issue_Paper_-_Smuggling_of_Migrants_by_Sea.pdf (accessed 2 March 2012).

[75]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[76]      Submission 4, p. 6.

[77]      Submission 4, p. 6; see also Amnesty International Australia, Submission 10, p. 4.

[78]      Ms Catherine Branson QC, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 7.

[79]      Submission 6, p. 4. 

[80]      Mr Phillip Boulten, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 2.

[81]      Ms Catherine Branson QC, President, Australian Human Rights Commission, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 7.

[82]      Mr Phillip Boulten, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 2.

[83]      Professor George Williams, Gilbert and Tobin Centre for Public Law, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 10.

[84]      Submission 19, p. 4.

[85]      Mr Phillip Boulten, Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 2.

[86]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011, November 2011, p. 19.

DISSENTING REPORT BY  SENATOR HANSON-YOUNG

[1]        Legal Aid NSW, Submission 20, p. 2.

[2]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 4, pp 4-5.

[3]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[4]        Evidence given in the 2012 Senate Inquiry into the Crimes Act Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011.

[5]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 17, p. 2.

[6]        Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 14, p. 3.

[7]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 9.

[8]        Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 14, p. 3.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 2.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 3.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 16 March 2012, p. 7.

[12]      Legal Aid WA, Submission 5, p. 4.

[13]      D. Ritchie, Does Imprisonment Deter? A Review of the Evidence, Sentencing Advisory Council (Vic) 2011, p. 2, in Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19.

[14]      Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 19, p. 7.

[15]      Judicial Conference of Australia, Submission 11, pp 2-3.

[16]      Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 1, p. 3.