Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 162, 26 November 2015, p. 1749.

[2]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 166, 3 December 2015, p. 1805.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No.134, 3 December 2015, pp 3624, 3626.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[5]        The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 November 2015, p. 5.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[7]        Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police v Zhao [2015] HCA 5.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 29.

[10]      Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, [1999] ATS 21, entry into force for Australia and generally 17 December 1999.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp 31-32.

[12]      Item 2 of Schedule 1 inserts a definition of 'accounting document' into the Dictionary of the Criminal Code.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 42.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 43.

[16]      Beqiri v R (2013) 37 VR 219, cited in the Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[17]      Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, Part 16.

[18]      Section 6 of the AML/CTF Act lists providers of designated services.

[19]      It is noted that this prohibition does not apply to the AUSTRAC CEO.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 45.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[22]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 46.

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 48.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp 6-7, 48.

[25]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.14 of 2015, 2 December 2015, pp 3-6. Tabled per Journals of the Senate, No.133, 2 December 2015, p. 3594.

[26]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.14 of 2015, 2 December 2015, p. 5.

[27]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.14 of 2015, 2 December 2015, pp 5-6.

[28]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.14 of 2015, 2 December 2015, p. 4.

Chapter 2 - Key issues and committee views

[1]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, pp 4-5; Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 6-9; Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Submission 8, pp 4-6; The Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association, Submission 10, pp 4-5; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, pp 1-4.

[2]        The AHRC advised that the right to a fair trial is guaranteed by Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and is a fundamental element of Australia's criminal justice system: Australian Human Rights Commissions, Submission 2, p. 4.

[3]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 6-7.

[4]        Australian Human Rights Commissions, Submission 2, p. 7; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 7.

[6]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 8.

[7]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 9.

[8]        The Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association, Submission 10, p. 5.

[9]        Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Submission 8, p. 3.

[10]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 8 (emphasis added).

[11]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, pp 8-9.

[12]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 6.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 3.

[14]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 4.

[15]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 6.

[16]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 9.

[17]      NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, pp 3-4.

[18]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 9; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, pp 4-5.

[19]      Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Submission 8, p. 4.

[20]      The Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association, Submission 10, p. 5; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, p. 5.

[21]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 6.

[22]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 7.

[23]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, pp 2-3.

[24]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 5.

[25]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 6.

[26]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 5.

[27]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 8.

[28]      NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 11, pp 5-6 (internal references omitted).

[29]      The Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association, Submission 10, p. 4.

[30]      The Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association, Submission 10, pp 3-4.

[31]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 27.

[32]      Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 2, p. 7.

[33]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 5.

[34]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 5-6.

[35]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 6.

[36]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 9.

[37]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, pp 5-6.

[38]      Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Submission 8, p. 7.

[39]      Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, Submission 8, pp 15-16.

[40]      Police Federation of Australia, Submission 4; Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5; Director of Public Prosecutions, State of Victoria, Submission 6.

[41]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, p. 2.

[42]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, p. 4.

[43]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, p. 5.

[44]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 2.

[45]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 3.

[46]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 10-11; Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers, Submission 7, pp 1-2.

[47]      Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Submission 1.

[48]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, pp 5-9.

[49]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 10-11; Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers, Submission 7, p. 2.

[50]      Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers, Submission 7, p. 2.

[51]      Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Submission 1, pp 1-2.

[52]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, pp 8-9.

[53]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 10.

[54]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 8.

[55]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 11.

[56]      Johnson Winter & Slattery Lawyers, Submission 7, p. 2.

[57]      Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Submission 1, p. 2.

[58]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, p. 9.

[59]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, pp 8-9.

[60]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 7.

[61]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 8.

[62]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 10.

[63]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 9.

[64]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 11.

[65]      Justice and International Mission Unit, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 5, p. 9.

[66]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 12.

[67]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 11-12.

[68]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 12.

[69]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 12, p. 12.

[70]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 2.