Chapter 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 137, 6 December 2018, p. 4479.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[3]        Migration Act 1958, s 257A; Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 1.

[4]        House of Representatives Hansard, 29 November 2018, p. 11981.

[5]        Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018, proposed ss. 46(2B).

[6]        Migration Amendment (Streamlining Visa Processing) Bill 2018, proposed ss. 46(2A).

[7]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: Report 1 of 2019, 12 February 2019, pp. 40–41.

[8]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: Report 1 of 2019, 12 February 2019, pp. 41–43.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 15.

[11]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2018, 5 December 2018, p. 26.

[12]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2018, 5 December 2018, p. 27.

[13]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2018, 5 December 2018, p. 28.

[14]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration Amendment (Strengthening Biometrics Integrity) Bill 2015 [Provisions], June 2015.

[15]      Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015, s. 10, item 20.

[16]      See Ministerial responses, the Hon. David Coleman MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, 30 January 2019, Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2019, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Scrutiny_of_Bills/Scrutiny_Digest (accessed 15 February 2019).

[17]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2019, 13 February 2019, pp. 60–61.

[18]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp. 2, 3.

[19]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[20]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[21]      House of Representatives Hansard, 29 November 2018, p. 11981.

[22]      House of Representatives Hansard, 29 November 2018, p. 11982.

[23]      Department of Home Affairs, Submission 4, p. 6.

[24]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[25]      Department of Home Affairs, Submission 4, p. 4.

[26]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[27]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: Report 1 of 2019, 12 February 2019, pp. 40–43.

[28]      Department of Home Affairs, Submission 4, p. 5.

[29]      See discussion earlier in this report; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2018, 5 December 2018, pp. 26–28.

[30]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 4.

[31]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 4.

[32]      Department of Home Affairs, Submission 4, p. 5.

[33]      Legal Services Commission of South Australia, Submission 1; Mr Melville Miranda, Submission 2; Department of Home Affairs, Submission 4.

Australian Greens Dissenting Report

[1]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[2]        See paragraph 1.9 of committee report; Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: Report 1 of 2019, 12 February 2019, p. 41.

[3]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report: Report 1 of 2019, 12 February 2019, p. 43.

[4]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[5]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 4.