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| Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1] House of Representatives Standing Orders 222 (a) iii.

[2] House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 44, Consideration of Bills, 16 February 2012, p. 3.

[3] Hansard, House of Representatives, 13 February 2012, pp. 28-29.

[4] The Hon. Robert Katter MP, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, pp. 1-6.

[5] House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 44, Consideration of Bills, 16 February 2012, p. 3.

Chapter 2 Previous Parliamentary initiatives to scrutinise the treaty making process

[1] Odgers Senate Practice, http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/odgers/chap18. accessed 7 March 2012. (Hereafter referred to as ‘Odgers, Chapter 18’).

[2] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[3] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[4] Known colloquially as ‘The Tasmanian Dam Case’, http://www.envlaw.com.au/tasmanian_dam.html, accessed 15 March 2012.

[5] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[6] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[7] Senator Bourne, Second Reading Speech, Hansard, 31 May 1995.

[8] Glen Cranwell, ‘The Case for Parliamentary Approval of Treaties in Australia’, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol 8 Number 4, December 2001, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/cranwell84.html, accessed 16 March 2012.

[9] Glen Cranwell, ‘The Case for Parliamentary Approval of Treaties in Australia’, Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol 8 Number 4, December 2001, http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n4/cranwell84.html, accessed 16 March 2012.

[10] Trick or Treaty? Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties, November 1995, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=legcon_ctte/completed_inquiries/pre1996/treaty/report/index.htm accessed 15 March 2012.

[11] Austlii, Treaty Law Resources, “Senate - Legal and Constitutional References Committee Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties - Report Executive Summary” http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/reports/tortexs.html, accessed 16 July 2012.

[12] Austlii, Treaty Law Resources, “Senate - Legal and Constitutional References Committee Commonwealth Power to Make and Implement Treaties - Report Chapter 17 Recommendations”, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/reports/tort17.html, accessed 16 July 2012.

[13] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[14] House of Representatives, Hansard, 2 May 1996, p. 233.

[15] Hon Laurie Brereton MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 2 May 1996, p. 236.

[16] Odgers, Chapter 18.

[17] Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Voting on trade: The General Agreement on Trade in Services and an Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, 26 November 2003, Chapter 3, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=fadt_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/gats/report/index.htm, accessed 15 March 2012.

[18] See ‘Government Response’ http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=fadt_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/gats/index.htm, accessed 16 July 2012.

[19] Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET), Submission 6, pp. 6-7.

[20] Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, Report 95, Chapter 3, ‘The Australia Chile Free-Trade Agreement’, p. 35.

Chapter 3 Treaties Ratification Bill 2012

[1] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[2] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[3] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[4] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 2.

[5] Professor George Williams, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 2.

[6] Dr Anne Twomey, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 1.

[7] The Hon. Robert Katter MP, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 5.

[8] Dr Anne Twomey, Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, p. 2.

[9] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 3.

[10] Committee Hansard, 25 June 2012, pp. 3-4.

[11] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 5.

[12] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[13] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[14] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[15] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 6.

[16] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.

[17] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.

[18] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 4.

[19] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 4.

[20] Dr Anne Twomey, Submission 3, p. 7.