Footnotes

Footnotes

Chapter 2 - The Bill

[1]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(1).

[2]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 7(1).

[3]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 8.

[4]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(1).

[5]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(2).

[6]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[7]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[8]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[9]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[10]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[11]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 10.

[12]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 11.

[13]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 12.

[14]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 13.

[15]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 14(1).

[16]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 14(2).

[17]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 14(3).

[18]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 14(4).

[19]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclauses 14(5) and 14(6).

[20]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 15.

[21]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 16(1).

[22]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 16(2).

[23]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 16(3).

[24]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 17.

[25]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 18.

Chapter 3 - Examination of Evidence

[1]           Second Reading Speech, Senator V. Bourne, 6 September 2000, Senate Hansard, p 17,457.

[2]           Mercy Foundation, Submission No. 18.

[3]           Institute of Public Affairs, Submission No. 43, p 1.

[4]           Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 165.

[5]           Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 158.

[6]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(1).

[7]           Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission No. 1, p 2.

[8]           Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 11.

[9]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 4.

[10]         Constitution, section 51(xx).

[11]         R v Trade Practices Tribunal; Ex parte St George County Council (1974) 130 CLR 533.

[12]         R v Federal Court of Australia; Ex parte WA National Football League (1979) 143 CLR 190.

[13]         Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 79.

[14]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 4.

[15]         Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 121.

[16]         Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 122.

[17]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(1).

[18]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 14.

[19]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 14.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 51.

[21]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 64.

[22]         Corporations Law, section 45A.

[23]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 68.

[24]         CPA Australia, Submission No. 29, p 1.

[25]         Community Aid Abroad, Submission 10, p 24.

[26]         Amnesty International Australia, Submission No 7, p 7.

[27]         Fair Wear Campaign, Submission No. 35, p 3.

[28]         Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 85.

[29]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 12(2).

[30]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 4.

[31]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 14.

[32]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 9.

[33]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 9.

[34]         BHP, Submission No. 39, p 1.

[35]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 4.

[36]         Australian Courts Act 1828 (UK), section 24.

[37]         Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 (England).

[38]         Somersett’s Case (1772) (Lafft’s Rep., 1; 20 Howell’s State Trials, 79).

[39]         Dred Scott v Sandford 60 U.S. 393 (1856).

[40]         For example, the Treaty of Bogue (8 October 1843) between the United Kingdom and Chinese Empire required British subjects in China to be subject to English law and never to Chinese law.

[41]         Albert Venn Dicey, A Digest of the Law of England: with Reference to the Conflict of Laws, second edition, 1908.

[42]         Macleod v Attorney-General of New South Wales [1891] AC 455.

[43]         Macleod v Attorney-General of New South Wales [1891] AC 455.

[44]         Australia Act 1986 (Cth), subsection 2(1).

[45]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 29.

[46]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 166.

[47]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 29.

[48]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 32.

[49]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 16.

[50]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 159.

[51]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 49.

[52]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 32.

[53]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, pp 170-171.

[54]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 29.

[55]         Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 28 May 1942, p 1792.

[56]         Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 28 May 1942, p 1792.

[57]         Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, 28 May 1942, p 1798.

[58]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 16.

[59]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 162.

[60]         Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Submission No. 36, p 47.

[61]         Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Submission No. 36, p 48.

[62]         Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Submission No. 36, p 48.

[63]         Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University, Submission No. 36, p 48.

[64]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 29.

[65]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 47.

[66]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 68.

[67]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[68]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[69]         BHP, Submission No. 39, p 1.

[70]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[71]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[72]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[73]         Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 7.

[74]         British South Africa Co v Companhia de Mocambique [1893] AC 602.

[75]         Dagi, Shackles, Ambetu and Maun v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and Another [1997] 1 VR 428 at 441.

[76]         Dagi, Shackles, Ambetu and Maun v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and Another [1997] 1 VR 428 at 441.

[77]         Dagi, Shackles, Ambetu and Maun v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and Another [1997] 1 VR 428 at 441.

[78]         Dagi, Shackles, Ambetu and Maun v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and Another [1997] 1 VR 428 at 451.

[79]         Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 64 ALR 606.

[80]         Jurisdiction of Courts (Foreign Land) Act 1989 (NSW), section 3.

[81]         Jan McDonald and Letizia Raschella, ‘The Domestic Liability of Australian Mining Companies for International Environmental Harm’, in Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Yearbook:  2000, Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association Limited, 2000, p 41.

[82]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 165.

[83]         St Pierre v South American Stores [1936] 1 KB 383.

[84]         Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197.

[85]         Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 at 247.

[86]         Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 at 239 and 252.

[87]         Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 at 254.

[88]         Breavington v Godleman (1988) 169 CLR 41.

[89]         Breavington v Godleman (1988) 169 CLR 41 at 110-111.

[90]         Dagi, Shackles, Ambetu and Maun v The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd and Another [1997] 1 VR 428 at 441 at 454.

[91]         See report at www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/02/16/p1s1.htm.

[92]         See company statement at www.oktedi.com/overview/overview.htm.

[93]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 7(1).

[94]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 8(1).

[95]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 8(2).

[96]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 8(2).

[97]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[98]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 6.

[99]         Ex parte H.V. McKay (1907) 2 C.A.R. 1.

[100]       Australian Manufacturers Workers Union, Submission No. 9, p 4.

[101]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 10(1).

[102]       Melbourne Practitioners of Falun Dafa, Submission No. 5, p 1.

[103]       Church of The New Faith v Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax (Vic) (1983) 154 CLR 120.

[104]       Church of The New Faith v Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax (Vic) (1983) 154 CLR 120 at 136.

[105]       Adelaide Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 116.

[106]       Adelaide Company of Jehovah’s Witnesses Inc v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 116 at 149-150.

[107]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 11.

[108]       Australia Tibet Council, Submission No. 19, p 4.

[109]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 17.

[110]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 12(1).

[111]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 13(1).

[112]       Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), subsection 52(1).

[113]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 136.

[114]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 136.

[115]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 136.

[116]       John Nevill, Submission No. 42, p 1.

[117]       Tim Connor, Submission No. 2, p 3.

[118]       Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[119]       Australian Institute of Corporate Citizenship, Submission No. 8, p 18.

[120]       Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[121]       Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[122]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(2).

[123]       Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[124]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 14(2).

[125]       Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[126]       Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[127]       CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accoutants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[128]       CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accoutants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[129]       CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accoutants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[130]       CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accoutants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[131]       Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, Submission No. 3, p 2.

[132]       Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 156.

[133]       Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 159.

[134]       Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, Submission No. 3, p 2.

[135]       Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 47.

[136]       CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accoutants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[137]       Environmental Defender’s Office Ltd, Submission No. 14, p 5.

[138]       Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 16(3).

[139]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 111.

[140]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 73.

[141]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 74.

[142]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 98.

[143]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 116.

[144]       Australian Institute of Corporate Citizenship, Submission No. 8, p 12.

[145]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 108.

[146]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 114.

[147]       Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 114.

[148]       For Example, Amnesty International Australia, Submission No 7, pp 6 and 7.

Chapter 4 - Conclusions and Recommendations

[1]           Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 63.

[2]           Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 154.

[3]           Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 79.

[4]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(1).

[5]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 12(2).

[6]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 4.

[7]           Committee Hansard, 15 March 2001, p 121.

[8]           Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 3(1).

[9]           Committee Hansard, 14 March 2001, p 69.

[10]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 8(2).

[11]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 9(3).

[12]         Ex parte H.V. McKay 2 C.A.R. 1 (the Harvester case).

[13]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 10(1).

[14]         Melbourne Practitioners of Falun Dafa, Submission No. 5.

[15]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, subclause 13(1).

[16]         Australian Institute of Corporate Citizenship, Submission No. 8, p 18.

[17]         Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission No. 30, p 2.

[18]         CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Submission No. 31, p 2.

[19]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 15.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 156.

[21]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clauses 14 and 15.

[22]         Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clauses 16 and 17.

[23]         Environmental Defender’s Office Ltd, Submission No. 14, p 5.

[24]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 165.

[25]         Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 159.

[26]         William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, scene III; referred to by Henry Bosch, Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 160.

Australian Democrats Minority Report on the Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000 by Senator Andrew Murray

[1] Mr Maitland, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS 102.

[2] Castan Centre for Human Rights Law submission, p2

[3] Mr Cameron, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS 97.

[4] Mr Hogan, Amnesty International, Hansard Thursday 15th March 2001, page CS81.

[5] Community Aid Abroad submission, p7

[6] Corporate Code of Conduct Bill 2000, clause 3:2

[7] Dr Wansborough, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS 86.

[8] Dr Wansborough, Hansard, Thursday March 15, Page CS87.

[9] Tim Connor, Submission No 2, page 3

[10] Environmental Defender’s office Ltd, Submission no. 14, p3.

[11] Australian Institute of Company Directors, Submission 30, page 3.

[12] Committee Hansard Thursday 15th March 2001, pCS121

[13] Committee Hansard Thursday 15th March 2001, pCS121

[14] Burrow, Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, Page CS13

[15] Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, p CS56

[16] Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, pCS56

[17] Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, pCS56.

[18] Committee Hansard, 15th March 2001, Page CS 134

[19] Senator Murray, Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001. Page CS 51

[20] Centre for International and Public Law, ANU, Submission No. 35, page 46.

[21] Committee Hansard, 14th march 2001, p60

[22] Mr Divecha, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, page CS 129

[23] Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, page CS  2.

[24] Mr Colley, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, CS106.

[25] Mr Cameron, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS110.

[26] Mr Colley, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS110.

[27] Ms Burrow, Hansard Wednesday 14th March 2001, CS 11

[28] Senator Gibson, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS117.

[29] Professor Braithwaite, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS118.

[30] World Vision, Submission No. 37, page 10

[31] Australian Conservation Foundation Submission No. 33, page 3.

[32] EPA Submission no 14, page 5.

[33] EPA, Submission No 14, Page no. 5.

[34] ACFOA, Submission No. 38, Page 13.

[35] AMWU submission No. 9, page 9

[36] Wriley, Hansard Thursday 15th March 2001, Page CS85.

[37] Ensor, Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, Page CS 47.

[38] Hobbs, Hansard, Wednesday 14th June 2001, Page CS 51.

[39] Sean Cooney, Submission No. 20, page 5.

[40] World Vision Australia, Submission No. 37, Page 10.

[41] Amnesty International Submission No. 7, World Vision Australia, Submission No. 37, page 11.

[42] AMWU, Hansard, Thursday 15th March, Page CS99.

[43] Committee Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, CS12.

[44] Mr Divecha, Hansard, Thursday 15th March 2001

[45] CFMEU Submission no. page 178

[46] Ms Wriley, Hansard, Thursday 15th March, Page CS85.

[47] Tim Connor, Submission No, 2, page 3

[48] ACFOA, Submission No, 38, Page 13.

[49] Mr Conor, Submission No, 2, page 4.

[50] ACFOA submission no, 38, page 12

[51] Plahe, Hansard, Wednesday 14th March 2001, Page CS48

[52] Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, Submission No. 23, page 5.

[53] Committee Hansard, 8 May 2001, p 159.