Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2006-07

[1]        Section 61 of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

[2]        For the 2006-07 Finance Minister's Orders, see: www.finance.gov.au/ace/fmos.html (accessed 22 May 2008)

[3]        Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, 13 June 2007. See: www.dpmc.gov.au/guidelines/index.cfm (accessed 22 May 2008). Part 1 paragraph 3 notes that these requirements apply to the ACC 'as a matter of policy only'.

[4]        Murray Motion as amended December 2003 J.2851

[5]        Senate Order J.270 (as amended 3 December 1998 J.265)

[6]        Paragraph 11.1(ba) of the Legal Services Directions 2005

[7]        Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, pp 110-112; 159-163; and 166-168. See: www.crimecommission.gov.au (accessed 22 May 2008)

[8]        Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 70.

[9]        Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 23.

[10]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Report on the Review of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002, November 2005, Recommendation 6, p. ix; Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2004-05, p. 6.

[11]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Report on the Examination of the Australian Crime Commission Annual Report 2005-06, p. 7.

[12]      The Committee also reflects on the value of having the Commissioner of Taxation on the Board at paragraph 2.80 of this report.

[13]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 22.

[14]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2007, p. 11.

[15]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, A report on the Commonwealth Ombudsman's activities in monitoring controlled operations 2006-07, February 2008.

[16]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, A report on the Commonwealth Ombudsman's activities in monitoring controlled operations 2006-07, February 2008, p. 9.

[17]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 4.

[18]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 25.

[19]      Mr Michael Outram, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, pp 8-9. Also see ACC, Additional Information, Answer to Question on Notice, No. 5 (received 21 May 2008)

[20]      Mr Michael Outram, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.9.

[21]      ACC, Additional Information, Answers to Question on Notice, Nos. 4 & 5 (received 21 May 2008)

[22]      Mr Michael Outram, Executive Director, ACC, Joint Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 8.

[23]      Mr Michael Outram, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.10.

[24]      ACC, Additional Information, Answer to Question on Notice, No. 6 (received 21 May 2008)

[25]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 72.

[26]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, pp 83-84 and Appendix D. Also see ACC, Additional Information, Answer to Question on Notice, No. 8 (received 21 May 2008). As at 21 May 2008, of these six matters, only the Queensland Police Service and two of the ACLEI investigations are continuing.

[27]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 73; Ms Jane Bailey, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 13.

[28]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 13.

[29]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, Appendix C, p. 155.

[30]      Australian Crime Commission v Magistrates' Court of Victoria (At Melbourne) and Michael Richard Brereton [2007] VSC 297 at 8.

[31]      Items 2 and 7 of the Australian Crime Commission Amendment Act 2007. Also see Senator Eric Abetz, Senate Hansard, 18 September 2007, p. 14.

[32]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, pp 27-28.

[33]      ACC, Additional Information, Answer to Question on Notice, No. 2 (received 21 May 2008). Also see Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 5.

[34]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 18.

[35]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 20.

[36]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 2.

[37]      The Committee refers to Mr John McFarlane in the report but notes that he is recorded in Hansard as Mr Alastair McFarlane.

[38]      Mr Alastair McFarlane, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 30.

[39]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2005-06, p. 22.

[40]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, pp 14-15.

[41]      Australian Crime Commission, Organised Crime in Australia, January 2008.

[42]      Mr Kevin Kitson, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.15. Also, see Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, 'Collaboration is the key to fighting organised crime', Press Release, 17 January 2008.

[43]      Mr Kevin Kitson, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.15.

[44]      Mr Kevin Kitson, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.15.

[45]      Mr Alastair McFarlane, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 36.

[46]      The Hon. Duncan Kerr SC MP, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2007, p. 9.

[47]      Mr Kevin Kitson, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.15.

[48]      Serious and Organised Crime Agency, The United Kingdom Threat Assessment of Organised Crime 2006-07, 2006. See: www.soca.gov.uk (accessed 22 May 2008)

[49]      Mr Kevin Kitson, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, pp15-16.

[50]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, pp 23-24.

[51]      Mr Alastair McFarlane, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 36.

[52]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 28.

[53]      Mr Alastair McFarlane, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 31.

[54]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 80.

[55]      ACC, Additional Information, Answer to Question on Notice, No. 10 (received 21 May 2008).

[56]      Definitions of the three types of operation are provided at page 30 of the Report.

[57]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 5.

[58]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 7.

[59]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 5.

[60]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 6.

[61]      Mr Alastair McFarlane, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 37.

[62]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 31.

[63]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 34.

[64]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, pp 37-38.

[65]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 38.

[66]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 12.

[67]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 22.

[68]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 12.

[69]      Mr Michael Outram, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p.13.

[70]      Mr Mark Trowell QC, Independent Review of the Provisions of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002: Report to the Inter-Governmental Committee, March 2007, p. 6.

[71]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 17.

[72]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 49.

[73]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 27.

[74]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 16.

[75]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, pp 110-113.

[76]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 86.

[77]      Mr Alastair Milroy, Chief Executive Officer, ACC, Estimates Hansard, 18 February 2008, p.55.

[78]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, pp 24-25.

[79]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 23.

[80]      This included tied funding of $30.8 million.

[81]      Assistant Commissioner Michael Phelan, Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 9 April 2008, p. 22.

[82]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 88.

[83]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, 9 April 2008, p. 3.

[84]      Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2006-07, p. 100.

[85]      Mr Lionel Newman, Executive Director, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2007, p.13.

[86]      Mr Alastair Milroy, CEO, ACC, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 30 March 2007, p.13. Also see ACC, Additional Answers, Answer to Question on Notice. No. 12 (received 21 May 2008)