Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8/10, 27 October 2010, p. 19.

[2]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8/10, 27 October 2010, p. 20.

Chapter 2 - Access to information in share registers

[1]        Treasury, Proposals paper: Access to company registers and related issues, February 2010, p. 2, http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/1716/PDF/Access_to_registers_proposals.pdf (accessed 10 November 2010).

[2]        Mr Geoff Miller, Treasury Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 1.

[3]        See Mr Tim Sheehy, Chatered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 12.

[4]        Treasury, Proposals paper: Access to company registers and related issues, February 2010, p. 2, http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/1716/PDF/Access_to_registers_proposals.pdf (accessed 10 November 2010).

[5]        Mr Geoff Miller, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 1.

[6]        Schedule 1, items 6 and 8.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[9]        Dr Greg Golding, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 16.

[10]      Ms Judith Fox, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 11.

[11]      Ms Judith Fox, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 12.

[12]      Mr Tim Sheehy, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 11.

[13]      Chartered Secretaries Australia, Submission 1, p. 1.

[14]      Telstra, Submission 5, p. 1.

[15]      Ms Judith Fox, Chartered Secretaries of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 12.

[16]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[17]      Treasury, Proposals paper: Access to company registers and related issues, February 2010, p. 2, http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/1716/PDF/Access_to_registers_proposals.pdf

[18]      This was the approach initially supported by the Insurance Australia Group. See Submission 4.

[19]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[20]      Mr Greg Golding, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 16.

[21]      New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 8, p. 1. See also Dr Martin Bibby, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 21.

[22]      Mr Greg Golding, Law Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 18.

[23]      Ms Fox, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 12.

[24]      Mr Greg Golding, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 16.

[25]      Ms Judith Fox, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 14.

Chapter 3 - Higher penalties and improved detection powers for insider trading and market misconduct offences

[1]        Mr Geoff Miller, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 2.

[2]        The Hon. Mr David Bradbury MP, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 29 September 2010.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[4]        Mr Geoff Miller, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 3.

[5]        Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 5.

[6]        Mr Stephen Blanks, New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 21.

[7]        Mr Malcolm Stewart, Rule of Law Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 22.

[8]        Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 3.

[9]        Mr Malcolm Stewart, Rule of Law Institute, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 23.

[10]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8/10, 27 October 2010, p. 19.

[11]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 32.

[12]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 34.

[13]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 35.

[14]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 33.

[15]      Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 5.

[16]      Mr Daniel McAuliffe, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 9.

[17]      Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 3.

[18]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8/10, 27 October 2010, p. 18.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[20]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 32.

[21]      The Hon. Mr David Bradbury MP, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 29 September 2010.

[22]      New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 8, p. 2.

[23]      Ms Judith Fox, Chartered Secretaries Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 11.

[24]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 32.

[25]      Mr Daniel McAuliffe, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p. 6.

[26]      Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 4.

[27]      Rule of Law Institute, Submission 7, p. 7.

[28]      New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 8, pp. 2–3.

[29]      Ms Belinda Gibson, ASIC, Proof Committee Hansard, 3 November 2010, p, 3.

[30]      See Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner, 'Compliance powers reports', http://www.abcc.gov.au/abcc/PerformanceReports/Compliancepowersreports/ (accessed 10 November 2010).