Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 102, 25 June 2015, p. 2832.

[2]        Professor Michael Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association Australia, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 8.

[3]        Mr Christopher Snowdon, Institute of Economics Affairs, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 1. See also Mr Chris Berg, Institute of Public Affairs, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 43.

[4]        Professor Michael Moore, Lateline, 11 September 2015, http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4311191.htm (accessed 16 September 2015).

[5]        M. Thomas and L. Buckmaster, 'Paternalism in social policy—when is it justifiable?', Research Paper No. 8, 2010–11, 15 December 2010, p. 2.

[6]        B. New, 'Paternalism and public policy', Economics and Philosophy, 15, 1999, p. 65.

[7]        See for example: James Glenday, 'Drugs, pornography and bicycle helmets under Senate microscope as David Leyonhjelm's "nanny state" inquiry begins', ABC News Online, 11 September 2016, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-11/senate-nanny-state-inquiry-begins/6766740 (accessed 3 May 2016); and Jared Owens, 'War declared on nanny state', The Australian, 26 June 2015, p. 4.

[8]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 172, p. 8.

[9]        Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 34.

[10]      Australian Health Promotion Association, Submission 91, p. 3.

[11]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 112, p. 2.

[12]      Public Health Association Australia, Submission 172, p. 6. See also Australian Health Promotion Association, Submission 91, p. 3.

[13]      P Travis, D Egger, P Davies, A Mechbal, 'Towards better stewardship: Concepts and critical issues', World Health Organisation, 2002, p. 1, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper48.pdf (accessed 16 December 2015).

[14]      Public Health: Ethical Issues, 2007, p. xvi.

[15]      NCB cited in Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 172.

[16]      Submission 172, p. 6.

[17]      Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 172, p. 6.

[18]      Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 172, p. 11.

[19]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 112, p. 2.

[20]      Australian Health Promotion Association, Submission 91, p. 3.

[21]      Dr Kesten Green, Submission 237, p. 2.

[22]      Omri Ben-Shahar & Carl E Schneider, More than you wanted to know: The failure of mandated disclosure, Princeton University Press, 2014, cited in Dr Kesten Green, Submission 237, p. 2.

[23]      B. Goodin, 'In defence of the Nanny State', in A Etzioni, ed., Rights and the Common Good: communitarian perspectives, St Martin's Press, New York, 1995, p. 124.

[24]      B. Goodin, 'In defence of the Nanny State', in A Etzioni, ed., Rights and the Common Good: communitarian perspectives, St Martin's Press, New York, 1995, p. 124.

[25]      B. Goodin, 'In defence of the Nanny State', in A Etzioni, ed., Rights and the Common Good: communitarian perspectives, St Martin's Press, New York, 1995, p. 125.

[26]      The roles of protection and stewardship will be discussed below.

[27]      Australian Drug Foundation, Submission 291, p. 4.

[28]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 270, pp 2-4.

[29]      J. Le Grand, Individual choice and social exclusion, CASE paper 75, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, London, 2003, pp 7-8.

[30]      J. Le Grand, Individual choice and social exclusion, CASE paper 75, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, London, 2003, p. 8.

[31]      B. Goodin, 'In defence of the Nanny State', in A Etzioni, ed., Rights and the Common Good: communitarian perspectives, St Martin's Press, New York, 1995, p. 126.

[32]      B. Goodin, 'In defence of the Nanny State', in A Etzioni, ed., Rights and the Common Good: communitarian perspectives, St Martin's Press, New York, 1995, p. 126.

[33]      I. Berlin, 'Two Concepts of Liberty', in H. Hardy, ed., Liberty: Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty, Oxford University Press, Oxford, p. 5.

[34]      Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 3.

[35]      B. New, 'Paternalism and public policy', Economics and Philosophy, 15, 1999, p. 16, footnote, 3.

[36]      Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 3.

[37]      Mr Justin Jefferson, Submission 3, p. 1.

[38]      Dr Philip Pettit, Submission 281.

[39]      Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 1.

[40]      Mr Christopher Snowdon, Institute of Economics Affairs, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 1.

[41]      Commercial Economics Consulting, Submission 75, p. 1.

[42]      See for example: Mr Andrei Chalnev, Submission 19, p. 1; Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 9; Mr Peter Robinson, Submission 220, p. 1.

[43]      Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 4.

[44]      Mr Abe Salt, Submission 83, p. 1.

Additional Comments

[1]        In Harry Frankfurt, 'Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person', in Free Will, Gary Watson (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.

[2]        Pettit 1999, p. 165.

[3]        Public Health Association of Australia, Submission 172, p. 6.

[4]        Public Health Association Australia, Submission 172, p. 7.

[5]       Public Health Association Australia, Submission 172, p. 7.

[6]        Public Health Association Australia, Submission 172, p. 7. PHAA also listed alcohol and tobacco advertising as examples of domination by industry.

[7]        Pettit, On the People’s Terms: A Republican Theory and Model of Democracy, 2012, p. 58.

[8]        Mr Christopher Snowdon, Submission 186, p. 1.

[9]        Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 160, p. 26.

[10]      See ‘The Effect of Video Game Competition and Violence on Aggressive Behavior: Which Characteristic Has the Greatest Influence?’ Psychology of Violence, 2011, Vol. 1, No. 4, 259 –274.

[11]      See Thomas Leonard, Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era, Princeton 2016.

[13]      'The Cost of Cost Studies', Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury cited in Mr Christopher Snowdon, Submission 186, p. 2.

[14]      'The Cost of Cost Studies', Working Paper, Department of Economics and Finance College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury cited in Mr Christopher Snowdon, Submission 186, p. 4.

[15]      Collins, D. J., & Lapsley, H. M. 2008. The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05. Dept. of Health and Ageing.

[16]      Collins, D. J., & Lapsley, H. M. 2008. The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05. Dept. of Health and Ageing, p. 16.

[17]      Collins, D. J., & Lapsley, H. M. 2008. The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004/05. Dept. of Health and Ageing, p. 17.