Footnotes

Footnotes

Chapter 2 – Dr Williams' complaints

[1]        Correspondence from Dr Williams to the committee, 9 February 2007. See attachment B, p. 7.

[2]        Committee of Privileges, Parliamentary Privilege: Precedents, Procedures and Practice in the Australian Senate 1966-2005, (125th Report), December 2005, p. 46.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 30 June 2006, pp 27-28.

[4]        Correspondence from Dr Williams to the committee, 9 February 2007. See attachment B, p. 4.

[5]        Correspondence from Mr Cook to the committee, 23 March 2007. See attachment G.

[6]        Committee of Privileges, Possible Penalty or Injury to a Witness before the Standing Committee on Industry, Science, Technology, Transport, Communications and Infrastructure, (55th Report), June 1995, p. 41. See also Committee of Privileges, Possible Improper Interference with a Witness and Possible False or Misleading Answers to the Senate or a Senate Committee, (50th Report), December 1994, chapter 5.

[7]        Committee of Privileges, Parliamentary Privilege: Precedents, Procedures and Practice in the Australian Senate 1966-2005, (125th Report), December 2005, p. 47.

Chapter 3 – Mr Green's complaint

[1]        Correspondence from the committee to Mr Cook, 15 March 2007. See attachment F.

[2]        Committee of Privileges, Alleged Threats to a Witness before the Select Committee on a New Tax System, (86th Report), March 2000, p. 4.

[3]        Committee of Privileges, Possible improper interference with a witness before the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, (116th Report), March 2004, p. 7.

[4]        Correspondence from Mr Cook to the committee, 23 March 2007. See attachment G.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 30 June 2006, p. 27.