Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Background to the inquiry and the Bill

[1]        Submissions to the inquiry are available at: www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ec_ctte/bioregional_plans/submissions.htm (accessed 8 June 2011).

[2]        Transcripts of the committee's public hearing for the inquiry can be accessed at: www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ec_ctte/bioregional_plans/hearings/index.htm (accessed 8 June 2011).

[3]        Item 1, Schedule 1, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011.

[4]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, About marine bioregional planning – Frequently asked questions, www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/about/faqs.html (accessed 17 May 2011); Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Overview – Overview of marine bioregional plans, May 2011, p. 1.

[5]        Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 176(4).

[6]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Overview – Overview of marine bioregional plans, pp 5–6.

[7]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 3.

[8]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 4.

[9]        Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 176(5).

[10]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Overview – Overview of marine bioregional plans, p. 7.

[11]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Overview – Overview of marine bioregional plans, pp 7–8.

[12]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, s. 24A. Under section 23 of the EBPC Act, such activities may also be subject to civil penalties.

[13]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, s. 37A.

[14]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 5.

[15]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, r. 16.05B.

[16]      Item 1, Schedule 1, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011.

[17]      Acts Interpretation Act 1901, ss. 46B(9)–(10).

[18]      Acts Interpretation Act 1901, ss. 46B(11); Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 42, s.45–s.48.

[19]      Item 2, Schedule 1, Senator the Hon Richard Colbeck, correspondence, 18 April 2011, www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/ec_ctte/bioregional_plans/submissions.htm (accessed 1 June 2011).

[20]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 6.

[21]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, subpara. 344(1)(b)(i) and subpara. 344(1)(b)(ii).

[22]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Goals and principles for establishing the National Representatives System of Marine Protected Areas in Commonwealth waters, www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/publications/general/goals-nrsmpa.html (accessed 20 May 2011).

[23]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 2.

[24]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Goals and principles for establishing the National Representatives System of Marine Protected Areas in Commonwealth waters. The Proclamation to establish the Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve, dated 28 June 2007, states that the reserve is 'for the purpose of protecting and maintaining biological diversity and contributing to the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas'.

[25]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, pp 9–10. This does not include the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

[26]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 7; National Heritage Trust, Australia's marine protected areas – protecting our coasts and oceans, 2003, p. 1.

[27]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, s. 348; National Heritage Trust, Australian IUCN reserves management principles for Commonwealth marine protected areas, 2002, p. i.

[28]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 351(1).

[29]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, ss. 351(2); ss. 351(5).

[30]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, s. 347.

[31]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 'Marine Protected Areas', www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mpa/legal.html#declaring (accessed 9 May 2011).

[32]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 2.

[33]      The Hon Tony Burke MP, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, 'Draft South-West marine reserves released for community consultation', media release, 5 May 2011, www.environment.gov.au/minister/burke/2011/mr20110505.html (accessed 2 June 2011). Further information about the consultation process is available from www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/south-west/ (accessed 2 June 2011).

[34]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 12. The Proclamation to establish the Zeehan Commonwealth Marine Reserve commenced 60 days after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

[35]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 38.

[36]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 42.

[37]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 45.

[38]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 48.

[39]      Legislative Instruments Act 2003, s. 42.

[40]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, s. 346.

[41]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 3 of 2011, 23 March 2011, p. 8.

Chapter 2 - Matters raised in relation to the Bill

[1]        Associate Professor the Hon Dr Kenneth Coghill, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 1.

[2]        Associate Professor the Hon Dr Kenneth Coghill, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 1.

[3]        Mr Russell Conway, Chair, Recfish Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 23.

[4]        Mr Wayne Bayne, Divisional Chair, Coral Sea Access Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 31.

[5]        Mr Donald Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Marine Queensland, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 32.

[6]        Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Submission 29, p. 5.

[7]        Mrs Judy Lynne, Executive Officer, SunFish Queensland, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 24.

[8]        Mr Conway, Recfish Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, pp 22–23.

[9]        Mr Peter Todd, Vice President, Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 29.

[10]      For example, Australian Underwater Federation – Queensland Spearfishing Commission, Submission 26, p. 1; Mr Bayne, Coral Sea Access Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 34; South Australian Marine Parks Management Alliance, Submission 28, p. 5; Mr Todd, Tin Can Bay Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 28.

[11]      South Australian Marine Parks Management Alliance, Submission 28, p. 5.

[12]      Mr Douglas Joyner, Executive Officer, Australian Fishing Trade Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 24; Mrs Lynne, SunFish Queensland, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 24.

[13]      Mr Joyner, Australian Fishing Trade Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 26.

[14]      Mr Chris Smyth, Healthy Oceans Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p 39.

[15]      The PEW Environment Group – Australia, Submission 22, p. 1.

[16]      Mr Darren Kindleysides, Director, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 41.

[17]      Mr Stephen Oxley, First Assistant Secretary, Marine Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 55.

[18]      Professor Robert Kearney, Emeritus Professor, University of Canberra, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 21.

[19]      Mr Joyner, Australian Fishing Trade Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 22.

[20]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 30, p. 1.

[21]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Supplementary Submission 20, p. 2; Humane Society International, Supplementary Submission 25, p. 2; The PEW Environment Group – Australia, Supplementary Submission 22, p. 2.

[22]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Supplementary Submission 20, p. 2.

[23]      Mr Andrew Macintosh, Associate Director, ANU College of Law, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 6.

[24]      Mr Macintosh, ANU College of Law, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 6.

[25]      Mr Smyth, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p 38.

[26]      See paragraphs 1.15–1.17.

[27]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answer to question on notice, 13 May 2011 (received 24 May 2011), p. 1.

[28]      Mr Smyth, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p 38.

[29]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answer to question on notice, 13 May 2011 (received 24 May 2011), p. 1.

[30]      Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[31]      Australian Marine Conservation Society, Submission 20, pp 1–2; Australian Conservation Foundation, Supplementary Submission 30, p. 2; Humane Society International, Submission 15, p. 2; The PEW Environmental Group, Submission 22, p. 1.

[32]      Humane Society International, Submission 15, p.2.

[33]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Supplementary Submission 30, p. 2.

[34]      The PEW Environmental Group, Supplementary Submission 22, p. 2.

[35]      Mr Macintosh, ANU College of Law, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 9.

[36]      Mr Stephen Oxley, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 52.

[37]      Mr Stephen Oxley, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 52.

[38]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answer to question on notice, 13 May 2011 (received 24 May 2011), p. 2.

[39]      Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, answer to question on notice, 13 May 2011 (received 24 May 2011), p. 2.

[40]      See paragraphs 1.13 and 1.25.

[41]      For example, Australian Conservation Foundation, Supplementary Submission 30, p. 1; Australian Marine Conservation Society, Supplementary Submission 20, p. 1; The PEW Environmental Group, Supplementary Submission 22, p. 1.

[42]      For example, Australian Conservation Foundation, Supplementary Submission 30, p. 1; Australian Marine Conservation Society, Supplementary Submission 20, p. 1; Humane Society International, Supplementary Submission, pp 1–2; The PEW Environmental Group, Supplementary Submission 22, p. 1.

[43]      Humane Society International, Supplementary Submission 15, pp 1–2.

[44]      Mr Smyth, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p 40.

[45]      Mr Stephen Oxley, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 57.

[46]      Mr Stephen Oxley, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, pp 56–57.

Chapter 3 - Matters outside the scope of the Bill

[1]        For example, Mr Bayne, Coral Sea Access Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 31; Dr Ben Diggles, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, pp 11–16; Mr Jones, Marine Queensland, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 33; Professor Kearney, University of Canberra, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, pp 17–20.

[2]        Mr Bayne, Coral Sea Access Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 31.

[3]        Mr Jones, Marine Queensland, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 33

[4]        Dr Diggles, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 14.

[5]        Professor Kearney, University of Canberra, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 17.

[6]        Dr Diggles, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 11.

[7]        Dr Diggles, Private capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 12

[8]        Marine Queensland, Submission 10, p. 9.

[9]        Professor Kearney, University of Canberra, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 19.

[10]      Mr Kindleysides, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 45.

[11]      Mr Kindleysides, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 45.

[12]      Mr Stephen Oxley, First Assistant Secretary, Marine Division, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Proof Committee Hansard, 13 May 2011, p. 55.