Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Report on annual reports

[1]        Explanatory Statement, Commonwealth Authorities (Annual Reporting) Orders 2011, p. 1.

[2]        Explanatory Statement, Commonwealth Companies (Annual Reporting) Orders 2011, p. 1.

[3]        Excluding reports tabled by 31 October 2011 in the House of Representatives which were examined in the committee's Report 1 of 2012.

[4]        Ombudsman Act 1976, subsection 19(1).

[5]        Ombudsman Act 1976, subsection 19(4).

[6]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, p. 2.

[7]        Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. iii.

[8]        Excluding reports tabled in the House of Representatives by 31 October 2011.

[9]        The report explained that approaches are any contact with the office; while complaints are approaches that are within the office's jurisdiction. See Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11 p. 2.

[10]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. viii.

[11]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 2.

[12]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. viii.

[13]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. viii.

[14]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, pp viii and 7.

[15]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, pp 102–103.

[16]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 102.

[17]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 102.

[18]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, pp 3 and 5.

[19]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 40.

[20]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, pp 180–181.

[21]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 26.

[22]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 27.

[23]      Commonwealth Ombudsman Annual Report 2010–11, p. 28.

[24]      Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Annual Report 16 December 2011, p. 1.

[25]      Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Annual Report 16 December 2011, p. 2.

[26]      Mr Bret Walker SC, Committee Hansard, 13 February 2012, p. F&PA 60.

[27]      Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Annual Report 16 December 2011, pp 67–70.

[28]      Mr Bret Walker SC, Committee Hansard, 13 February 2012, p. F&PA 60.