Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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Answer to question taken on notice no. 42, Additional Estimates, Senate
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Chapter 2 - Background
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Organised Maritime Piracy and
Related Kidnapping for Ransom, FATF/OECD, July 2011, p. 26. A recent
study noted, 'kidnappings have proven a lucrative enterprise for criminal gangs
that...can demand ransom for the victims from their families and organisations,
or sell them on to armed militant groups. These armed groups in turn use the
victims for political leverage, as a propaganda tool, or to demonstrate power
over a certain territory or in relation to authorities'. United Nations, Office
for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, To Stay and Deliver: Good
practice for humanitarians in complex security environments, Policy and
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'Introduction'.
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website, bulletin issued on 27 September 2011 and updated on 7 October
2011. http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/TravelBulletins/Kidnap_Threat_in_Africa
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security caused by terrorist acts', S/PV.6390, 27 September 2010, p. 8. See
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United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,
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kidnapping and in providing assistance to victims: report of the Secretary-General',
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E McAvoy and D Randall, 'Hostage-taking a booming industry', New
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European Interagency Security Forum (EISF), Abduction management,
EISF Briefing paper, May 2010, p. 4; Clayton Consultants, Kidnap
RiskBrief, 2010, accessed 30 August 2011, http://www.claytonconsultants.com/pdf/CCKRB-EN.pdf
[12]
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), 2008 Report on Terrorism, NCTC,
2009, p. 10.
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Clayton Consultants, Kidnap RiskBrief, 2010, 'Introduction'. FARC
is the acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), 2010 Report on Terrorism,
NCTC, 2010, p. 22.
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Clayton Consultants, Kidnap RiskBrief, 2009, p. 8.
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E Alike, 'Chevron Loses 23,000 Barrels Daily to Pipeline Damage', Business
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Humanitarian Outcomes, Spotlight on security for national aid workers:
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Humanitarian Outcomes, Spotlight on security for national aid workers:
Issues and perspectives, Aid Worker Security Report 2011, p. 7.
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Kidnapping to gain a ransom has become a major business in Darfur, AKE
Group, Kidnap Report, Q4 2010, p. 5, accessed 26 October 2011, http://www.akegroup.com
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AKE Group, Kidnap Report, Q4 2010, p. 5, accessed 26 October 2011, http://www.akegroup.com
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Policy
Development and Studies Branch, To Stay and Deliver, Policy and Studies
Series, 2011, p. 11.
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CNC World, transcript, 'Taliban kidnapping', 6 February 2011; and New
York Times, 'Times Reporter Escapes Taliban After 7 Months', http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/21/world/asia/21taliban.html?ref=davidrohde
. Committee to Protect Journalists, 'On Assignment: Covering Conflicts Safely',
accessed 18 October 2011, http://www.cpj.org/reports/2003/02/journalist-safety-guide.php
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AKE Group, Kidnap Report, Q2 2010, pp. 2 and 7, accessed 18 October
2011, www.akegroup.com.
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in Afghanistan', accessed 10 October 2011, http://cpj.org/blog/2011/07/french-ex-hostages-press-must-continue-in-afghanistan.php;
Reporters without Borders,, 'Two French journalists now held hostage for 500
days: Only reporters held hostage', accessed 18 October 2011, http://en.rsf.org/afghanistan-two-french-journalists-now-held-12-05-2011,40275.html
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Flight Centre, 'Destination Malaysia', accessed 3 November 2011, http://www.flightcentre.ca/destinations/asia/malaysia;
UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 'South America and South Atlantic Islands',
accessed 3 November 2011, http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/south-america/venezuela
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Organised Maritime Piracy and
Related Kidnapping for Ransom, FATF/OECD, July 2011, Case study #1, p. 27.
SUV is an acronym for sport utility vehicle.
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Bureau of Consular Affairs, 'Colombia: country specific information', US
Department of State, accessed 3 November 2011, http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1090.html
[29]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [pp.
1–2].
[30]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Travel Bulletin,
'Kidnapping threat worldwide', current for Tuesday, 18 October 2011; and Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 2].
[31]
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Organised Maritime Piracy and
Related Kidnapping for Ransom, FATF/OECD, July 2011, pp. 7–10.
[32]
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Organised Maritime Piracy and
Related Kidnapping for Ransom, FATF/OECD, July 2011, pp. 7–8.
[33]
Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Organised Maritime Piracy and
Related Kidnapping for Ransom, FATF/OECD, July 2011, p. 16.
[34]
Address by Mr Jack Lang, United Nations Security Council, 6473rd
meeting, S/PV.6473, pp. 2–3.
[35]
AKE Group, Kidnap Report, Q4 2010, p. 3, http://www.akegroup.com; See also AKE Group,
Kidnap Report, Q2 2010, http://www.akegroup.com
[36]
United Nations Security Council, 'Report of the Secretary-General pursuant
to Security Council Resolution 1897 (2009)', S/2010/556, 27 October 2010,
paragraphs 12 and 68. See also address by Ambassador Kumalo, United Nations
Security Council, 6043rd meeting, S/PV.6043, 15 December 2008, p. 4. Ambassador
Kumalo noted, 'Recently, the link between piracy, kidnapping and ransom
payments in financing embargo violations committed by armed groups has received
increased attention. In recent months, the number of piracy incidents has
increased dramatically....' In 2011, Mr Lang stated, 'I may exaggerate a little
here—the pirates are increasingly becoming the masters of the Indian Ocean'. United
Nations Security Council, 6473rd meeting, S/PV.6473, p. 4.
[37]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 36. References to the Committee
Hansard in this report are to the proof Hansard—page numbers may
vary between the proof and the official Hansard.
[38]
Submission 7, (Confidential), p. 15.
[39]
Submission 7, (Confidential), p. 15.
[40]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011. Received as confidential.
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011; J Kerin and B Norington, 'SAS
team flies into Iraq as hostage mystery deepens' The Australian, 15
September 2004.
[42]
E Connolly, 'Released hostage grateful to be alive', Sydney Morning
Herald, 17 September 2004; 'Australians kidnapped abroad', Sydney
Morning Herald, 2 May 2005.
[43]
J Martinkus, Submission 4.
[44]
Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade, 'List of Australians who have been kidnapped while overseas', 19
July 2011.
[45]
'Freed Aussie teacher talks of hopes for Gaza peace after kidnapping', Canberra
Times, 23 December 2005.
[46]
C Hart and A Rabinovich, 'Teachers freed after Gaza kidnapping
"outing"', The Australian, 16 March 2006.
[47]
B Way, 'Father warned son of kidnap threat', Adelaide Advertiser, 7
July 2007.
[48]
S Larkin, 'Scam victim lucky to be alive', Sydney Morning Herald,
13 August 2007; 'Kidnapped Des trapped by love', Sunday Mail Adelaide,
12 August 2007.
[49]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[50]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[51]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011; 'Australian pensioner tied up for
one week in a toilet', Sydney Morning Herald, 13 February 2009.
[52]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
Chapter 3 - Recent cases
[1]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 2.
[2]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 1.
[3]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 2.
[4]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 3.
[5]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 2.
[6]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 4.
[7]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, pp. 6–7.
[8]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, pp. 7–8.
[9]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 8.
[10]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, p. 8.
[11]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[12]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[13]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 9.
[14]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 9.
[15]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
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M Attard, 'Interview with Douglas Wood', Sunday Profile, ABC Local
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'Hostage has little chance of getting out alive: Hill', Australian,
4 May 2005.
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P Ker, 'Cash must have saved Wood, says cellmate', Sydney Morning
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[19]
P Ker, 'Cash must have saved Wood, says cellmate', Sydney Morning
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M Attard, 'Interview with Douglas Wood', Sunday Profile, ABC Local
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[21]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 1.
[22]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 1.
[23]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[24]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[25]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[26]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 3.
[27]
'The raid that went wrong', Age, 18 June 2005.
[28]
'Kidnappers wanted $US25m, Wood reveals', Canberra Times, 8
December 2005.
[29]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 1.
[30]
M Wood, Submission 3, pp. 2–3.
[31]
'Tip came from the streets', Herald Sun, 17 June 2005.
[32]
'Tip came from the streets', Herald Sun, 17 June 2005; Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have been kidnapped
while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[33]
'Tip came from the streets', Herald Sun, 17 June 2005.
[34]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K
Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2011,
pp. 48–50.
[35]
N Brennan, Submission 12, p. 1.
[36]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 36.
[37]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 128.
[38]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
3].
[39]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 2.
[40]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 114–115.
[41]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 285.
[42]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
Chapter 4 - Australia's no-ransom policy
[1]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, pp. 140–141, 148.
[2]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
1].
[3]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'General Advice to Australian Travellers',
accessed 25 October 2011, http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/General
[4]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[5]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 1.
[6]
N Bonney, Submission 13¸ [p. 46].
[7]
Submission 2 (name withheld).
[8]
J Kelly, 'The business of kidnapping', Australian, 17 February
2010.
[9]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30.
[10]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 33.
[11]
See, for example: V Walt, 'Terrorist hostage situations: rescue or
ransom', Time, 12 October 2010, accessed 26 October 2011, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2024420,00.html;
W Wark, 'The art of ransom payments', CBC News, 7 February 2011,
accessed 26 October 2011, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/02/04/f-ransom-payments.html.
[12]
See, for example: M Pflanz, 'Paul and Rachel Chandler: Government denies
aid money could have been used for ransom', The Telegraph, 15 November
2010, accessed 26 October 2011, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/8134251/Paul-and-Rachel-Chandler-Government-denies-aid-money-could-have-been-used-for-ransom.html;
M Petrou, 'Source: Germany and Switzerland paid ransom for kidnapped Canadian
diplomats', Macleans, 29 April 2009, accessed 26 October 2011, http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/04/29/germany-and-switzerland-paid-ransom-for-kidnapped-canadian-diplomats/
[13]
See S Larkin, 'Scam victim lucky to be alive', Sydney Morning Herald,
13 August 2007, accessed 27 October 2011, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/08/12/1186857348148.html
[14]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 4].
[15]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 18.
[16]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [pp.
3–4].
[17]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[18]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[19]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, pp. 17–18.
[20]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K
Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 210.
[21]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, pp. 275–276.
[22]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[23]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 6.
[24]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 18.
[25]
Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 1.
[26]
Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 1.
[27]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[28]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[29]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 8.
[30]
A Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Yemen tourist killings: outcome
of trial, media release, 6 May 1999, accessed 31 October 2011, http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1999/fa045_99.html;
J Schetler, 'UK tourists were used as shields in Yemen', The Independent,
1 December 1999, accessed 31 October 2011, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk-tourists-were-used-as-shields-in-yemen-1124453.html
[31]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 25.
[32]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 5].
[33]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 3.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[35]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 17].
[36]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 2.
[37]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 2.
[38]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 283.
[39]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 183.
[40]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[41]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[42]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'Kidnapping threat worldwide', 7
October 2011, accessed 2 November 2011, http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/TravelBulletins/Kidnap_Threat_in_Africa
[43]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 7].
[44]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[45]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
10].
[46]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
10]. See also Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 34.
[47]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 34.
Chapter 5 - Options and decisions—paying a ransom
[1]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[2]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[3]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[4]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[5]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[6]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 4.
[7]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3.
[8]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3.
[9]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3.
[10]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 3.
[11]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 5].
[12]
United Nations Security Council, 'Report of the Secretary-General pursuant
to Security Council Resolution 1897 (2009)', S/2010/556, 27 October 2010,
paragraph 68.
[13]
In camera evidence.
[14]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[15]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[16]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 3.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, pp. 3–4.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[19]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 12.
[21]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[22]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 8.
[23]
In camera evidence.
[24]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 290.
[25]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[26]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 8.
[27]
In camera evidence.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2001, p. 5.
[29]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 16].
[30]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[31]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[32]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 3.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[36]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 395. See also Committee Hansard, 11
October 2011, p. 6.
[37]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
10].
[38]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 38.
[39]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, pp. 30, 33.
[40]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30.
[41]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 33.
[42]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 33.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 34.
[44]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[45]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6. See also paragraph 5.26
above.
Chapter 6 - Response team and interagency coordination
[1]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
2].
[2]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services, June
1997, p. 177.
[3]
A Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Government Response to Senate
Consular Services Report', media release, FA144, 26, November 1997, accessed 3
November 2011, http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1997/fa144_97.html
[4]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services, June
1997, p. 177.
[5]
United Nations Development Programme, Horn of Africa, The Monthly
Review, 24 September–31 October 1996, accessed 1 November 2011, http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/hoa1096.htm
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A Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Justin Fraser Release', media
release, FA106, 4 October 1996, accessed 3 November 2011, https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/1996/fa106.html
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Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services, June
1997, p. 179.
[8]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 1.
[9]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
8].
[10]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
3].
[11]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30.
[12]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
3].
[13]
Defence recognised that the complex situations in which a kidnapping occur
require 'a coordinated, multiagency response by the Australian Government'.
Department of Defence, Submission 15, [p. 1].
[14]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
3] and Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30.
[15]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[16]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 24.
[17]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
3].
[18]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, pp. 30, 32.
[19]
Australian Federal Police, Submission 10, [p. 1].
[20]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 15.
[21]
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Submission 6,
[p. 2].
[22]
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Submission 6,
[p. 2].
[23]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 26.
[24]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 3].
[25]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 3].
[26]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[27]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30 and Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [pp. 2–4].
[28]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[29]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 4].
[30]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[31]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[32]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 1.
[33]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[35]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[37]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 3 and also Committee Hansard,
6 October 2011, p. 3.
[38]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 5].
[39]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 5].
[40]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [pp. 5–6].
[41]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 8].
[42]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 2].
[43]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[44]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5. According to Mr Brennan
and Ms Bonney this police officer 'is now actually working for the United
Nations, was far better trained. He has trained, I think, FBI and CIA people in
negotiating...has actually trained the AFP negotiators.'
[45]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[46]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 14].
[47]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 6].
[48]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 6].
[49]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 4]. Also see [p. 23] of Mrs
Bonney's submission where she provides another example of conflicting advice on
paying a ransom.
[50]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 9].
[51]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 9].
[52]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 10].
[53]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 10].
[54]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 2.
[55]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 3.
[56]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 3.
[57]
Confidential submission.
[58]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[59]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[60]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[61]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[62]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 32.
[63]
In camera evidence.
[64]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[65]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[66]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 11.
[67]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 9].
[68]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 9].
[69]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 9].
Chapter 7
[1]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, pp. 83–84.
[2]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[3]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 1.
[4]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 21].
[5]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[6]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
6].
[7]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p. 6].
[8]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Consular Services Charter,
March 2010, accessed 3 November 2011, http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/consular_charter/index.html
[9]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 41.
[10]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[11]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 162.
[12]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 162.
[13]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, pp. 162–3.
[14]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[15]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
5].
[16]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 5.
[18]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 1.
[19]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 1.
[20]
M Wood, Submission 3, pp. 1–2.
[21]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [pp. 5, 8].
[22]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 8].
[23]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 8].
[24]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 8].
[25]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 8].
[26]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 8].
[27]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 8].
[28]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 8].
[29]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 47].
[30]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[31]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 2].
[32]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 7].
[33]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 8].
[34]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [pp. 9, 21].
[35]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 3].
[36]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 9].
[37]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 9].
[38]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 16]; N Bonney, Submission
13, [p. 4].
[39]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 4.
[40]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 18.
[41]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[42]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 21].
[43]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 22].
[44]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 43].
[45]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 43].
[46]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
6].
[47]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
6].
[48]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 4.
[49]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 10.
[50]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 7.
[51]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 8.
[52]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 285.
[53]
N Brennan, N Bonney and K Brennan, The Price of Life, Penguin
Books, Melbourne, 2011, p. 285.
[54]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [pp. 22–23].
[55]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 4.
[56]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[57]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[58]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 2].
[59]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 8.
[60]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 1.
[61]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. xix.
[62]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 2.
[63]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 100.
[64]
'Government response to Review by Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee of the Australian Government's consular services', Senate
Hansard, 26 November 1997, p. 9521, accessed 4 November 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-11-26%2F0141%22
[65]
'Government response to Review by Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee of the Australian Government's consular services', Senate
Hansard, 26 November 1997, p. 9521, accessed 4 November 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-11-26%2F0141%22
[66]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 28].
[67]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[68]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[69]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[70]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 39.
[71]
'Government response to Review by Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee of the Australian Government's consular services', Senate
Hansard, 26 November 1997, p. 9521, accessed 4 November 2011, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F1997-11-26%2F0141%22
[72]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 38.
[73]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australians abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, pp. 83–84.
Chapter 8 - Post crisis support
[1]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 9.
[2]
J Martinkus, Submission 4, supporting statement, [p. 9].
[3]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[4]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 12.
[5]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 9.
[6]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, pp. 8, 12.
[7]
ABC Radio, 'Foreign Minister discusses kidnapping and release of SBS
journalist', PM, 'Downer rejects UN request for more troops', 18 October
2004, http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1222494.htm;
'Kidnapped journo hits back at Downer', Sydney Morning Herald, 19
October 2004.
[8]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 10.
[9]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[10]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 12.
[11]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[12]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 14.
[13]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 14.
[14]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[15]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[16]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8 and J Martinkus, Submission
4, 'Supporting statement', [p. 17].
[17]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 10.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 9.
[19]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 12.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[21]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[22]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[23]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[24]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[25]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[26]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 41.
[27]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[28]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[29]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 40.
[30]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 41.
[31]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 20].
[32]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 12].
[33]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[34]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[36]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 12]. See also Committee Hansard,
Estimates, 18 October 2010, p. 92.
[37]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 13].
[38]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [pp. 12–13].
[39]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
4].
[40]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 14].
[41]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 40].
[42]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 5.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 20011, p. 4.
[44]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 41.
[45]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
6].
[46]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 38.
[47]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 38.
[48]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 38.
[49]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 12.
[50]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 11.
[51]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 11.
[52]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 12.
[53]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 12. In October 2009, the
Chandlers, from the UK, were taken hostage by gunmen in the Indian Ocean while
sailing their yacht, the Lynn Rival, from the Seychelles towards Tanzania. They
were held for ransom for over a year and finally released after paying an
unconfirmed ransom. Private consultants helped the family negotiate with the
kidnappers. BBC News, 'Timeline: Paul and Rachel Chandler kidnap', http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10338484
and D Aitkenhead, 'Paul and Rachel Chandler: How we survived being kidnapped by
Somali pirates', The Guardian, 30 October 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/oct/30/paul-rachel-chandler-kidnap-somali-pirates,
accessed 1 November 2011.
Chapter 9 - Public commentary and media coverage
[1]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australian abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, pp. 168–171.
[2]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australian abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 171.
[3]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australian abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 172.
[4]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Helping
Australian abroad: a review of the Australian Government's consular services,
June 1997, p. 172.
[5]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
6].
[6]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
11].
[7]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 4.
[8]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[9]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [pp. 43–44]. Former DFAT officer,
Alistair Gaisford told the committee that DFAT officers 'were taught that
"the media are the enemy", not to be trusted nor shared information
with—this despite the frequent fact that the media were far better informed
than we consular officers in the field were, constrained as we were by our very
restrictive operating procedures and rules.' A Gaisford, Submission 14,
[p. 2].
[10]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 16.
[11]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 16.
[12]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 16.
[13]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 17.
[14]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 16.
[15]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 16.
[16]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 20.
[17]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [pp. 44–45].
[18]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 10.
[19]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 11.
[20]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 19.
[21]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 20.
[22]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 2.
[23]
Committee Hansard, 6 October, p. 6.
[24]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 8.
[25]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 14.
[26]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 9].
[27]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 9].
Chapter 10 - Legal implications of negotiating and paying a ransom
[1] See for example, United
Nations Security Council, Resolution 1373 (2001), p. 1; United Nations,
General Assembly, Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion on the
issue of human rights in the context of action taken to address terrorist
hostage-taking, prepared by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights, A/HRC/18/29, 4 July 2011, paragraph 11.
[2] See for example, United
Nations, General Assembly, Summary of the Human Rights Council panel discussion
on the issue of human rights in the context of action taken to address
terrorist hostage-taking, prepared by the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, A/HRC/18/29, 4 July 2011, paragraph 6.
[3] Article 2, International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; Pierre Klein,
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,
United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, United Nations, 2009,
p. 1.
[4]
Article 2, International Convention for the Suppression of the
Financing of Terrorism; Attorney-General's Department, Submission
11, p. 5; P Klein, International Convention for the Suppression of the
Financing of Terrorism, United Nations Audiovisual Library of International
Law, United Nations, 2009, p. 1.
[5] Articles 5, 6 and 8, International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism; Pierre Klein,
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,
United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, United Nations, 2009,
p. 1.
[6]
Article 2, International Convention for the Suppression of the
Financing of Terrorism.
[7]
Resolution on threats to international peace and security caused by
terrorist acts, SC Res 1373, UN Security, UN Doc S/RES/1373 (2001), p.
1.
[8] Resolution on threats
to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, SC Res 1373,
UN Security, UN Doc S/RES/1373 (2001), p. 2; 'Security Council unanimously
adopts wide-ranging anti terrorism resolution', media release, SC/7158.
[9]
D Williams, Attorney-General, House of Representatives Hansard,
12 March 2002, p. 1043.
[10]
Criminal Code Act 1995, s. 103.1.
[11]
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988, s. 16(1A).
[12]
Criminal Code Act 1995, ss 100.1 (1) (2); Suppression of the
Financing of Terrorism Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.
[13]
Criminal Code Act 1995, s. 102.6.
[14]
Criminal Code Act 1995, s. 102.6.
[15]
Criminal Code Act 1995, s. 102.8.
[16]
Attorney-General's Department, Submission 11, p. 2.
[17]
See for example Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 12.
[18]
Attorney-General's Department, Submission 11, p. 2.
[19]
See for example Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 12.
[20]
See for example Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 12.
[21]
See for example Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Explanatory
Memorandum, p. 12.
[22]
Charter of the United Nations Amendment Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum.
[23]
Attorney-General's Department, Submission 11, p. 3.
[24]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 27.
[25]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 27.
[26] Committee
Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[27]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[28] M Wood, Submission
3, p. 3.
[29] M Wood, Submission
3, p. 3.
[30] M Wood, Submission
3, p. 3.
[31]
M Wood, Submission 3, pp. 3–4.
[32]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 2.
[33]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 4.
[34]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 4.
[35]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[36]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[37]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 7.
[38]
N Brennan, Submission 12, p. 18.
[39]
N Brennan, Submission 12, p. 18.
[40]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[41]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[42]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[43]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[44]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[45]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 27.
[46]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 23. Mr McDonald discussed the
prosecutorial discretion that exists in countries with a legal tradition similar
to Australia: 'That would apply in, say, the UK and the United States.
Prosecution systems are different from ours in, say, European countries. But I
would expect that they would have some discretion in relation to what matters
they examine and what they do not'. Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011,
p. 29.
[47]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 26.
[48]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 27.
[49]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 1.
[50]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 4.
[51]
M Wood, Submission 3, p. 4.
[52]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 24.
[53]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 24.
[54]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, pp. 27–28.
[55]
Charter of the United Nations Amendment Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum.
[56] Committee
Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 28.
[57]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 24. He referred to and also
drew attention to the reporting mechanisms to the UN about compliance with
sanctions. Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 26.
[58]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 25.
[59]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 26.
[60]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 24.
[61]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 29.
Chapter 11 - Lessons to be learned and the McCarthy review
[1]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 31.
[2]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 35.
[3]
Committee Hansard, Budget supplementary estimates, 18 October
2010, p. 92.
[4]
Committee Hansard, Budget supplementary estimates, 18 October
2010, p. 93.
[5]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 30.
[6]
The rate of Mr McCarthy‘s contract was $1,785 per day (inclusive of GST
($150) and superannuation ($135)). Travel, reimbursements and associated costs
were separate. Total contract costs were $39,755 (inclusive of GST). Of this,
contracted services were $31,025 (inclusive of GST) and incidental costs
(travel and associated expenses) were $8,730 (inclusive of GST). Senate
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Answer to question on
notice no. 42, Additional Estimates, 24 February 2011.
[7]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 35.
[8]
Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Answer
to question on notice no. 42, Additional Estimates, 24 February 2011.
[9]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8,
[pp. 9–11].
[10]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 36.
[11]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, [p.
8].
[12]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 1].
[13]
N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 12].
[14]
Committee Hansard, Budget supplementary estimates, 18 October 2010,
p. 92 and N Brennan, Submission 12, [p. 12].
[15]
Committee Hansard, Budget Estimates, 2 June 2010, p. 103.
[16]
Committee Hansard, Budget supplementary estimates, 18 October 2010,
p. 92.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 6.
[18]
Committee Hansard, 11 October 2011, p. 10.
[19]
N Bonney, Submission 13, [p. 32].
[20]
Committee Hansard, 6 October 2011, p. 16; Bundaberg NewsMail,
Answer to question on notice, received 28 October 2011.
Appendix 4 - List of reported kidnapping incidents overseas involving Australians since 2001
[1]
M Colvin, 'Istanbul hotel hostage drama', PM, ABC Radio National,
23 April 2001, accessed on 5 September 2011, http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s281622.htm;
M Musgrave and J Walsh, 'Midnight gunmen in Istanbul', personal account, 23
April 2001, web.me.com/mmus/files/PDF/IstanbulMIDNIGHTGUNMEN23Apr2001.pdf
[2]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[3]
'Australians kidnapped abroad', Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May
2005.
[4]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[5]
C Nelson, 'Russians saved me', Age, 1 November 2002; K O'Brien,
'Transcript: Bobik relays Moscow nightmare', 7.30 Report, ABC TV, 13
November 2002, http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s726257.htm
[6]
R Wells, 'Beer, prayers help kidnap man's family', Age, 2
December 2003.
[7]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[8]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011; J Kerin and B Norington, 'SAS
team flies into Iraq as hostage mystery deepens' The Australian, 15
September 2004.
[9]
E Connolly, 'Released hostage grateful to be alive', Sydney Morning
Herald, 17 September 2004; 'Australians kidnapped abroad', Sydney
Morning Herald, 2 May 2005.
[10]
J Martinkus, Submission 4.
[11]
Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade, 'List of Australians who have been kidnapped while overseas', 19
July 2011.
[12]
'Freed Aussie teacher talks of hopes for Gaza peace after kidnapping', Canberra
Times, 23 December 2005.
[13]
C Hart and A Rabinovich, 'Teachers freed after Gaza kidnapping
"outing"', The Australian, 16 March 2006.
[14]
B Way, 'Father warned son of kidnap threat', Adelaide Advertiser, 7
July 2007.
[15]
S Larkin, 'Scam victim lucky to be alive', Sydney Morning Herald,
13 August 2007; 'Kidnapped Des trapped by love', Sunday Mail Adelaide,
12 August 2007.
[16]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[17]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.
[18]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011; 'Australian pensioner tied up for
one week in a toilet', Sydney Morning Herald, 13 February 2009.
[19]
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'List of Australians who have
been kidnapped while overseas', 19 July 2011.