Background
Purpose of the bill
Submissions
Acknowledgement

What are cluster munitions?
Australia and cluster munitions
Military uses of cluster munitions
Humanitarian concerns
  The area of effect and civilian populations
  Explosive Remnants of War
  Effect of recent uses of cluster munitions

International instruments governing the use of cluster munitions
Efforts to strengthen international instruments
  Official government diplomatic efforts
  Non-government and humanitarian organisation views
Unilateral action by various states
Summary

Definitions for the purposes of the bill
New offences under the bill
Decommissioning, destruction and removal of cluster munitions
Summary

Support for the bill
  Suggested amendments
Concerns about the bill
  The scope of the ban
  Australia's capability development
  Training and countermeasures
  Australia's operational ability
  Compromise of Australia's negotiations
Conclusion

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