Footnotes

Chapter 2 - Background

[1]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 8, p. 1.

[3]        Ms Justine Braithwaite, Assistant Secretary, Sanctions, Treaties and Transnational Crime Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 31.

[4]        The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, 'Iran to receive sanctions relief after meeting nuclear commitments', Media release,17 January 2016

http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160117.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D (accessed 27 April 2016)

[5]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iran Country Brief – Bilateral Relations http://dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/pages/iran-country-brief.aspx (accessed 27 April 2016)

[6]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iran Country Brief – Bilateral Relations http://dfat.gov.au/geo/iran/pages/iran-country-brief.aspx (accessed 27 April 2016)

[7]        Submission 8, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Government, Federal Register of Legislation, Autonomous Sanctions (Suspension of Sanctions—Iran) Instrument 2016 – Explanatory Statement

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L00046/Explanatory%20Statement/Text (accessed 27 April 2016).

[9]        Australian Government, Federal Register of Legislation, Autonomous Sanctions (Suspension of Sanctions—Iran) Instrument 2016 – Explanatory Statement

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2016L00046/Explanatory%20Statement/Text (accessed 27 April 2016).

[10]      Submission 8, p. 1.

[11]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Foreign Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, 'Joint Press Conference with Iranian FM Javad Zarif', 15 March 2016

http://www.juliebishop.com.au/joint-press-conference-iranian-fm-javad-zarif/ (accessed 27 April 2016)

[12]      The Hon Steve Ciobo MP, Minister for Trade and Investment of the Commonwealth of Australia, 'Renewed commercial relationship with Iran', Media release, 15 March 2016

http://trademinister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/sc_mr_160315a.aspx (accessed 27 April 2016)

[13]      See, for example, Greg Sheridan, 'Bishop Deluded if she thinks this is progress', The Australian, 11 March 2016, p. 1; and Greg Sheridan, 'Julie, it's time told Tehran the truth', The Australian, 1 March 2016, p. 6.

Chapter 3 - Key issues

[1]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Submission 8, p. 2.

[2]        Export Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 1.

[3]        Mr Andrew Hudson, Director, Export Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 2

[4]        Submission 3, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 3, pp. 1-2.

[6]        Submission 3, p. 2.

[7]        The Hon Michael Danby MP, Submission 9, p. 8.

[8]        Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Submission 6, p. 6.

[9]        Submission 6, p. 6.

[10]      Submission 6, p. 6.

[11]      The Hon Michael Danby MP, Member for Melbourne Ports and Shadow parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[12]      Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Submission 11, p. 3.

[13]      Ms Justine Braithwaite. Assistant Secretary, Sanctions, Treaties and Transnational Crime Legal Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 37.

[14]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 37.

[15]      Submission 8, pp. 2-3.

[16]      Submission 6, p. 4.

[17]      Mr Peter Wertheim, Executive Director, Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 10.

[18]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 10.

[19]      The Hon Michael Danby MP, Supplementary Submission 9, p. 8.

[20]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[21]      Hizballah is a multi-faceted organisation including political, social and military components. The Hizballah External Security Organisation (ESO) is a discrete branch within Hizballah responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of terrorist attacks against Hizballah's enemies outside of Lebanon. The ESO is a proscribed terrorist organisation.

[22]      Ms Rebecca Weisser, Submission 10, pp. 1-2.

[23]      Submission 10, p. 2.

[24]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[25]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[26]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 9.

[27]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[28]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 35.

[29]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 35.

[30]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 35.

[31]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[32]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[33]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[34]      Submission 6, p. 4.

[35]      Submission 6, p. 5.

[36]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 8.

[37]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 9.

[38]      Submission 9, pp. 6-7.

[39]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 9.

[40]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 3.

[41]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 8.

[42]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 36.

[43]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 36.

[44]      Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Submission 4, p. 4.

[45]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 8.

[46]      Australian Bahá’í Community, Submission 1, p. 2.

[47]      Mr Joshua Koonin, Member of executive, B'nai B'rith Australia/New Zealand, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 26.

[48]      B'nai B'rith Australia/New Zealand, Submission 2, p. 2.

[49]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 8.

[50]      Mrs Venus Khalessi, Director of Public Information, Australian Bahá'í Community, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 19.

[51]      Amnesty International Australia, Submission 5, pp. 1-5.

[52]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[53]      Submission 6, p. 9

[54]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[55]      Ms Michelle Bolger, Submission 7, p. 1.

[56]      Mr Koonin, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 25.

[57]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p.11.

[58]      Mr Greg Ralph, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 33.

[59]      Submission 6, p. 7.

[60]      Submission 6, pp. 7-9.

[61]      Submission 9, pp. 8-10.

[62]      Submission 10, p. 4.

[63]      Submission 10, p. 4.

[64]      Submission 10, p. 5.

[65]      Submission 9, p. 11.

[66]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[67]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp. 16-17.

[68]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp. 16-17.

[69]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 38.

[70]      Mr Ralph, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 33.

[71]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[72]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[73]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[74]      Mr Ralph, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 35.

[75]      Submission 3, p. 1.

[76]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[77]      Submission 3, pp. 3-4.

[78]      Submission 3, p. 5.

[79]      Mr Hudson, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp. 2-3.

[80]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 37.

[81]      Ms Braithwaite, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 39.

[82]      Submission 9, p. 11.

[83]      Submission 10, p. 6.

[84]      Submission 6, p. 9; Submission 4, p. 4.

[85]      Mr Wertheim, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 11.

[86]      Mr Hudson, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 3.

[87]      Mr Hudson, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp. 5-6.

[88]      Ms Weisser, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[89]      Mrs Khalessi, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 19.

[90]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 12.

[91]      Mr Danby, Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 12.

[92]      Submission 11, p. 3.

[93]      Submission 9, p. 10.

[94]      Submission 9, p. 9.

[95]      Supplementary Submission 9, p. 7.

[96]      Submission 11, p. 4.

[97]      Submission 11, p. 4.

[98]      Submission 11, p. 4.

Dissenting Report of Coalition Senators

[1]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2010, 24 November 2010.

[2]        Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, Inquiry in Autonomous Sanctions Bill 2010, p. 14.