Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 166, 3 December 2015, pp 1805–1806.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 137, 4 February 2016, p. 3710.

[3]        Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015, No. 73, 2015–16, p. 3. 

[4]        Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015, No. 73, 2015–16, p. 3. 

[5]        The charges bill, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[6]        Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 1.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 12; https://www.crimtrac.gov.au/commissioners (accessed 7 March 2016).

[8]        Australian Crime Commission, Annual Report 2014-15, pp 8–9.

[9]        Australian Crime Commission, Australian Crime Commission Board, https://crimecommission.gov.au/about-us/australian-crime-commission-board (accessed
19 February 2016)

[10]      National Commission of Audit, Towards Responsible Government: the report of the National Commission of Audit: Phase 1, Canberra, February 2014, p. 209.

[11]      National Commission of Audit, Towards Responsible Government: the report of the National Commission of Audit: Phase 1, Canberra, February 2014, p. 208.

[12]      National Commission of Audit, Towards Responsible Government: the report of the National Commission of Audit: Phase 1, Canberra, February 2014, p. 209.

[13]      Law, Crime and Community Safety Council (LCCSC), LCCSC Communiqué, Canberra,
22 May 2015, p. 4.

[14]      Law, Crime and Community Safety Council (LCCSC), LCCSC Communiqué, Canberra,
5 November 2015, p. [2].

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 2.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum (charges bill), p. 2.

[17]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 December 2015, p. 14626.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 2.

[19]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 December 2015, p. 14626.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 9.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 9.

[22]      Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015, No. 73, 2015–16, p. 6. 

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 9.

[24]      Schedule 1, Item 3.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 11.

[26]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 11; Australian Crime Commission, Australian Crime Commission Board, https://crimecommission.gov.au/about-us/australian-crime-commission-board (accessed 3 March 2016)

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), pp 12, 15.

[28]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 December 2015, p. 14627.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 12.

[30]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 December 2015, p. 14627.

[31]      Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015, No. 73, 2015–16, p. 8.

[32]      Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and the Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015, No. 73, 2015–16, p. 8.

[33]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 19.

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 20.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 6.

[36]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 5.

[37]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 3, pp 30–31.

[38]      Explanatory Memorandum (charges bill), p. 2.

[39]      The Hon Michael Keenan MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 December 2015, p. 14628.

[40]      Explanatory Memorandum (charges bill), p. 2.

[41]      Explanatory Memorandum (charges bill), p. 6.

[42]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 4.

[43]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 7.

[44]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 7.

[45]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 7.

[46]      Explanatory Memorandum (merger bill), p. 7.

[47]      Attorney-General's Department, Australian Crime Commission and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1.

[48]      Explanatory Memorandum (charges bill), p. 4.

[49]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.1 of 2016, 3 February 2016, p. 4.

[50]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No.1 of 2016, 3 February 2016, p. 4.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Privacy Act 1988, Section 7; Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 2, p. 2.

[2]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 5.

[3]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 5.

[4]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 2.

[5]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 3.

[6]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 3.

[7]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 3.

[8]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 4.

[9]        OAIC, Submission 2, pp 4–5.

[10]      OAIC, Submission 2, p. 2.

[11]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), responses to questions on notice, 29 February 2016 (received 3 March 2016), p. 2.

[12]      OAIC, responses to questions on notice, 29 February 2016 (received 3 March 2016), pp 3–4.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and CrimTrac, Submission 3, p. 3.

[14]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 7.

[15]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 7.

[16]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 11.

[17]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 20.

[18]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 7.

[19]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 8.

[20]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 8.

[21]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 9.

[22]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 10.

[23]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 9.

[24]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 10.

[25]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 10.

[26]      OAIC, responses to questions on notice, 29 February 2016 (received 3 March 2016), p. 3.

[27]      OAIC, responses to questions on notice, 29 February 2016 (received 3 March 2016), p. 3.

[28]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 16.

[29]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, p. 3.

[30]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 16.

[31]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p. 16.

[32]      AGD, ACC and CrimTrac, Submission 3, p. 3.

[33]      Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) Queensland, Submission 1, p. 2.

[34]      CCC Queensland, Submission 1, p. 2.

[35]      CCC Queensland, Submission 1, p. 2; Corruption and Crime Commission Western Australia (CCC WA), Submission 4, p. 6; Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Victoria (IBAC), Submission 5, p. [5].

[36]      CCC WA, Submission 4, p. 4.

[37]      IBAC, Submission 5, p. [5].

[38]      CCC WA, Submission 4, p. 4; IBAC, Submission 5, p. [4].

[39]      CCC WA, Submission 4, p. 8; IBAC, Submission 5, p. [6].

[40]      Attorney-General's Department, response to questions on notice, 29 February 2016 (received
3 March 2016).

Dissenting report by the Australian Greens

[1]        National Commission of Audit, Towards responsible government: the report of the National Commission of Audit: Phase 1, pp 208–09.

[2]        Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 2, p. 2.

[3]        Attorney-General's Department, Australian Crime Commission and CrimTrac, Submission 3, Attachment 1, p.13.

[4]        OAIC, Submission 2, p. 4.