Footnotes

Preface

[1]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Departmental Annual Reports, Canberra, June 2006.

[2]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Government Documents to the Parliament, Canberra, June 2006, p. 5.

[3]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Departmental Annual Reports, Canberra, June 2006, p. 2.

[4]        Official Senate Hansard, 8 December 1987, pp 2643-45.

 

Chapter 1 - Annual reports of departments

[1]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 22.

[2]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 22.

[3]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 4.

[4]        Annual Report 2006-07, pp 6-8.

[5]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 123.

[6]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 123.

[7]        Senator the Hon Chris Evans, Minister for Immigation and Citizenship, 'Labor unveils new risk-based detention policy', Press Release 29 July 2008.

[8]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 5.

[9]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 35.

[10]      Standing Order 25(20) requires the committee to "Examine each annual report referred to it and report to the Senate whether the report is apparently satisfactory".

 

Chapter 2 - Annual reports of statutory authorities

[1]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 3.

[2]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 3.

[3]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 24.

[4]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 39.

[5]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 39.

[6]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 39.

[7]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 39

[8]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 38.

[9]        Annual Report 2006-07, p. 38.

[10]      Annual Report 2006-07, pp 35-54.

[11]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 35.

[12]      Mediated agreements are outputs of the resolution process through which families reach an agreement (or settlement) in their case, when they are seeking final orders, as a result of using one or more of the Court's services.

[13]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 43.

[14]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 43.

[15]      Clients may seek, through an Application in a Case, to have interim, procedural, ancillary and miscellaneous orders made by the Court while their case progresses towards a final hearing.

[16]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 48.

[17]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 47.

[18]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 47.

[19]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 37-38.

[20]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 37-38.

[21]      Annual Report 2006-07, p. 37.

 

Chapter 3 - Annual reports on the operation of acts and programs

[1]        The term 'law enforcement agency' includes the Australian Crime Commission, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, and specified State and Territory law enforcement agencies s 16(1). If any of these agencies utilise the provisions of the Act, the Ombudsman is required to inspect the records relating to that use.

[2]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55  of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, February 2008,  p. 1.

[3]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55  of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, February 2008, p. 9.

[4]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55  of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, February 2008, p. 9.

[5]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55  of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, February 2008, p. 11.

[6]        Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Report on Annual Reports 2 of 2007, p. 6-7.

[7]        Protection Visa Processing Taking More Than 90 Days for the Reporting Period 31 July 2007 to 31 October 2007, Letter to the Minister from Mr Andrew Metcalfe.