Footnotes

Preface

[1]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, Canberra, 18 June 2008.

[2]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Guidelines for the Presentation of Government Documents to the Parliament, Canberra, July 2008, p. 5.

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

[4]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, Canberra, 18 June 2008, paragraph no. 4.

[5]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, Canberra, 18 June 2008, paragraph no. 4.

Chapter 1 - Annual Reports of Departments

[1]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 2.

[2]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 2.

[3]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 199.

[4]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 20.

[5]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 5.

[6]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 207.

[7]        Employee-initiated turnover rate is based on the number of employee-initiated separations in the financial year (including resignation from the APS, movement to another APS agency, retirement and voluntary early cessation of a non-ongoing contract) divided by the number of staff at 30 June 2008, see Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 210.

[8]        See, Annual reports (No. 1 of 2008), Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, March 2008, pp 1-2.

[9]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 27.

[10]      Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2007-08, p. 22.

[11]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 2.

[12]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 6.

[13]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 13.

[14]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 4.

[15]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 24.

[16]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2007-08, p. 24.

Chapter 2 - Annual Report of Statutory Authorities

[1]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p 7.

[2]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 16.

[3]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 4.

[4]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 50.

[5]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 108.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 23 February 2009, p.71.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 23 February 2009, p.71.

[8]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 8.

[9]        Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 108.

[10]      Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p. 113.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 23 February 2009, p.71.

[12]      Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, pp 5 and 49.

[13]      Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, p.5.

[14]      Australian Federal Police Annual Report 2007-08, pp 5 and 54.

[15]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 10.

[16]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 10.

[17]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 10.

[18]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, pp 24 and 25.

[19]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 11.

[20]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 21.

[21]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 29.

[22]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 17.

[23]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 20.

[24]      AUSTRAC Annual Report 2007-08, p. 90.

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 6(1). If any of these agencies utilise the provisions of the Act, the Ombudsman is required to inspect the records relating to that use. See Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, August 2008, p. 1.

[2]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, August 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, August 2008, pp2 and 7.

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

[5]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, August 2008, p 10.

[6]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, August 2008, pp. 5 and 10.

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

[8]        Protection Visa Processing Taking More Than 90 Days for the Reporting Period 1 March 2008 to 30 June 2008, Letter of Transmittal.