Footnotes

PREFACE

[1]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, Canberra, 17 June 2009, Part 1, paragraph 4.

[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 2643-2645.

[4]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Requirements for Annual Reports, Canberra, 17 June 2009, Part 1, paragraph 4.

[5]        This table also includes the reports on the operation of acts or programs.

CHAPTER 1 - ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENTS

[1]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 4.

[2]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p 17.

[3]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), pp 5-10.

[4]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809, p. 10.

[5]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 33.

[6]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 38.

[7]        See Committee Hansard, 19 October 2009, p. 133.

[8]        In this context, it should be noted that the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee tabled a report entitled Access to Justice on 8 December 2009, following an inquiry it undertook into access to justice issues in 2009.

[9]        Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 59.

[10]      Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 61.

[11]      Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 206.

[12]      Attorney-General's Department Annual Report (0809), p. 214.

[13]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 5.

[14]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 5.

[15]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 14.

[16]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 38.

[17]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 5.

[18]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 42.

[19]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 118.

[20]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 119.

[21]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 40.

[22]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 19.

[23]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 20.

[24]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 26.

[25]      Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Report 2008-09, p. 26.

CHAPTER 2 - ANNUAL REPORTS OF STATUTORY AUTHORITIES

[1]        Forwarded to the Finance and Public Administration Committee also.

[2]        Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 10.

[3]        Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 14.

[4]        Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 11.

[5]        Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2008-2009, pp 11-12.

[6]        Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal Annual Report 2008-2009, pp 54-59.

[7]        Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 15.

[8]        Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 23.

[9]        Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 16.

[10]      It was noted that this figure may not represent all matters in which mediation may have been undertaken as parties may make their own arrangements for private mediation without the need for a formal order referring a matter to mediation: Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 32.

[11]      Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 32.

[12]      Practice notes supplement the procedures set out in the Rules of the Court: Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 22.

[13]      Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 12.

[14]      Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 13.

[15]      Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 14.

[16]      Federal Court of Australia Annual Report 2008-2009, p. 47.

CHAPTER 3 - REPORTS ON THE OPERATION OF ACTS AND PROGRAMS

[1]        Under subsection 6(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. If any of these agencies utilise the provisions of the Act, the Ombudsman is required to inspect records relating to that use. See further Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, March 2009, 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, March 2009, 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, March 2009, 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, March 2009, p. 2.

[5]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, March 2009, pp 3-6.

[6]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, March 2009, pp 8-9.

[7]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, March 2009, pp 10-12.

[8]        Commonwealth Ombudsman, Report to the Attorney-General on the results of inspections of records under s 55 of the Surveillance Devices Act 2004, March 2009, p. 8.

[9]        Protection Visa Processing Taking More than 90 days for the reporting period 1 November 2008 to 28 February 2009, page 2 of the letter of transmittal; Protection Visa Processing Taking More than 90 days for the reporting period 1 March 2009 to 30 June 2009, page 2 of the letter of transmittal.

                                APPENDIX 1 - ANNUAL REPORTS REFERRED

[1]        Forwarded to the Finance and Public Administration Committee also.