Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and Background

[1]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 98—25 February 2015, p. 1133.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 82—5 March 2015, p. 2257.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 89—25 March 2015, p. 2414.

[4]        National Commission of Audit, Towards responsible Government: phase one, February 2014, pp 207–8 at http://www.ncoa.gov.au/report/docs/phase_one_report.pdf (accessed 23 April 2015).

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Australian Border Force Bill 2015, p. 16.

[6]        House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1204.

[7]        House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1204.

[8]        House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1205.

[9]        House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1206.

[10]      House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1208.

[11]      Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Annual Report 2013–2014, 19 September 2014, p. 195 at http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/ACBPS_AR_2013-14.pdf (accessed 2 April 2015).

[12]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, cl. 3.

[13]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, cl. 4.

[14]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 9.

[15]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, subclause 11(3).

[16]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 11–13.

[17]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 14.

[18]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 16–22.

[19]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 23.

[20]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 10.

[21]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 25–27.

[22]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 24.

[23]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 29.

[24]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 30.

[25]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 32.

[26]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 34, 35.

[27]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 36.

[28]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 38–40.

[29]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 42, 43.

[30]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 44.

[31]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 45–47.

[32]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 48, 49.

[33]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 53, 54.

[34]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, subclauses 53(3), 54(2).

[35]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clauses 55, 56.

[36]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, subclause 55(2).

[37]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, subclauses 53(3), 54(2), 55(7), 56(4).

[38]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 57.

[39]      Australian Border Force Bill 2015, clause 58.

[40]      House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, p. 1208.

[41]      House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, pp 1209–1210.

[42]      Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015, Schedule 4.

[43]      Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015, Schedule 5 clauses 28–49.

[44]      Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015, Schedule 6 clauses 84–89.

CHAPTER 2 - Key Issues

[1]        Combined Refugee Action Group, Submission 6, p. 1; Ms Diane Parker, Submission 8, p. 1; Ms Andrea Callaghan, Submission 9, p. 2; Ms Kerin Faulkner, Submission 13, p. 1; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 15, p. 5; Ms Jennifer Wills, Submission 18, p. 1.

[2]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 4.

[3]        See Customs Administration Act 1985 (Cth), s. 4A.

[4]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 5.

[5]        Combined Refugee Action Group, Submission 6, p. 1; Ms Andrea Callaghan, Submission 9, p. 2; Ms Jane Willey, Submission 17, p. 5; Ms Jennifer Wills, Submission 18, p. 1.

[6]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 6.

[7]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, pp 6–7. See also Customs Administration Act 1985 (Cth), s. 4B.

[8]        Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, p. 9; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 15, p. 4.

[9]        Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 15, p. 4.

[10]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 15.

[11]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 7.

[12]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, p. 8.

[13]      Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 1, p. 7.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Australian Border Force Bill 2015, pp 30, 53.

[15]      Combined Refugee Action Group, Submission 6, p. 2; Ms Andrea Callaghan, Submission 9, p. 2; Ms Jennifer Wills, Submission 18, p. 1.

[16]      Combined Refugee Action Group, Submission 6, p. 2; Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 16.

[17]      Australian Public Service Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 1.

[18]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 6.

[19]      See Australian Border Force Bill 2015, subclause 24(1).

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Australian Border Force Bill 2015, p. 28.

[21]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, pp 2–4.

[22]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, pp 3–4; Ms Andrea Callaghan, Submission 9, p. 3; Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp 15–16; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 2; Ms Jennifer Wills, Submission 18, p. 1.

[23]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, p. 4; Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 16.

[24]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, p. 4; Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 16; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 2.

[25]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 8.

[26]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 9.

[27]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 16; Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 9.

[28]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 9.

[29]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 5, p. 6.

[30]      Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 1, p. 6.

[31]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 7.

[32]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, pp 7–8.

[33]      Ms Carolyn Elliott, Submission 4, p. 1; Combined Refugee Action Group, Submission 6, p. 2; Ms Diane Parker, Submission 8, p. 1; Ms Andrea Callaghan, Submission 9, p. 2; Ms Kerin Faulkner, Submission 13, p. 1; Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 13; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 15, pp 4–5; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 2; Ms Jane Willey, Submission 17, p. 6; Ms Jennifer Wills, Submission 18, p. 1.

[34]      Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 15, p. 5.

[35]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 13.

[36]      See Australian Border Force Bill 2015, para. 42(2)(c).

[37]      Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth), Long title.

[38]      Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 1, p. 6.

[39]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 10.

[40]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 2.

[41]      Comcare, Submission 3, p. 1.

[42]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, pp 11–12.

[43]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, pp 10–11.

[44]      Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 1, p. 8.

[45]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, Submission 14, p. 12.

[46]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp 3, 5–11.

[47]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp 3, 5–11.

[48]      House of Representatives Hansard, 25 February 2015, pp 1208–1209.

[49]      Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 1, p. 8.

[50]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Australian Border Force) Bill 2015, p. 95.