Report to the Senate on compliance with motion no. 274
[1]
Order No 274. Journals of the Senate, No. 36—28 March 2017, p.
1205.
[2]
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Responses to
Questions on Notice, 23 March 2017, p. 2.
Government Senators’ Dissenting Report
[1]
Question No.2 of Appendix 1 to the Committee response
[2] Grant v Downs (1976) 135
CLR 674, 685.
[3] Waterford v Commonwealth (1987) 163 CLR 54, 64.
[4] Esso Australia Resources
Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 201 CLR 49, [35]
[5]
The privilege does not
extend to communications facilitating the commission of a crime or fraud.
Appendix 1 - Outstanding Questions on Notice 29 March 2017
[1]
Document A - Attorney-General's Department: Response to Questions on Notice
from the Public Hearing on 17 February 2017 (received 24 March 2017).
Document B - Attorney-General, Senator the Hon
George Brandis QC: Response to Questions on Notice Tabled in the Senate on 23
March 2017.