Footnotes

[1] A copy of the COAG agreement is available at http://www.coag.gov.au/meetings/270905/.

[2] The Hon Mr Paul Lennon MHA, Premier, Tasmania, Submission 208, p. 1.

[3] ACT Government, Submission 156, p. 2; see also Committee Hearing, 17 November 2005, pp. 89-100.

[4] See Terrorism (Community Protection) (Amendment) Bill 2005 (Vic); Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (SA); Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (NSW); Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (Qld).

[5] Section 34Y of the ASIO Act provides that Division 3 of Part III of that Act will cease to have effect 3 years after it commences (22 July 2003); para. 29 (bb) Intelligence Services Act 2001 requires the review by 22 January 2006.

[6] Mr Paul O'Sullivan, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 53.

[7] See, for example, The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister, Counterterrorism laws strengthened, 8 September 2005, media release. See also AMCRAN, Submission 157, p.1.

[8] AFP, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p.55.

[9] AFP, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p.54.

[10] Available at http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2005/s1492426.htm.

[11] Submission 193, p.1.

[12] Other submitters and witnesses, such as the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, also made this point. See Mr David Murphy, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 31.

[13] Submission 193, p.5

[14] Submission 193, p.6

[15] Mr Allan Behm, Submission 193, p.10. Ms Chong, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p.20.

[16] The Hon John Cobb MP, Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Media Release, 15 September 2005 as reported by AMCRAN in Submission 157, p.1

[17] Submission 157, p.6.

[18] Ms Chong, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p.20.

[19] See, for example, Mr Emerton and Mr Tham, Submission 152, p.24.

[20] Criminal Code Act 1995, Division 11, Part 2.4.

[21] Mr Emerton and Mr Tham, Submission 152, p.24.

[22] ACT Government, Submission 156, p. 2; see also Committee Hearing, 17 November 2005, pp. 89-100.

[23] Article 4 of the ICCPR.

[24] Professor Williams, Dr Lynch, Dr Saul, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, University of New South Wales, Submission 80, p.4.

[25] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 24. Proposed sections 104.32 and 105.53, for example, provide that certain proposed provisions in the Bill shall lapse after 10 years.

[26] Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Bill 2002 and related matters, December 2002, paragraphs 9.9.

[27] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 4. See also footnote 27 below.

[28] See for example, Professor Donald Rothwell, Challis Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International and Global Law, The University of Sydney, Submission 188, p.8

[29] For example, Professor Rothwell points out that there is no proclaimed state of emergency and the Attorney General made no mention of a threat to the life of the nation in his Second Reading Speech of 3 November 2005 and no reference is made to any threats to the nation in the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Bill, Submission 188, p.8.

[30] See, for example, Professor Charlesworth, Professor Byrne, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, p.5; Dr Angela Ward, ABC Lateline, 24 October 2005 available at http://search.abc.net.au/search/search.cgi?form=simple&num_ranks=10&collection=abcall&query=Dr+Angela+Ward&meta_v=lateline&submit.x=17&submit.y=11

[31] The ACT Human Rights Act 2004 is modelled on the UK Human Rights Act 1998 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 see http://www.jcs.act.gov.au/bor/index.html The protection of fundamental rights elsewhere in Australia relies on common law presumptions and principles of statutory interpretation, which can be overridden by statute and some limited constitutional protections. See generally, ACT Government, Submission 156.

[32] Terrorism and the Law in Australia: Legislation, Commentary and Constraints, Research Paper No.12, Department of Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2002, p.41.

[33] Sir Garfield Barwick, Crimes Bill 1960, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives, Debates, 8 September 1960 p. 1020 -1021 reported in Research Paper No. 12, p.41.

[34] Section 51 (vi).

[35] Section 51 (xxix).

[36] Section 51 (xxxix).

[37] Section 61

[38] This is a controversial which has not been full explored or tested and exists in obiter statements of some High Court justices.

[39] Lim v Minister for Immigration (1992) 176 CLR 1, 28-29; see also Veen v the Queen (No.2) [1988] HCA 164 CLR 465 at 47.

[40] Al Kateb v Goodwin (2004) 189 CLR 51; Farden v Attorney General (Qld) (2004) 210 ALR 50.

[41] Stephen Gageler SC, In the matter of constitutional issues concerning preventative detention in the Australian Capital Territory, Opinion, http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/whats.asp?title=What's%20New

[42] See Davis v Commonwealth (19988) 166 CLR 79; Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR.

[43] See Kruger v Commonwealth (1997) 190 CLR 1; Mulholand v Australian Electoral Commission (2004) 209 ALR 582.

[44] See Polyukhovich v Commonwealth (War Crimes Act Case) (1991) 172 CLR 501.

[45] P. 9.

[46] Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest Number 13, 9 November 2005, pp 8-9.

[47] Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest Number 13, 9 November 2005, p. 8.

[48] Dr Andrew Lynch, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 60.

[49] Mr Simeon Beckett, Committee Hansard 14 November 2005, p. 42. See also Dr Ben Saul, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 62.

[50] Mr Geoff McDonald, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 7.

[51] Mr Geoff McDonald, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 18.

[52] See, for example, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 2, 9. See also Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 6, 13.

[53] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p.1. See also pp 1-2 and p. 21 of that submission.

[54] Explanatory Memorandum p. 36

[55] Proposed section 105.4.

[56] Proposed para. 100.1(1)(a), sections 105.8 and 105.10.

[57] Proposed para..100.1(1)(b) and s. 105.12.

[58] Proposed sections 105.12 and 105.14.

[59] Proposed section 105.5.

[60] Proposed subsection 105.4(4).

[61] Proposed para. 105.4(4)(b).

[62] Proposed para. 105.4(4)(c).

[63] Proposed subsection 105.4(5).

[64] Proposed section 105.32.

[65] Proposed section 105.28.

[66] Proposed paras. 105.28(2)(e), (f) and (g).

[67] Proposed section 105.27.

[68] Proposed section 105.42.

[69] See proposed sections 105.25 and 105.26, which refer to the provisions of the ASIO Act and the Crimes Act.

[70] Proposed section 105.39.

[71] Proposed subsections 105.41(1), (2), (3) and (6).

[72] Proposed subsections 105.41(5) and (7).

[73] Proposed sections 105.15 and s.105.16.

[74] Proposed section 105.40.

[75] Proposed subsection 105.37(3).

[76] Proposed subsection 105.38(5).

[77] Proposed subsections 105.19(5), (6) and (7).

[78] Proposed subection 105.19(8).

[79] Proposed section paras. 105.19(8)(d), (e) and (f).

[80] Proposed section 105.17.

[81] Proposed subsections 105.51(1) and para. 105.28(2)(g).

[82] Proposed subsection 105.51(5).

[83] Proposed subsection105.51(8).

[84] Proposed subsection 105.51(5).

[85] Proposed subsection 105.51(2).

[86] Proposed section 105.52.

[87] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), s. 40, s.41.

[88] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), schedule 8, s.24.

[89] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), schedule 8, s.26. A review officer may refuse to hear oral representations from the detainee if he considers that he is unfit to make representations because of his condition or behaviour.

[90] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), schedule 8, s.22.

[91] An amendment inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 increased the total possible period of detention without charge to 14 days from the time of arrest or detention. The amendment came into force on 20 January 2004.

[92] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), schedule 8, s.32.

[93] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), schedule 8, s.29, s.31.

[94] Criminal Code (Canada), ss. 83.3(4) to (6).

[95] Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 15.

[96] Mr John North, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 77.

[97] Dr Helen Watchirs, ACT Discrimination and Human Rights Commissioner, Submission 154, p. 5. See also the Council of Europe Guidelines on Human Rights and the Fight Against Terrorism, adopted by the 45 member states. The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights considered it the appropriate framework within which to debate counter terrorism responses.

[98] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 8; Article 9 of the ICCPR.

[99] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 13; Article 14.1 of the ICCPR.

[100] Proposed subsection 104.4(4); Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 13; Dr Mathew, Submission 187, p. 4; Dr Helen Watchirs, ACT Discrimination and Human Rights Commissioner, Submission 154, p. 4.

[101] Crimes Act 1914,s.3W; suspicion does not imply that it is well founded or that the facts are or must be correct - see Tucs v Manley (1985) 62 CALR 460; George v Rockett (1990) 170 CLR 104 at 117.

[102] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp.18 - 19.

[103] Submission 8, p.7.

[104] Interview with Commissioner Mick Keelty, Lateline, ABC, 31 October 2005.

[105] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 19.

[106] Submission 196, p. 2.

[107] Wolpe Bruce, Fairfax Corporate Affairs Director, The Australian, 10 November 2005 referred to in Submission 196, pp 1-2.

[108] Proposed para.104.4(4)(c).

[109] Dr Mathew, Submission 187, pp. 4, 9; A v Australia UN Doc CCPR/C/59/D/560/1993.

[110] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 3.

[111] Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 14.

[112] Professor Charlesworth, Professor Byrne, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, pp 2, 6 and 7.

[113] Submission 240, p. 5. The Cambridge based centre maintained that the exigencies of dealing with terrorism cannot justify arbitrary detention. In doing so, it cited the European Convention on Human Rights as applied in Fox, Campbell & Hartley v UK (1990) ECHR Application No. 12244/86 at 32.

[114] Submission 154, p. 4.

[115] Dr. Carne, Submission 8, p. 14.

[116] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 13; Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p.82.

[117] Hogg B., 'Democracy muted by fear', Canberra Times, 20 October 2005, p.70.

[118] Allard T., 'Read all about this ASIO bungle. Soon it’ll be a crime', Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October, 2005, p. 1.

[119] Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (SA), s. 4 and s. 6.

[120] Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (NSW), s. 26H.

[121] PIAC, Submission 142, p. 33; Mr Beckett, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 46.

[122] Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 81.

[123] Dr Carne, Submission 8, p.17.

[124] Section 34D of the ASIO Act permits the issuing of a compulsory questioning or questioning and detention warrant where the issuing authority is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for believing the warrant will substantially assist the collection of intelligence that is important in relation to a terrorism offence.

[125] Professor Joseph and Mr Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights, Submission 114, p. 15.

[126] Submission 290a, Attachment A, p. 12. See also L v Lyons (2002) 137 ACrimR 93. The same is true for procedures governing the issue of a control order.

[127] Mr Zagor, Submission 260, p. 10.

[128] Dr Watchirs, Submission 154, p. 5.

[129] Proposed para. 104.14(1)(e).

[130] Queensland Law Society, Submission 222, p. 4.

[131] Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld), s.149: HREOC, Submission 158, p. 39.

[132] Police Powers and Responsibility Act 2000 (Qld), s. 159; Crime and Misconduct Act 2001 (Qld), s. 326.

[133] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 39.

[134] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 16; Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 9; Mr Zagor, Submission 260, p. 10.

[135] ALRC, Keeping Secrets: The protection of classified and security sensitive information, (ALRC, Report No. 98). The report is available online at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publicatons/report/98.

[136] Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 9.

[137] Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 9.

[138] The Secretary of State for the Home Department and M [2004] Civ 324 [13], cited in ALRC, Keeping Secrets: The protection of classified and security sensitive information, (ALRC, Report No. 98), paragraph 10.87.

[139] The Bill provides that review under the ADJR Act is excluded and, therefore, a detainee cannot rely on section 13 of that Act to obtain reasons. Nor is there a right under the AAT Act to a statement of reasons for a decision subject to review by the Security Appeals Division (see subsection 28(1AAA) of that Act).

[140] Proposed subsection 105.32(6).

[141] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 71.

[142] See for example, Law Council, Submission 140, p.11; Gilbert and Tobin Centre for Public Law, Submission 80, p.12; Professors Charlesworth and Bryne, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, p.3.

[143] Administrative Review Council, Submission 263, p. 8.

[144] Submission 263, p.8.

[145] Submission 263, p. 7.

[146] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 70.

[147] See para. 33(f) of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth); Australian Lawyers for Human Rights; Submission 139, p. 17; see also article 2(3) ICCPR and Keenan v United Kingdom (2001) 33 EHRR 913 for international human rights law perspective referred to in Submission 158, p. 11.

[148] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 12.

[149] Submission 262, p. 9.

[150] Submission 262, p. 9. See also Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1995) 183 CLR 245.

[151] Proposed subsection 105.51(7); Submission 262, p. 9.

[152] Professor Charlesworth, Professor Byrnes, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, p. 3.

[153] See, for example, The Hon Alastair Nicholson and others, Submission 237, p. 31.

[154] Submission 237, p. 31.

[155] Professor Charlesworth, Professor Byrnes, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, p. 3.

[156] Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005, s. 26X.

[157] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 10.

[158] Committee Hansard,14 November 2005, p. 10.

[159] ASIO Act, ss. 34NA(4).

[160] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 5.

[161] Committee Hansard, 14 November, 2005, p.11.

[162] See para. 6.1 of the Protocol made under subsection 34C(3A) of the ASIO Act.

[163] Committee Hansard, 17 November, p. 51.

[164] Proposed section 105.42.

[165] Terrorism (Police Powers) (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (NSW), s. 26ZK. Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 (SA), s. 42.

[166] Proposed sections 105.25 and s.105.26.

[167] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 55.

[168] Submission 8, p. 23.

[169] Submission 163, p. 6.

[170] An ASIO ‘questioning only’ warrant may be issued where there are reasonable grounds for believing that issuing the warrant will substantially assist in collecting intelligence that is important in relation to terrorism related offence; ASIO Act, para. 34D(1)(b).

[171] Proposed section 105.25.

[172] ASIO Act, ss.34HB (6) and (11).

[173] Proposed subsections 105.25(4) and 105.26(7).

[174] Evidence obtained during questioning may not be used in a criminal proceeding against the individual however it may be used in a criminal prosecution for giving false or misleading information. ASIO Act, s. 34G(9).

[175] There is ‘no derivative use immunity’ and questioning may therefore lead ASIO and the AFP to other sources of evidence which can be used in criminal prosecution: paragraph 116(1)(g), s.s. 116(3) Migration Act 1958 and regulation 2.43(2)(a).

[176] Proposed section 105.33

[177] It is noted that Australian correctional facilities where detainees may be held operate under the Minimum Standards Guidelines for Australian Prisons based on the UN Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners. See also Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; UN GA Resolution 43/173, 9 December 1988.

[178] Committee Hansard, p. 51.

[179] Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Protocol available at https://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/pjcaad/asio_ques_detention/index.htm

[180] Submission 163, p. 6.

[181] Proposed section 105.19.

[182] Submission 163, p. 6.

[183] Submission 163, p. 6.

[184] Submission 163, p. 7.

[185] Submission 163, p. 7.

[186] Proposed section 105.29.

[187] Proposed sections 105.29 and 105.30.

[188] Professor John McMillan, Commonwealth Ombudsman and Mr Ian Carnel, Inspector General of Intelligence and Security, Submission 163, p. 6.

[189] Submission 262, p. 2.

[190] Crimes Act, s.23G.

[191] Immediate family and grandparents and guardians and carers are included in the definition of family. De facto spouses or same sex partner, step parents and step children are also included.

[192] Proposed subsection 105.35(2).

[193] Proposed paras. 105.35(1)(a),(b)(I)(ii), (c), (d), (e) and (f).

[194] Submission 221, p. 22.

[195] Proposed section 105.39.

[196] Proposed paras. 105.39(2)(a) and (b), and paras. 105.39 (3)(a) and (b).

[197] Proposed sections 105.15 and 105.16.

[198] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 47.

[199] Proposed section 26N of the Terrorism (Police Powers) Amendment (Preventative Detention) Bill 2005 requires that all applications for a prohibited contact order be made to the Supreme Court.

[200] HREOC, Submission 158, pp. 17, 19; Dr Mathews, Submission 187, p. 10; Dr Carne, Submission 8, p. 21.

[201] Submission 8, p. 21.

[202] Submission 158, p. 16.

[203] Submission 8, p. 20.

[204] That is, the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under any form of Detention. Rule 37 of the Standard Minimum Rules under the heading “Contact with the outside world”, provides: Prisoners shall be allowed under necessary supervision to communicate with their family and reputable friends at regular intervals, both by correspondence and by receiving visits. Principle 16 of the Body of Principles states: Promptly after arrest and after each transfer from one place of detention or imprisonment to another, a detained or imprisoned person shall be entitled to notify or to require the competent authority to notify members of his family or other appropriate. See Submission 158, pp 17.

[205] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), Schedule 8, ss. 6(3).

[206] Terrorism Act 2000 (UK), Schedule 8, ss.8(3)and (4).

[207] Proposed section 105.41.

[208] Proposed subsection 105.41(6).

[209] Proposed subsections 105.41(4) and (5).

[210] Proposed subsection 105.41(2), para.105.41(2)(b) and subparas.105.41(2)(d)(i) to (iv).

[211] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 64.

[212] Similarly, it would be a criminal offence for any Parliamentarian who became aware of a preventative detention order to disclose that fact publicly, unless protected by parliamentary privilege. This would not protect the source of the information.

[213] Proposed subsection 105.41(3).

[214] Committee Hansard, p. 97.

[215] Submission 221, p. 23.

[216] ASIO Act, s.34VAA (12); Submission 193, p. 3.

[217] ASIO Act, s.34VAA.

[218] Proposed subsection 105.37(3).

[219] Proposed subsection 105.38(1).

[220] See, for example, Australian Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 17, pp. 9-10; Victorian Council of Civil Liberties, Submission 221, p. 22; NSW Council of Civil Liberties, Submission 161, p. 12; Queensland Council of Civil Liberties, Submission 223, p. 10.

[221] See for example, Amnesty International, Submission 141 p.26.

[222] Submission 140, p.16. See also, for example, Women Lawyers Association of New South, Submission 137; Australian Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 17; Victorian Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 221.

[223] See discussion at Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 25.

[224] ACCL, Submission 17, p. 11.

[225] paras. 105.37(1)(a) to (e).

[226] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 25.

[227] Submission 222, p. 8.

[228] Submission 140, p.17.

[229] Terrorism Act 2000 UK, section 7, Schedule 8.

[230] Schedule 8, Part I, section 9:http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00011--u.htm#sch8ptI

[231] 28 CFR Parts 500 and 501: National Security; Prevention of Acts of Violence and Terrorism; Final Rule [excerpt]: The full regulation (also cited as 66 Fed. Reg. 55,061, 55,063 [October 31, 2001]) can be viewed at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/bop_rule.pdf .

[232] Deputy Commissioner Lawler, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 72.

[233] Proposed section 104.1.

[234] Proposed sections 104.4, 104.7, 104.9 and 104.12.

[235] Proposed section 104.2.

[236] Proposed sections 104.6 and 104.8.

[237] Proposed sections 104.6 and 104.8.

[238] Proposed section 104.10.

[239] Proposed section 104.2.

[240] Proposed ection 104.2.

[241] Proposed subsection 104.2(4).

[242] See Item 11 of Schedule 4 and proposed sections 104.4, 104.7, 104.9 and 104.14.

[243] Proposed paras. 104.4(1)(a) and (b).

[244] Proposed para. 104.4(1)(c).

[245] Proposed para. 104.4(1)(d).

[246] Proposed subsection 104.4(2).

[247] Proposed subsection 104.4(3).

[248] Proposed paras. 104.5(1)(e) and (f).

[249] Proposed subsection 104.12(1).

[250] Proposed sections 104.12 and 104.13.

[251] Proposed subsection 104.14(1).

[252] Proposed subsection 104.14(6).

[253] Proposed para.104.4(1)(c).

[254] Proposed para. 104.4.1(d).

[255] Proposed subsection 104.14(4).

[256] Proposed subsection 104.28(1).

[257] Proposed subsection 104.28(2).

[258] Proposed subsection 104.28(3).

[259] Submission 222, p. 13.

[260] Submission 222, p. 12.

[261] Submission 222, p. 12.

[262] Submission 139, p. 12.

[263] Supplementary Submission 290A, p. 5.

[264] Council of Europe, Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Report by Mr Alvaro Gil Robles, Commissioner for Human Rights, on his visit to the United Kingdom, 4-12 November 2004, 8 June 2005, pp. 10-12, reported in advice of the ACT Human Rights Commissioner, 19 October 2005, p. 12.

[265] Submission 158, p. 24.

[266] Submission 158, p. 8.

[267] Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Submission 139, p. 12.

[268] Supplementary Submission 290A, p. 5.

[269] Supplementary Submission 290A, p. 5.

[270] Deputy Commissioner Lawler, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 2.

[271] Proposed section 104.4.

[272] Proposed section 104.4

[273] Proposed section 104.14.

[274] Proposed subsection 104.13(2).

[275] Submission 206, p. 13.

[276] Human Rights Office, Submission 154, p. 11; Professor Charlesworth, Professor Byrne, Ms Mackinnon, Submission 206, p.4, p. 13.

[277] See A (FC) and other (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 56 at para 95. The Court in that case rejected a government claim that indefinite detention of a non national was justified. The Court acknowledged the threat of terrorism, but rejected the UK’s derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights on the grounds that the UK is not at war and does not face a ‘public emergency that threatens the life of the nation’.

[278] Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Submission 240, p. 2. See also Joint Committee on Human Rights, Prevention of Terrorism Bill, Tenth Report of Session 2004-05, HL Paper 68; HC 334, p. 5 available at http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200405/jtselect/jtrights/68/68.pdf

[279] Committee Hansard, 18 November, p. 31

[280] Committee Hansard, 18 November, p. 31

[281] Rada Cavanilles v Spain RJD 1990-VIII 3242 referred to in Submission 154, p. 13.

[282] Submission 154, p. 13; see also Victorian Law Reform Commission, Review of Family Violence Laws, 2004.

[283] Proposed subsection 104.14(1).

[284] See, for example, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 82.

[285] Attorney General Department, Submission 290, p. 2.

[286] Evidence Act, Division 1 to 3, Part 3.2.

[287] See discussion, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 28.

56 Mr Bret Walker SC, Submission 194, p. 3.

[288] Submission 194, p. 3.

[289] Submission 194, p. 3.

[290] Submission 194, p. 3.

[291] Submission 222, p. 21.

[292] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 71.

[293] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 84.

[294] ACT Human Rights Commissioner, Submission 154, p. 11.

[295] Emmerson, B, The Prevention of Terrorism Act: Legal Opinion (2005) available at www.statewatch.org; in A Chong et al, Laws For Insecurity? A report on the Federal Government’s proposed counter-terrorism measures, 23 September 2005, referred to in Submission 142, p. 14.

[296] See, for instance, Clingham v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2003] 1 AC 787.

[297] Proposed para. 104.4(1)(d) and subsection 104.4(2).

[298] The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 November 2005, p. 67.

[299] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 8.

[300] p. 88.

[301] The Explanatory Memorandum suggests that this offence 'is similar in effect to paragraph 24A(d) and section 24D of the Crimes Act': p. 89.

[302] The Explanatory Memorandum states 'this is a new aspect of the offences recommended by the Gibbs Report': p. 90.

[303] The Explanatory Memorandum states that 'new subsection 80.2(5) modernises the language [of the current Crimes Act offences] from classes or groups as recommended by the Gibbs Report': p. 90.

[304] Proposed subsection 80.2(4), Explanatory Memorandum, p. 90; see also proposed subsections 80.2(2) and 80.2(6). Section 5.4 of the Criminal Code defines 'recklessness'.

[305] Explanatory Memorandum, pp 89-90.

[306] Note that the Bill does not define 'good faith'.

[307] p. 91.

[308] p. 87.

[309] See, for example, APC, Submission 143; Australian Centre for Independent Journalism, Submission 184; Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS), Submission 164; ABC, Submission 196; Free TV Australia, Submission 149; Fairfax and others, Submission 88.

[310] See, for example, Australian Publishers Association, Submission 151; Representatives of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Submission 153; National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), Submission 166; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198;and see also the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), Submission 159, for the potential impact on academics.

[311] See, for example, Dr Ben Saul, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 60; Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 22 and AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 29.

[312] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3.

[313] Submission 88, p. 6.

[314] Submission 80, p. 18; see also Mr Cameron Murphy, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 31.

[315] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 66.

[316] See, for example, Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275A, p. 16; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 13; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, pp 2-3; Representatives of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Submission 153, p. 5.

[317] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 80.

[318] Submission 114, p. 27; see also Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 51-52.

[319] Submission 114, p. 27; see also Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 51-52.

[320] Submission 56, p. 3.

[321] See, for example, Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 2 and Submission 143, p. 4; Mr Robert Connolly, Representatives of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3; Mr Cameron Murphy, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 31; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 20; Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 175A, p. 1.

[322] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 8.

[323] The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 November 2005, p. 67. Note that it appears from departmental evidence that the advocacy provisions in Schedule 1 will be included in this review: the discussion in this section could therefore apply equally to the advocacy provisions.

[324] See, for example, Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 52; and Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 114, p. 26; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, p. 2; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 3.

[325] See, for example, Mr Jon Stanhope, ACT Chief Minister, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 90; APC, Submission 143, p. 3; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 3; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, p. 4; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 41; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 23; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 16; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 29.

[326] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 95.

[327] Submission 142, p. 41; see also Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 36 and 39.

[328] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 9.

[329] Submission 140, p. 23.

[330] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 66.

[331] See also Dr David Neal, Submission 247, p. 11.

[332] Submission 80, p. 16; see also Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4.

[333] See, for example, Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4.

[334] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 8 and also p. 22.

[335] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 20.

[336] See, for example, Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, pp 3 and 16; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, pp 18-19; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, p. 2; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, pp 4-5; Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 32; APC, Submission 143, pp 2-3; Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275, p. 2 and Submission 275A, p. 3.

[337] Submission 275, p. 2 and Submission 275A, p. 1; see also Laurence Maher, 'The Use and Abuse of Sedition' (1992) 14 Sydney Law Review 287-316; Laurence Maher, 'Dissent, Disloyalty and Disaffection: Australia's Last Cold War Sedition Case' (1994) 16 Adelaide Law Review 1‑77.

[338] Submission 56, p. 9 and see also p. 18.

[339] Submission 56, p. 9; see also Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, p. 4.

[340] Submission 56, p. 9.

[341] Submission 275A, p. 3.

[342] Submission 80, p. 19; see also PIAC, Submission 142, p. 40; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 32.

[343] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4; see also Mr Chris Connolly, Tabled Document, 17 November 2005, p. 4 and Submission 56, p. 9.

[344] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 32.

[345] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 22.

[346] Submission 290A, Attachment A, pp 22-23.

[347] See, for example, Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, pp 9-11; Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 6 and 8; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, p. 5; Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275A, pp 5-6 and 10; see also Laurence Maher, 'The Use and Abuse of Sedition' (1992) 14 Sydney Law Review 287-316; and Laurence Maher, 'Dissent, Disloyalty and Disaffection: Australia's Last Cold War Sedition Case' (1994) 16 Adelaide Law Review 1‑77.

[348] Submission 275A, p. 5.

[349] Submission 275A, p. 5.

[350] Submission 56, p. 13; see also Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 8-9.

[351] Submission 146, p. 2; see also Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4.

[352] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 4; see also Attorney-General's Department, Submission 290A, pp 2-3.

[353] Submission 290A, p 2.

[354] Submission 80, pp 18-19.

[355] Submission 56, p. 9.

[356] Submission 275A, p. 11.

[357] Gibbs Report, Chapter 32, pp 301-307.

[358] p. 88.

[359] See, for example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 16; Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 11; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 39; see also Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 8 as contained in Submission 153, Annexure B.

[360] Submission 80, p. 16.

[361] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 66.

[362] Submission 80, p. 16.

[363] Tabled Document, 17 November 2005, p. 8.

[364] Submission 56, p. 11.

[365] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 8.

[366] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 16; also Submission 290A, Attachment B, pp 24‑25.

[367] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 23.

[368] See, for example, Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, pp 3 and 12; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, pp 16-18; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 32-33; APC, Submission 143, p. 3; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 2; HREOC, Submission 158B, pp 1-5.

[369] Dr Ben Saul, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 67; and see also Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 13.

[370] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 66; see also Mr Jack Herman, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 5; HREOC, Submission 158B, pp 1-5.

[371] Submission 80, p. 16; see also HREOC, Submission 158B, p. 3.

[372] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 21.

[373] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 17 and 21 and also Submission 290, p. 5; see also HREOC, Submission 158B, p. 3.

[374] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 37; and also Submission 290A, p. 3.

[375] Submission 290A, p. 3.

[376] Submission 80, p. 18; see also HREOC, Submission 158B, p. 3.

[377] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 22.

[378] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 22.

[379] See further Submission 80, p. 17; and also PIAC, Submission 142, p. 41.

[380] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 55; see also, for example, D Crawshaw, 'Police to investigate stores over hate books', The Canberra Times, 19 July 2005, p. 4; 'Throwing the book at hatred', The Australian, 19 July 2005, p. 12.

[381] Submission 195A, p. 5; see also p. 4; and Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 68.

[382] Submission 195A, pp 5-6; see also p. 4.

[383] See Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 36-37.

[384] Submission 290, p. 2; referring to 'Terror web site tells how to kill foreigners', The Canberra Times, 19 November 2005, p. 21.

[385] Submission 290, p. 3.

[386] Submission 290, p. 3; and also Submission 290B, p. 14.

[387] See, for example, Mr Simeon Beckett, ALHR, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 47; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 3; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, pp 20-21; ABC, Submission 196, p. 3; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21; Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4; Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275A, pp 14-15; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, pp 24 and 27-28.

[388] See, for example, HREOC, Submission 158, p. 27, which pointed to Article 19 of the ICCPR; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 222.

[389] See, for example, Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 10-11; Law Council, Submission 140, pp 21-22; SBS, Submission 164, p. 3; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2.

[390] See, for example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 21.

[391] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 77-78.

[392] Submission 88, p. 7; see also, for example, APC, Submission 143, pp 2-3; SBS, Submission 164, pp 3-4; ABC, Submission 196, p. 4; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, p. 5.

[393] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 16.

[394] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 13 and see pp 14-15 for discussion of the Pilger interviews; see also, for example, Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 55 and Submission 116, pp 31-35; and for other examples see Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275A, pp 9-11. Others cast doubt on Mr Walker's interpretation: see for example, Sue Harris Rimmer, Ann Palmer, Angus Martyn, Jerome Davidson, Roy Jordan and Moira Coombs, Parliamentary Library, Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Bills Digest No. 64 2005-06, 18 November 2005 (Bills Digest), pp 45-46 and see also the discussion of fault elements later in this chapter.

[395] See, for example, Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 10-11; Law Council, Submission 140, pp 21-22; SBS, Submission 164, p. 3; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2; several of these submissions cited Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1997) 189 CLR 520.

[396] Submission 80, p. 22; see also Dr Ben Saul, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 60 and 67 for a discussion of problems with similar proposals in the UK and the US.

[397] Submission 80, p. 23.

[398] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 21.

[399] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 6.

[400] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 9.

[401] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 68.

[402] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 68.

[403] See, for example, Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 2 and 5 and also Submission 143, p. 3; Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 5 and 11; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 6; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 27; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 116, p. 35.

[404] Ms Agnes Chong, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 22.

[405] Submission 166, p. 6.

[406] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 49.

[407] Submission 196, p. 3.

[408] Submission 140, p. 21.

[409] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 52.

[410] Submission 290, p. 2.

[411] See, for example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 21; Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 8; APC, Submission 143, p. 3; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, pp 28-29.

[412] Submission 226, p. 7.

[413] Submission 80, p. 21.

[414] Submission 80, p. 21.

[415] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 4.

[416] Submission 226, p. 8.

[417] For example, Article 20(2) of the ICCPR and Article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination 1969.

[418] Submission 80, p. 17; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 35; and Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 38 and PIAC, Submission 142, p. 41.

[419] Submission 158, p. 31; see also Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 29.

[420] For example, ABC, Submission 196, pp 3-4; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 22; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 26.

[421] Submission 290, p. 4.

[422] See, for example, ABC, Submission 196, p. 3; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21 and also Mr John North, Law Council, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 79; Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 2 and 10 and also Submission 143, p. 3; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 33 and 37-38; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 20; Mr Laurence Maher, Submission 275A, p. 16; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 40.

[423] See, for example, Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19; Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 7-8; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2; HREOC, Submission 158A, p. 3; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 25; see also Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 7 (citing R v Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate; ex parte Choudhury [1991] 1 QB 429) as contained in Submission 153, Annexure B. Also available at: http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/img/2005/ep34/advice.pdf (accessed 21 November 2005).

[424] See Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, available at: http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/img/2005/ep34/advice.pdf (accessed 21 November 2005). Referred to, for example, in the following submissions: Representatives of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Submission 153, Annexure B; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, p. 42; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 23; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 36.

[425] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 10.

[426] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 11.

[427] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 17.

[428] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 17.

[429] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 83.

[430] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19; see also Submission 80A,p. 1.

[431] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19; see also Submission 80A, p. 1.

[432] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19.

[433] Submission 80A, p. 2.

[434] Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 20; see also Submission 80A, p. 2.

[435] Submission 80, p. 20.

[436] Submission 158A, pp 2-3. Note that HREOC's reasoning was slightly different to that of the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law; and see also Attorney-General's Department, Submission 290, p. 2, which suggests that HREOC's interpretation is 'not supported by the construction of the offences'.

[437] Submission 158B, p. 5.

[438] Submission 158B, p. 5.

[439] Submission 158B, p. 5; see also Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80A, p. 2.

[440] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 10.

[441] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 10, 16-17 and Submission 290, p. 5.

[442] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 8; see also Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 37-39.

[443] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 38; cf HREOC, Submission 158A, p. 3; Mr Bret Walker SC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 17.

[444] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 39.

[445] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 9.

[446] Submission 290, p. 5.

[447] Submission 290, p. 5.

[448] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 83.

[449] Submission 158A, p. 3; Submission 158, pp 27-30; see also Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 39.

[450] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 4; see also p. 5.

[451] See, for example, Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 5 and p. 11; Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 5.

[452] See, for example, Chris Connolly, Submission 56, pp 3 and 14 and Committee Hansard, 17 November 2004, p. 6; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, p. 3; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 7; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 21.

[453] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 29; see also Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 40.

[454] See, for example, Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 24; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 14.

[455] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 48; see also Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 36; HREOC, Submission 158, p. 29; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 40; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 8; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, pp 24-25; Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 12.

[456] Submission 140, p. 22; see also APC, Submission 143, p. 3.

[457] Submission 88, p. 8; see also, for example, Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2.

[458] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, p. 13.

[459] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 21.

[460] See, for example, Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 2 and APC, Submission 143, p. 3; Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 39; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 14; Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 9-10; Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2; HREOC, Submission 158, p. 30; ALHR, Submission 139, p. 20; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 27; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 116, p. 35.

[461] See, for example, Mr Bret Walker SC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 87.

[462] Memorandum of Advice from Bret Walker SC and Peter Roney to ABC Legal, 24 October 2005, pp 11-12; see also Mr Chris Connolly, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 12.

[463] See, for example, Mr Chris Connolly, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 5 and also Submission 56, pp 14-15; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 21; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 27; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 116, pp 31 and 35.

[464] Submission 80, p. 21.

[465] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 5; and see also Submission 143, p. 3.

[466] Submission 80, p. 21; see also Fairfax, Submission 80, p. 9; ABC, Submission 196, p. 4.

[467] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 2.

[468] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 86.

[469] Fairfax and others, Submission 88, p. 12; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21; Mr John North, Law Council, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 79; ABC, Submission 196, p. 4; Mr Jack Herman, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 3 and 7.

[470] Submission 88, p. 12; see also, for example, Free TV Australia, Submission 149, p. 2.

[471] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 3 and 7; see also APC, Submission 143, p. 3; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 21 and HREOC, Submission 158, p. 30.

[472] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3; cf Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, who simply opposed the sedition provisions altogether: Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 7.

[473] HREOC, Submission 158, p. 30 and Recommendation 21; see also Mr Simeon Beckett, ALHR, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 48 and also ALHR, Submission 139, pp 23-24; Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 52 and 55 and Submission 116, p. 35 (making a similar suggestion based on the Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Vic)); ABC, Submission 196, p. 3; Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Submission 198, p. 5; SBS, Submission 164, p. 4.

[474] Submission 290A, p. 4; see also AFP, Submission 195A, p. 4.

[475] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 10.

[476] Submission 290A, p. 3.

[477] See, for example, Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 29; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 15; APC, Submission 143, p. 3; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, p. 3; Fairfax and others, Submission 88, p. 10.

[478] Submission 143, p. 3.

[479] Submission 146, p. 3.

[480] Submission 56, p. 15.

[481] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 6.

[482] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 48.

[483] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 79-80.

[484] Submission 88, p. 10.

[485] ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Advice to the ACT Chief Minister on the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005, 20 October 2005, http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/docs/DPPadvice.pdf, p. 5 (accessed 18 November 2005).

[486] Submission 290A, pp 3-4.

[487] See, for example, Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 39; Fairfax and others, Submission 88, p. 10; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 32-33; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 116, p. 35; ABC, Submission 196, p. 3; Professor Kenneth McKinnon, APC, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 2.

[488] Submission 275A, p. 6; Mr Maher suggested this was a 'weakening of the Attorney-General's consent provision', presumably when compared to the existing section 24E of the Crimes Act.

[489] Submission 259, p. 5.

[490] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 33.

[491] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 68.

[492] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 33.

[493] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 50; see further HREOC, Submission 158B, pp 6-8 for discussion of the UK position.

[494] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 19.

[495] Mr Ibrahim Abraham, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 53; see also Submission 116, p. 35.

[496] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 10.

[497] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 9-10.

[498] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 10.

[499] Submission 140, p. 21; see also Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 56.

[500] Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 15; Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, pp 29-30.

[501] Submission 56, p. 15; quoting ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Advice to the ACT Chief Minister on the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005, 20 October 2005, http://www.chiefminister.act.gov.au/docs/DPPadvice.pdf, p. 5 (accessed 18 November 2005).

[502] Gibbs Report, p. 307; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 16; Attorney-General's Department, Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 23 and Attachment B, p. 25.

[503] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 23.

[504] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 36; also Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 23 and Attachment B, p. 25.

[505] See clause 1 of the UK Terrorism Bill 2005, available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/055/2006055.pdf (accessed 21 November 2005).

[506] See, for example, Fairfax and others, Submission 88, p. 11; Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 19; Mr Chris Connolly, Submission 56, p. 4; Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 192, pp 5-6; Australian Screen Directors Association, Submission 146, p. 3; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 32-33; APC, Submission 143, p. 4; NAVA, Submission 166, p. 8; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 29; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 114, pp 27-31.

[507] Submission 80, p. 19.

[508] See also Uniting Church in Australia, Submission 192, p. 5; and Bills Digest, pp 47-48, which suggests at p. 48 that 'if this is to be remedied, the provisions of section 24F [of the Crimes Act] need to be expressed to apply to subsection 30A(1)(b)'.

[509] Submission 56, p. 4.

[510] Submission 56, p. 4 and see p. 13 for examples of organisations that could potentially be banned under these provisions; see also Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 114, p. 28; and Fairfax and others, Submission 88, pp 11-12.

[511] Submission 192, p. 6.

[512] Submission 80, p. 19.

[513] Gibbs Report, p. 335; see also Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, pp 16 and 19; Mr Robert Connolly, representative of the Arts and Creative Industries of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 3.

[514] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 23 and also p. 41.

[515] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 41; also Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 21.

[516] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 41.

[517] Submission 290A, p. 4.

[518] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 8.

[519] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 8.

[520] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 21.

[521] Subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code defines 'organisation' as a body corporate or an unincorporated body, whether or not the body (a) is based outside Australia; or (b) consists of persons who are not Australian citizens; or (c) is part of a larger organisation.

[522] Note that section 100.1 of the Criminal Code defines 'terrorist act'.

[523] p. 7.

[524] p. 8.

[525] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 4.

[526] Criminal Code, s. 102.3.

[527] Criminal Code, s. 102.5.

[528] Criminal Code, ss. 102.7 and 102.8.

[529] See also Bills Digest, pp 7-8.

[530] See, for example, Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 32; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28; Division of Law, Macquarie University, Submission 168, p. 6; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, p. 10; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 11.

[531] Submission 139, p. 6.

[532] Submission 157, p. 11; see also Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 21.

[533] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[534] Submission 167, p. 10; see also Division of Law, Macquarie University, Submission 168, p. 6.

[535] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 7.

[536] See, for example, Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 21-22; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, p. 11.

[537] Submission 167, p. 11.

[538] Submission 81, p. 33; see also, for example, AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 13.

[539] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 25.

[540] See for example, ALHR, Submission 139, p. 5; Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 32; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28; Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria, Submission 150, p. 3; AMCRAN, Submission 157, pp 11-12 and see also Ms Agnes Chong, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 19-20; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, pp 9-10; Division of Law, Macquarie University, Submission 168, p. 6; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 35. Note also that freedom of speech issues are discussed further in the section on sedition earlier in this chapter.

[541] Submission 167, pp 9-10.

[542] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 20.

[543] Submission 142, p. 28; see also Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 33.

[544] Submission 142A, pp 9-10; see also Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 33; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28.

[545] Submission 168, pp 5-6.

[546] Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1.

[547] Submission 168, p. 5.

[548] Submission 168, p. 5; see also Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 7.

[549] Submission 80, p. 6.

[550] See, for example, Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria, Submission 150, p. 3; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 12.

[551] Submission 157, p. 12.

[552] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 20.

[553] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 21.

[554] See, for example, Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 33 and also Submission 161, p. 16; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 12; Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 20-21; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 35.

[555] See, for example, the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law, Submission 80, p. 6; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28; Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 51; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, p. 10; Division of Law, Macquarie University, Submission 168, p. 3; Dr Ameer Ali, Australian Federation of Islamic Council, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 28; Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 33.

[556] Submission 167, p. 10.

[557] Submission 161, p. 17.

[558] Submission 157, p. 11.

[559] Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 51.

[560] p. 7.

[561] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 20-21; also Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 7.

[562] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 7.

[563] NOWAR SA, Submission 255, p. 3; see also Dr Ameer Ali, Australian Federation of Islamic Council, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 28 and clause 21 of the UK Terrorism Bill 2005, available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/055/2006055.pdf (accessed 21 November 2005).

[564] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 7.

[565] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 16; see also Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 7.

[566] See, for example, AMCRAN, Submission 157, pp 12-13 and also Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 22; NTEU, Submission 159, p. 5; Mr David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 33 and also Submission 161, pp 16-17; Division of Law, Macquarie University, Submission 168, p. 3; Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 33; PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28.

[567] Submission 157, p. 12.

[568] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 33.

[569] Submission 142, p. 28.

[570] Submission 80, p. 6.

[571] Submission 80, p. 6.

[572] Submission 80, p. 6.

[573] p. 9.

[574] Submission 157, p. 13; see also Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAN, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 24.

[575] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 21; see also AFP, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 75; and AFP, Submission 195A, p. 9.

[576] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, pp 16-17 and 25.

[577] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, pp 4 and 8.

[578] Senators Mason and Brandis had queried whether, instead of seeking to revise sedition laws, it would be more effective to criminalise incitement or advocacy by both organisations and individuals of the doing of a terrorist act: Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 22.

[579] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 23 and see also p. 22.

[580] The Hon Philip Ruddock MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 3 November 2005, p. 68.

[581] Submission 168, p. 4.

[582] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 4; see also Bills Digest, p. 7, which notes that subclause 3.4(3) of the Inter-Governmental Agreement on Counterterrorism Laws states that the Commonwealth will provide the states and territories with the 'text of the proposed regulation and will use its best endeavours to give the other parties reasonable time to consider and comment on the proposed regulations'.

[583] p. 7; see also Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 25.

[584] See, for example, Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 31; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 10; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, pp 9‑11.

[585] Submission 81, p. 31.

[586] Submission 81, p. 32.

[587] Submission 167, p. 9.

[588] Submission 167, p. 9; see also Ms Jane Stratton, PIAC, Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 33 and PIAC, Submission 142, p. 28; Liberty Victoria, Submission 221, p. 35.

[589] A 'serious offence' is an offence punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more (including, for example, theft of property belonging to a Commonwealth entity (section 131 of the Criminal Code), money laundering (section 400 of the Criminal Code), some postal offences (under Division 471 of the Criminal Code), and computer offences (under Division 478 of the Criminal Code)).

[590] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 74. The states and territories will introduce complementary legislation to cover other major transport hubs.

[591] Moreover, some provisions will need to remain in force after 10 years to provide for circumstances such as the return of items which were seized prior to the 10-year sunset date.

[592] A 'terrorist act' is defined in subsection 100.1(1) of the Criminal Code.

[593] See section 149.1 of the Criminal Code.

[594] For example, see AFP Act, ss. 141 and 143.

[595] Submission 167, pp 34-35.

[596] Submission 167, p. 35.

[597] Submission 142, p. 34.

[598] Submission 81, p, 19.

[599] Submission 162, p. 4.

[600] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 19.

[601] Submission 157, p. 25.

[602] See Submission 152, pp 36-39.

[603] Submission 152, p. 38.

[604] Crimes Act, s. 3V. See further Submission 152, p. 38.

[605] Crimes Act, subs. 3V(3).

[606] Submission 152, p. 39.

[607] Submission 165, p. 5.

[608] Submission 165, p. 5.

[609] Submission 163, p. 7.

[610] For example, see Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 4.

[611] Submission 142, p. 34.

[612] Submission 142, pp 34-35.

[613] Submission 152, p. 39.

[614] Submission 161, p. 17.

[615] Submission 167, p. 35.

[616] Submission 222, p. 34.

[617] Submission 81, pp 20-21.

[618] Submission 81, p. 21.

[619] Submission 167, pp 35-36.

[620] Submission 167, p. 36.

[621] Submission 131, p. 3.

[622] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 19.

[623] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 26.

[624] Submission 150, p. 3.

[625] Submission 150, p. 3.

[626] For example, see Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 38; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 26; Bar Association of Queensland and Queensland Law Society, Submission 222, p. 34; Devasia family, Submission 225, p. 2.

[627] Submission 211, p. 5; Submission 237A, p. 8.

[628] Submission 142, p. 36.

[629] Submission 142, p. 35.

[630] Submission 142, pp 35-36.

[631] Submission 152, p. 37.

[632] Submission 222, p. 33.

[633] Submission 167, pp 36-37.

[634] Submission 134, p. 24.

[635] Submission 161, p. 17.

[636] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 42.

[637] Submission 221, p. 33.

[638] Submission 211, p. 5.

[639] Answers to relevant questions on notice put by the committee to the AFP and the Department are at Appendix 4 and Appendix 6 respectively.

[640] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 54.

[641] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, pp 67-68.

[642] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 55.

[643] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 42.

[644] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 42.

[645] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 42.

[646] Submission 80, p. 15.

[647] See Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act 2001, s. 33; Trade Practices Act 1974, s. 155.

[648] Submission 80, p. 15.

[649] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 65.

[650] Submission 142, p. 37.

[651] Submission 142, p. 37.

[652] Submission 142, p. 37.

[653] Submission 165, p. 5.

[654] Submission 165, p. 5.

[655] Submission 152, p. 40.

[656] Submission 152, p. 41.

[657] Submission 152, pp 41-42.

[658] Submission 152, p. 42.

[659] Submission 167, pp 37-38.

[660] Submission 163, p. 7.

[661] Submission 165, p. 5.

[662] Submission 276, p. 6.

[663] Submission 276, p. 7.

[664] Submission 276, p. 7.

[665] Submission 276, p. 7.

[666] Submission 276, p. 8.

[667] p. 84.

[668] Submission 88, p. 4.

[669] Submission 88, p. 4.

[670] Submission 88, p. 4.

[671] Submission 198, p. 4.

[672] Submission 196, p. 3.

[673] Submission 196, p. 3.

[674] Submission 143, p. 4.

[675] Submission 164, p. 2.

[676] Submission 149, p. 3.

[677] Submission 149, p. 3.

[678] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 7.

[679] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 7.

[680] Submission 164, p. 2.

[681] Submission 198, p. 4.

[682] Submission 198, p. 4.

[683] Submission 80, pp 15-16.

[684] Committee Hansard, 14 November 2005, p. 65.

[685] Submission 165, p. 5. Notices to produce were discussed in the privacy context in the Legal and Constitutional References Committee's recent inquiry into the Privacy Act: Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, The real Big Brother: Inquiry into the Privacy Act 1988, June 2005, pp 133-134 and p. 161.

[686] Submission 142, p. 37.

[687] Submission 276, p. 8.

[688] Submission 238, p. 1.

[689] Submission 238, p. 1.

[690] Submission 238, p. 5.

[691] Submission 238, p. 5.

[692] Submission 238, p. 5.

[693] Submission 167, p. 39.

[694] Submission 161, p. 18.

[695] See further, Submission 142, p. 37. See Chapter 2 of this report for a discussion of general constitutional issues raised in the context of the Bill.

[696] Answers to relevant questions on notice put by the committee to the AFP and the Department are at Appendix 4 and Appendix 6 respectively.

[697] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 42.

[698] Committee Hansard, 18 November 2005, p. 43.

[699] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 55.

[700] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 55. See also Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee, The real Big Brother: Inquiry into the Privacy Act 1988, June 2005, pp 133-134 and p. 161.

[701] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 65.

[702] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 65.

[703] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 65.

[704] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 65.

[705] Submission 163A, p. 5.

[706] Submission 163A, p. 5.

[707] Submission 163A, p. 6.

[708] Submission 163A, p. 6.

[709] See Chapter 3 of this report.

[710] See, for example, Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, pp 13-14; Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic), Submission 167, p. 48; Mr Alan Behm, Submission 193, p. 8; AMCRAN, Submission 157, p. 30; Ms Catharine Errey, Submission 257, p. 1. Current reviews of anti-terrorism laws, as referred to elsewhere in this report, include the review by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD; and the review being undertaken by the independent Security Legislation Review Committee, announced by the Attorney-General in October 2005.

[711] Submission 167, p. 44.

[712] Submission 165, p. 7.

[713] Submission 165, p. 7.

[714] Submission 165, p. 7.

[715] Submission 167, p. 46.

[716] Submission 276, p. 13.

[717] Submission 276, p. 13.

[718] Submission 276, p. 13.

[719] Submission 81, p. 23; see also Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 44.

[720] Submission 81, p. 23; see also Mr Patrick Emerton and Mr Joo-Cheong Tham, Submission 152, p. 43.

[721] Submission 142, p. 38.

[722] Submission 142, p. 38.

[723] Submission 80, p. 23.

[724] Submission 142, p. 38.

[725] See ASIO Act, s. 4.

[726] Submission 152, p. 45. This may also raise an issue of constitutionality under section 51(xxxi) of the Constitution which requires the Commonwealth to acquire property only on 'just terms': see further Submission 152, pp 46-47.

[727] Submission 152, p. 46.

[728] Submission 167, p. 45.

[729] Submission 167, p. 45.

[730] Mr Joo-Cheong Tham and others, Submission 81, p. 25.

[731] Submission 142, p. 24.

[732] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 53. Answers to questions on notice put to ASIO by the committee are at Appendix 5.

[733] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 53.

[734] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 60.

[735] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 60.

[736] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 60.

[737] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 60.

[738] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 64.

[739] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 64.

[740] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 64.

[741] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 64.

[742] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 64.

[743] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 61.

[744] See also answers to questions on notice at Appendix 5.

[745] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 97.

[746] Bills Digest, p. 49. The following paragraphs are drawn from pp. 49-51 of the Bills Digest.

[747] Bills Digest, p. 49.

[748] Senator the Hon Chris Ellison, Minister for Justice and Customs, Australia Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, media release, 17 October 2005.

[749] The following paragraphs are drawn from the Bills Digest, pp 49-50.

[750] See proposed section 24F of the Bill.

[751] Bills Digest, p. 50.

[752] See subsection 17FA(3) and subsection 17FB(6) of the Bill.

[753] Bills Digest, p. 50.

[754] FATF, Third Mutual Evaluation Report on Money Laundering and Combating of the Financing of Terrorism – Australia, 14 October 2005 at p.18, cited in Bills Digest, p. 50.

[755] See Item 1 of Schedule 9.

[756] Bills Digest, p. 50.

[757] See Item 21 of Schedule 9 of the Bill; Bills Digest, p. 50.

[758] p 99.

[759] See clause 2 of the Bill.

[760] p. 4.

[761] Clause 2 of the Bill.

[762] EM, p. 4

[763] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 29.

[764] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 29.

[765] Mr Tony Burke, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 15

[766] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 30.

[767] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 28.

[768] Mr David Bell, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 14.

[769] Submission 64, p. 1.

[770] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 29.

[771] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 34.

[772] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 33. Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 29.

[773] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 15.

[774] Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 16.

[775] Australian Bankers Association, Submission 26, Attachment, p. 2.

[776] Australian Bankers Association, Submission 26, Attachment. See also Australian Bankers Association, Submission 26B

[777] Mr David Bell, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 14.

[778] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 30.

[779] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 30.

[780] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 29

[781] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 27.

[782] Submission 26, Attachment, p. 5.

[783] Submission 276, p. 12.

[784] Submission 276, pp 12-13.

[785] Submission 276, p.12.

[786] Submission 276, pp 12 and 15.

[787] Submission 165, p. 6.

[788] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 34.

[789] Submission 290A, Attachment B, p. 34.

[790] p. 12.

[791] FATF, Third Mutual Evaluation Report on Money Laundering and Combating of the Financing of Terrorism – Australia, 14 October 2005, para 2.2.2.

[792] This overview of existing offences and the amendments is drawn from pp 11-12 of the Bills Digest.

[793] Bills Digest, p. 12.

[794] Bills Digest, p. 11.

[795] The following paragraphs are draw from pp 12-13 of the Bills Digest.

[796] p. 12.

[797] See, for example, Law Council, Submission 140, pp 19‑21 and New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 161, pp 1-3.

[798] See for example: Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 165, p. 23; Law Council, Submission 140, pp 19‑21; Federation of Ethic Community Councils of Australia, Submission 167, pp 12-13; Quaker Peace and Justice NSW Committee, Submission 183 p. 2; Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 223, p. 11; National Australian Bank, Submission 209, p. 1; PIAC, Submission 81, p. 29; and New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 161, pp 1-3.

[799] Gilbert and Tobin Centre for Public Law, Submission 80, p. 7.

[800] Law Council, Submission 140, pp 19‑21.

[801] Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 165, p. 23.

[802] Law Council, Submission 140, p. Mr David Bernie, New South Wales Council of Civil Liberties, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 40.

[803] Law Council, Submission 140, pp 19‑21, Islamic Welfare Council of Victoria, Submission 150, Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAM, Committee Hansard, 17 November 2005, p. 23. Dr Ameer Ali, Federation of Islamic Councils of Australia, Committee Hansard, p. 23.

[804] Law Council, Submission 140, p. 19.

[805] Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21, Dr Waleed Kadous, AMCRAM, Committee Hansard, 17 November, p. 23.

[806] Law Council, Submission 140, p. 20.

[807] Law Council, Submission 140, p. 21.

[808] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 27

[809] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 25.

[810] Submission 290A, Attachment A, p. 25.

[811] AMCRAN, Submission to Inquiry on Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005 (Submission 157), Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, November 2005, p. 13.

[812] Law Council of Australia, Supplementary Information (Submission 140A), Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, 23 November 2005, p. 3.

[813] Attachment A, Attorney-General’s Department, Responses to Questions Placed on Notice by Senators during the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Monday, 14 November 2005, p. 2.

[814] Committee Hansard, Monday 1 November 2005, p. 37.

[815] Committee Hansard, Monday 1 November 2005, p. 37.

[816] Committee Hansard, Monday 1 November 2005, p. 37.

[817] Submission 158, p. 4.

[818] Submission 114, p, 17.

[819] Submission 140, p, 4.

[820] Submission 141, p, 27.

[821] Submission 114, p16.

[822] Submission 141, p. 23.

[823] Submission 191, p. 7.

[824] Committee Hansard, Thursday 17 November, p. 48.

[825] Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988

[826] Submission 142, p. 32.

[827] Submission 139, p. 16.

[828] Submission 140, p. 11.

[829] Submission 140, p. 10.

[830] Submission 276, p. 1.

[831] Submission 276, p. 9.

[832] Submission 276, p. 1.

[833] Mr Geoff MacDonald, Attorney-General’s Department, Committee Hansard, Monday 1 November 2005, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, p. 15.

[834] Submission 158, p. 25.

[835] Submission 80, p. 24.

[836] Committee Hansard, Thursday, 17 November p. 4 – see the Chair’s Report pp 69-125 for discussion.