Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and Overview

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 108-4 February 2010, p. 3143.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[3]        Senate Hansard, 3 February 2010, p. 62.

[4]        Proposed sections 474.40-474.42.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 4. Also see Commander Stephanie Taylor, AFP, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 11 and p. 12.

[2]        Submission 3, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 7, p. 1. Also see Mr Paul McMahon, Submission 5, p. 1; Bravehearts, Submission 8, pp 1-2; and NSW Attorney‑General, Submission 9, p. 2.

[4]        Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, pp 3‑4.

[5]        Submission 8, p. 2.

[6]        For example, Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 3; and Ms Susan McLean, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 6.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, pp 6-7.

[8]        Commander Stephanie Taylor, AFP, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 10.

[9]        For example, Law Society of South Australia, Submission 2; Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 3; and South Australia Police, Submission 7.

[10]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[11]      Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 3.

[12]      Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 4.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 9.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 7.

[15]      Commander Stephanie Taylor, AFP, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 10.

[16]      Proposed subsection 474.41(1).

[17]      Commander Stephanie Taylor, AFP, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, pp 11-12.

[18]      Submission 9, p. 1.

[19]      Submission 9, pp 1-2.

[20]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[22]      Mrs Hetty Johnston, Bravehearts, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 4.

[23]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[24]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Offences Against Children) Bill 2010, 18 March 2010. That bill was passed in the Senate on 18 March 2010 and received Royal Assent on 14 April 2010 (Act No. 42 of 2010).

[25]      Submission 7, p. 1.

[26]      Ms Sarah Chidgey, Assistant Secretary, AGD, Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 15.

[27]      Australian Bureaus of Statistics, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Products/4901.0~Apr+2009~Main+Features~Internet+use+and+mobile+phones?OpenDocument (accessed 21 June 2010).

[28]      Polly Klaas Foundation, 'Topline Findings from Omnibuzz Research', 2005. http://www.pollyklaas.org/internet-safety/internet-pdfs/PollingSummary.pdf (accessed 21 June 2010).

[29]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 8.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 9.

[31]      Journals of the Senate, No. 113-9 March 2010, pp 3259-3259.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY LIBERAL SENATORS

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 9.

MINORITY REPORT BY SENATOR XENOPHON

[1]        Adelaide Advertiser, Carly Ryan: A loving girl who fell prey to an online predator, 23 January 2010.

[2]        Submission 6, p. 3.

[3]        Submission 6, p. 3.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 6.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 9.

[6]        The Age, Cyber-crime cases ignored by untrained police, 7 March 2010.

[7]        The Age, Cyber-crime cases ignored by untrained police, 7 March 2010.

[8]        Submission 1, p. 1.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 4.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 7.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 9 March 2010, p. 7.