Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The Hon. Mal Brough MP, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, p. 8.

[2]        p. 11.

[3]        The Hon. Mal Brough MP, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, p. 8.

[4]        For a detailed explanation of Schedule 2 of the Bill, see EM, pp 11-33.

[5]        Correspondence from the Hon. Joe Hockey MP, Minister for Human Services to the Chair, 20 November 2006.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        EM, p. 11.

[2]        EM, p. 11.

[3]        Submission 16, p. 8.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, pp. 41-42 & p. 43.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 28.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, pp 30 & 39.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 32.

[8]        Submission 6, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 6A, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 6A, p. 2.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 29.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 29.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 38.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 37.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 38.

[16]      For example, see Submission 15, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 15A, p. 3.

[18]      Submission 15, p. 4.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 17.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, pp 17 & 19.

[21]      Submission 15, p. 3.

[22]      Submission 14, p. 6.

[23]      Submission 14, p. 6.

[24]      Submission 14, pp 4-5.

[25]      Submission 14, pp 2-3.

[26]      Submissions 14 and 15.

[27]      Submissions 14 and 15.

[28]      Submissions 14 and 15.

[29]      Submissions 14 and 15.

[30]      Submission 6, p. 3.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 28.

[32]      Submission 13, p. 4.

[33]      Submission 6B, p. 1.

[34]      See National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2; Legal Services Commission of South Australia (LSCSA), Submission 3, p. 2; Welfare Rights & Advocacy Service (WRAS), Submission 7, p. 2.

[35]      Mr Michael Raper, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 23.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 2.

[37]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Entry and Search Provisions in Commonwealth Legislation, Fourth Report of 2000, 6 April 2000, p. 67. The committee notes that, in its response to the Scrutiny of Bills Committee's report, the Federal Government rejected many of the committee's recommendations: see Government Response to the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee Fourth Report 2000, Entry and Search Provisions in Commonwealth Legislation, Canberra, August 2003. On 25 March 2004, the Senate again referred the issue to that committee; the committee is yet to report.

[38]      Minister for Justice and Customs, A Guide To Framing Commonwealth Offences, Civil Penalties and Enforcement Powers, Canberra, February 2004, p. 67 at http://www.ag.gov.au/agd/WWW/rwpattach.nsf/personal/07B8DF7C133D46C8CA256E5F000339FC/$FILE/Consolidated+Guide+-++February+2004.pdf (accessed 15 November 2006).

 

[39]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 2.

[40]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[41]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[42]      NSW CCL, Submission 9, p. 4.

[43]      Submission 10, p. 4.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 8.

[45]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[46]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[47]      Submission 6, p. 4.

[48]      See, for example, Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA), Submission 10, p. 4.

[49]      See, for example, WRAS, Submission 7, p. 2; Acting Commonwealth Ombudsman, Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 3.

[50]      NWRN, Submission 2, p. 2.

[51]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[52]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 28.

[54]      Submission 5, pp 2-3.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 8.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 5.

[57]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14.

[58]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 15.

[59]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 15.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 19.

[61]      Submission 6, p. 3.

[62]      Submission 6B, pp 2-3.

[63]      Mr Stephen Fuller, Submission 1, pp 1-2; see also Qld CCL, Submission 8, p. 3.

[64]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[65]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[66]      Committee Hansard, 7 November 2006, p. 4.

[67]      Submission 13A, p. 1.

[68]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[69]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 9.

[70]      Submission 6A, p. 8.

[71]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 8. However, in making this point, Mr Jones accepted that other agencies could perform similar functions and perform them in a way that Parliament required them to, but if this were to occur 'it would be necessary to put in place significant legislative and administrative processes to ensure that the will of Parliament was adhered to'.

[72]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 24.

[73]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14. Federal Agent Quaedvlieg also revealed that he had received a telephone call the evening before the public hearing for this inquiry from the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink who was seeking the AFP's views on the proposals in Schedule 2: Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, pp 19 & 21.

[74]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14.

[75]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14.

[76]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14.

[77]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 19.

[78]      Submission 4, p. 3; see also Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 5, p. 4; and NSW CCL, Submission 9, p. 3.

[79]      Submission 8, p.2.

[80]      Submission 13, p. 8.

[81]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 3.

[82]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 11.

[83]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 9.

[84]      Federal Agent Quaedvlieg, Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 14.

[85]      Submission 6, p. 3.

[86]      Submission 6B, pp. 2-3.

[87]      OPC, Submission 5, p. 3; see also LSCSA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[88]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[89]      Committee Hansard, 10 November 2006, p. 21.

[90]      Submission 6A, p. 5.

[91]      Submission 6A, pp. 7-8.

[92]      Correspondence from the Hon. Joe Hockey MP, Minister for Human Services to the Chair, 20 November 2006.