Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives Hansard, 13 September 2007, p. 4.

[2]        House of Representatives Hansard, 13 September 2007, p. 4

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill

[1]        p. 4.

[2]        pp 12-14.

[3]        p. 12.

[4]        p. 14.

[5]        at pp 12-15.

[6]        See further EM, pp 13-15.

[7]        See further EM, pp 14-15.

[8]        p. 15.

[9]        EM, p. 16. This defence is based on sections 50CA and 50CD of the current Crimes Act.

[10]      p. 18.

[11]      p. 18.

[12]      EM, p. 18.

[13]      This includes Australian citizens, Australian residents, and any body corporate that is incorporated in Australia, or carries on activities principally in Australia: proposed section 273.2.

[14]      p. 21.

[15]      p. 21.

[16]      p. 23.

[17]      EM, p. 3. See also p. 7 of the EM for a comparative table of the existing Crimes Act provisions and the equivalent proposed Criminal Code provisions.

[18]      p. 3.

[19]      See proposed sections 272.9 and 272.10, compared to current sections 50BC and 50BD of the Crimes Act.

[20]      p. 11; see also pp 11-12.

[21]      Proposed section 272.13: see further EM, p. 16.

[22]      Proposed section 272.14; see further EM, p. 16.

[23]      See proposed subdivision D in Divisions 272 and 273. It is noted that the section numbering in the EM for proposed subdivisions D and E of Division 272 appears to be inconsistent with the numbering contained in the Bill.

[24]      Subsection 474.27(5) states that indecent means 'indecent according to the standards of ordinary people'.

[25]      p. 27.

[26]      p. 5

[27]      Australian Crime Commission Amendment Regulations 2006 (No 4).

[28]      p. 4.

Chapter 3 - Key Issues

[1]        Child Wise, Submission 2; World Vision Australia, Submission 3; Australian Institute of Family Studies, Submission 4.

[2]        Submission 1, p. 2; see also AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 3.

[3]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 2, p. [1].

[5]        Submission 2, p. [1].

[6]        Submission 2, p. [2].

[7]        Submission 3, p. [1].

[8]        Submission 3, p. [2].

[9]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[11]      Submission 5, pp 4 and 6.

[12]      Submission 5, p. 7.

[13]      Submission 5, p. 8.

[14]      Submission 5, p. 4; see also pp 8-9.

[15]      Parliamentary Library, "Crimes Legislation Amendment (Child Sex Tourism Offences and Related Measures) Bill 2007", Bills Digest No. 52 2007–08, 18 September 2007, p. 14.

[16]      p. 17; see also Law Council, Submission 5, pp 9-10.

[17]      Attorney-General's Department, answers to questions on notice, received 4 October 2007, p. 5.

[18]      Attorney-General's Department, answers to questions on notice, received 4 October 2007, p. 7.

[19]      Submission 5, p. 4; see also pp 7-8.

[20]      Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 1. Note also that foreign travel documents are covered under similar provisions in the Foreign Passports (Law Enforcement and Security) Act 2005.

[21]      Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 1.

[22]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 4.

[23]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 5.

[24]      Submission 5, p. 18.

[25]      Submission 5, pp 10-11.

[26]      Attorney-General's Department, answers to questions on notice, received 4 October 2007, p. 9.

[27]      Attorney-General's Department, answers to questions on notice, received 4 October 2007, p. 9.

[28]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[29]      Submission 5, p. 12.

[30]      Submission 5, p. 12.

[31]      Submission 5, p. 13.

[32]      Submission 5, p. 13.

[33]      Submission 5, pp 4 and 13-14.

[34]      Submission 5, p. 14.

[35]      or the person was of or above 10 years and the defendant was not more than two years older.

[36]      Submission 5, p. 14.

[37]      Submission 2, p. [2].

[38]      Submission 2, pp [3-4].

[39]      Submission 2a, p. [5].

[40]      Submission 2a, pp [4-5].

[41]      Submission 3, p. [3].

[42]      Submission 3, p. [2].

[43]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 1.

[44]      The practice of victim compensation involves an alleged offender paying compensation to the victim’s family.

[45]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 3.

[46]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 3.

[47]      AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, p. 6.

[48]      Submission 3, pp [2-3].

Additional comments of dissent by the Australian Democrats

[1] Submission 5, p. 7.

[2] AFP, answers to questions on notice, received 3 October 2007, pp 4 and 5.

[3] House of Representatives Hansard, 13 September 2007, p. 5.

[4] Submission 5, p. 6.

[5] Submission 5, p. 4.