Footnotes

[1] Senate Hansard, 21 June 2006, p. 1.

[2] Crimes Act Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill 2006 Explanatory Memorandum, Outline, p. 2.

[3] Ibid.

[4] House Hansard, 26 March 1997, pp 3068-9 second reading speech by the Hon Daryl Williams, Attorney General.

[5] Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Report on the Crimes Amendment Forensic Procedures Bill 1997, p. 1.

[6] Website: http://www.crimtrac.gov.au/aboutus.htm. Viewed 26 July 2006.

[7] Website: http://www.crimtrac.gov.au/dna.htm. Viewed 4 July 2006.

[8] Independent Preliminary Audit Of The National Criminal Investigation DNA Database (NCIDD) by the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Federal Privacy Commissioner viewed on Website 6 July 2006: http://www.ema.gov.au/agd 

[9] Committee Hansard, 25 May 2006, p. 122.

[10] Ibid.

[11] Mobbs, Jonathan D. Crimtrac - Technology and Detection, p. 7.

[12] ALRC Report 96: Essentially Yours: The Protection of Human Genetic Information in Australia (2003)

[13] Report of Independent Review of Part 1D of the Crimes Act 1914 - Forensic Procedures

          March 2003.

[14] The Auditor-General, Audit Report No.53 2003-2004, The Implementation of CrimTrac, p. 2.

[15] Published correspondence dated 13 July 2006 (in amplification of a response at Budget Estimates on 25 May 2006), between Minister Ellison and the Secretary of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee.

[16] Bill Digest: Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures Bill no 1 2006, p. 8.

[17] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4; Bill Digest, p. 8.

[18] Bill Digest: Crimes Amendment (Forensic Procedures Bill no 1 2006, p. 7.

[19] Ibid.

[20] Ibid.

[21] Bill Digest, p. 6.

[22] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7

[23] Bill Digest, p. 8.

[24] Bill Digest, p. 7.

[25] Committee Hansard, 25 May 2006, p. 122.

[26] Senate Hansard, 21 June 2006, p. 1.

[27] Ibid.

[28] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[29] Submission 2, p. 1.

[30] Submission 4, p. 2.

[31] Submission 3, p. 1.

[32]   Submission 4, p. 4.