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.