Footnotes

[1] Bills Digest No. 111 2003-04

[2] Explanatory Memorandum, p.34

[3] Proposed subsection 108(1)(b)

[4] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7-8.

[5] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 24.

[6] Ms Graham, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 8.

[7] Ms Graham, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 8.

[8] Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Submission 13B, p. 2.

[9] Mr McDonald, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 41.

[10] As defined in the proposed amendment to section 5D – schedule 4, item 7 of the Bill.

[11] Mr McDonald, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 39.

[12] Prof. Williams, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 28 and 31.

[13] Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 4, p. 5.

[14] Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Submission 8, p. 6.

[15] Ms Macaulay, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 16-18.

[16] Australian Securities and Investment Commission, Submission 13, p. 2.

[17] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 18.

[18] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 12.

[19] Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 4, p. 5.

[20] Mr Inman, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 17.

[21] Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Submission 13A, p. 1.

[22] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 10.

[23] Ms Hume, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 37.

[24] Proposed subsection 118(3)

[25] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 37.

[26] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 12.

[27] Bronitt, S. and Stellios, J., Telecommunications interception in Australia: Recent trends and regulatory prospects, Telecommunications Policy 29 (2005), p. 886.

[28] NSW Council of Civil Liberties, 'Australian phones 26 -– times more likely to be bugged than an American phone', Media Release, 13 January 2006.

[29] Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 4, p. 4.

[30] Mr McDonald, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 39.

[31] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, pp 16-17.

[32] Ms Graham, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 14.

[33] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, pp 13-14.

[34] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, pp 13-14.

[35] Proposed section 150(1)(b)

[36] Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 6, p. 2.

[37] Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 6, p. 2.

[38] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 42.

[39] Senator Payne, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 42.

[40] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13.

[41] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 19.

[42] Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 10, p. 2.

[43] Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 10, p. 3.

[44] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 6.

[45] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 36.

[46] Proposed section 6AA

[47] Electronic Frontiers Australia, Submission 3, p. 8.

[48] Telstra, Submission 20, p. 2

[49] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006.

[50] Australian Communications and Media Authority, Submission 18, p. 2.

[51] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 34.

[52] Content files can contain audio, video, data or anything in digital formal, as well as real-time data, such as Voice over Internet Protocol.

[53] Ruddock, P., Interception amendments achieve appropriate balance, Media Release, 16 February 2006.

[54] Explanatory Memorandum to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006,
p. 1.

[55] Blunn, A S, AGPS, August 2005

[56] Blunn, p. 76.

[57] Blunn, p. 76.

[58] Blunn, p. 77.

[59] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 52.

[60] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 32.

[61] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 44.

[62] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 46.

[63] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p.

[64] Blunn, p. 76.

[65] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 45.

[66] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 44.

[67] Ibid.

[68] Submission 1, p. 4.

[69] Submission 9, pp 2-3.

[70] Ibid.

[71] Submission 17, p. 6.

[72] Submission 2, p. 1.

[73] Submission 4, pp 8-9.

[74] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 2, Submission 17, p. 6.

Article 17 ICCPR states:

1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation.

2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

[75] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 56.

[76] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 22.

[77] Submission 17, p. 9.

[78] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 50.

[79] Submission 2, p. 2.

[80] Ibid

[81] Ibid

[82] Blunn, p. 74.

[83] Submission 3, pp 28-29.

[84] Submission 2, p. 3.

[85] Blunn, p. 77.

[86] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 43.

[87] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 44.

[88] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006 p. 47.

[89] Submission 17, p. 9.

[90] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 59.

[91] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 47.

[92] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 29

[93] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p.40

[94] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 29.

[95] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 51.

[96] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 51.

[97] Ibid.

[98] Submission 1, p. 4

[99] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 6.

[100] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 30.

[101] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p.14

[102] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 9-10.

[103] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p.10

[104] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 29

[105] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 45.

[106] [1997] 839 FCA

[107] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 30.

[108] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 58.

[109] Submission 17, pp 3-4.

[110] Gillies, P., Law of Evidence in Australia, p. 433.

[111] Section 4

[112] Submission 9, p. 2.

[113] Submission 9, pp 2-3.

[114] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 50-51.

[115] Explanatory Memorandum to the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006,
p. 32.

[116] Submission 3, p. 28.

[117] Submission 6, p. 2.

[118] Submission 17, p. 4

[119] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 9

[120] Submission 3, p. 28

[121] Submission 10, p. 1.

[122] Ibid.

[123] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 50.

[124] Submission 10, p. 4.

[125] Submission 10, p. 2

[126] Submission 17, p. 3.

[127] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 59-60

[128] Blunn, p. 2.

[129] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006 p. 22.

[130] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 34.

[131] Ibid.

[132] International Mobile Equipment Identifier

[133] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 55

[134] EFA, Submission 3, p. 28

[135] Blunn, p. 46.

[136] Mr Gifford, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 54

[137] Federal Agent Lawler, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 54

[138] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 55

[139] Submission 6, p. 3.

[140] Ibid

[141] Ibid

[142] Blunn, p. 55.

[143] Ibid.

[144] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, pp 2-3.

[145] Committee Hansard, 15 March 2006, p. 32.

[146] Submission 16, p. 3.

[147] Blunn, p. .

[148] House of Representatives Hansard, 16 February 2006, pp 9-10.

[149] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 47.

[150] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 48.

[151] Committee Hansard, Wednesday, 15 March 2006, p. 39.

[152] Committee Hansard, Wednesday, 15 March 2006, pp. 28 and 31.

[153] NSW Council for Civil Liberties, ‘Australia phones 26-times more likely to be bugged than an American phone’, media release, 13 January 2006.

[154] Office of the Victorian Privacy Commissioner, Submission to the Commonwealth Parliament’s Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee on its inquiry into the Provision of the Telecommunication (Interception) Bill 2004, 12 March 2004.

[155] Committee Hansard, Wednesday, 15 March 2006, p. 57.

[156] Committee Hansard, Wednesday, 15 March 2006, p. 57.

[157] Submission 2, p. 2.

[158] Submission 6, p. 3.

[159] Committee Hansard, Wednesday, 15 March 2006, p. 25.

[160] Submission 3, p. 29.

[161] Anthony Blunn AO ‘Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications’ August 2005