Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The TIA Act was renamed from the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act 1979 in 2006.

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill

[1]        Telecommunications (Interception and Access Act 1979, Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 2008, p. 2.

[2]        The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, Second Reading Speech: Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 September 2009, p. 9708.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 1.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, p. 3.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, p. 3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 1.

[7]        The Hon Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, Second Reading Speech: Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 February 2008, p. 836.

[8]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 3, p. 2.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 1.

[10]      Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Report into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, May 2008, p. 17.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 1.

[12]      Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Annual Report for the year ending 30 June 2008, p. 2.

[13]      Subsection 7(1), Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 6.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 6.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 8.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 10.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 7.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 7.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 7.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, pp. 12-13.

[22]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 11.

[23]      Telecommunications (Interceptions and Access) Act 1979, subsection 5(1), definition of 'restricted record'.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 13.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 13.

[26]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, pp. 15-16.

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 24.

[28]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 24.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 16.

[30]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 18.

[31]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 18.

[32]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 20.

[33]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 20.

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 20.

Chapter 3 - Key issues

[1]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 4.

[2]        Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 2.

[3]        Name withheld, Submission 1, pp. 2-3ff

[4]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 4.

[5]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 5.

[6]        Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[7]        Australian Federal Police Association, Submission 5, p. 4.

[8]        Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 4.

[9]        Attorney-General's Department, Submission 3, p. 5.

[10]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 3, p. 6.

[11]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[12]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 5.

[14]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, pp. 4-5.

[15]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 5.

[16]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, pp. 4-5.

[17]      Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 3.

[18]      A copy of the discussion paper and exposure draft is available at: http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Consultationsreformsandreviews_Telecommunications(InterceptionandAccess)AmendmentBill2009-NetworkProtection (accessed 14 October 2009)

[19]      Electronic Frontiers Australia, Correspondence, p. 3.

[20]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, pp. 6-7.

[21]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, pp. 6-7.

[22]      Electronic Frontiers Australia, Correspondence, p. 4.

[23]      Electronic Frontiers Australia, Correspondence, p. 4.

[24]      Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 4.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2009, p. 14.

[26]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Submission 6, p. 2.

[27]      Mr Anthony A Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, August 2005, p. 69.

[28]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Submission 6, p. 1.

[29]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Submission 6, p. 3.

[30]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Submission 6, p. 3.

[31]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Submission 6, p. 3.

[32]      Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 4.

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

[34]      Attorney-General's Department, Supplementary Submission, p. 4.

[35]      Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 7.

[36]      See Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Report into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, May 2008, p. 17.

Additional comments by Liberal senators

[1]        Name withheld, Submission 1, p. 2.

[2]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 2, p. 4.

[3]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[4]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.