Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

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

[2]        The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, House of Representatives Official Hansard, 20 February 2008.

[3]        EM, Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008, p. 1, http://parlinfoweb.parl.net/parlinfo//view_document.aspx?TABLE=EMS&ID=2897

Chapter 2 - Overview of the Bill

[1]        Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979, Annual Report for the Year Ending 30 June 2007.

[2]        A communication is taken to start passing over a telecommunications system when it is sent or transmitted, and is taken to continue to 'pass over' the system until it becomes accessible to its intended recipient.

[3]        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.

[4]        A. S. Blunn, AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 59.

[5]        A. S. Blunn, AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, pp 57-60.

[6]        A. S. Blunn, AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 62.

[7]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006, March 2006.

[8]        The amendments in the current Bill relate to only some amendments in the 2006 and 2007 amendment bills which were focussed on other changes to the TIA Act such as stored communications warrants, B-Party (non-suspect) warrants, transferring provisions from the Telecommunications Act 1997 and implementing other recommendations of the Blunn report.

[9]        For the Senate Third Reading debate on the 2007 amendment bill, see Senate Hansard, 20 September 2007, pp 224-239.

[10]      EM, p. 3.

[11]      TIA Act, subsection 5(1).

[12]      EM, p. 4.

[13]      TIA Act, subsection 5(1).

[14]      Telecommunications (Interception) Legislation Amendment Act 2000.

[15]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[16]      EM, Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006, p. 34.

[17]      EM, Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006, p. 34.

[18]      EM, TIA Amendment Bill 2008, p. 4.

[19]      EM, p.4.

[20]      EM, p.6.

[21]      EM, p.6.

[22]      EM, p. 5.

[23]      A copy of a revocation must be provided to the Secretary of the Department by either the Judge or nominated AAT member (paragraph 52 (2) (b)) or the chief officer of an agency (paragraph 57 (3) (b)) who revoked the warrant. Currently, the chief officer of an agency must cause a copy of the warrant to be given to the Secretary of the Department under section 53, although this section is to be repealed under item 27 and replaced at item 31 with new section 59A.

[24]      EM, p. 5.

[25]      A.S. Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005.

[26]      A.S. Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 63.

[27]      A.S. Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 68.

Chapter 3 - Extension of network protection sunset dates

[1]        Submission 1, p. 14.

[2]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 28.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 28.

[5]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 35.

[6]        Submissions 1, 8, 10.

[7]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 5.

[8]        Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Submission 7, pp 4-6.

[9]        A. S. Blunn, AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 59.

[10]      These measures were contained in the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Act 2007.

Chapter 4 - Device-based named person warrants

[1]        Submission 9, pp 1-3; Submission 12, pp 1-3; Submission 13, pp 1-2; Submission 14, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 5, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 9, p. 2.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 28.

[5]        Submission 1, p. 4.

[6]        Submission 1, p. 8.

[7]        Submission 1, p. 4; Submission 7, pp. 6-7; Submission 10, p. 2.

[8]        A.S. Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005.

[9]        Submission 1, pp 5 and 7.

[10]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[11]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 33.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 18.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 34.

[14]      Submission 2, pp 2-3.

[15]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[17]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[18]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[19]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 13, p. 2.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 33.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 31.

[23]      Submission 1, p. 10.

[24]      Submission 1, p. 10.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 3.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 24.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 8.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 20.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 20.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 8.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 24.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 12.

[33]      Submission 1, p. 11.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 23.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 5.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 33.

[37]      Submission 8, p. 6.

[38]      Submission 10, p. 24.

[39]      Submission 10, p. 24.

[40]      EM, p. 4.

[41]      Submission 8, pp 3-4.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 29 and as quoted in Submission 1, p. 8.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 29. Submission 1, p. 8.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 29.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 8.

[46]      Australian Government response, quoted from Submission 1, p. 9.

[47]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, pp 4, 8, 12 and 22 and Law Council, answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 24 April 2008). Note that EFA was not asked this question.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 4.

[49]      Submission 1, pp 5-7.

[50]      Submission 10a, p. 1.

[51]      Submission 8, p. 7.

[52]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 12.

[53]      Answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 22 April 2008), p. 1.

[54]      Answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 22 April 2008), p. 1.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 29.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 29.

[57]      Submission, p. 2.

[58]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 18.

[59]      Secretary, Department of Employment, Education, Training Youth Affairs v Suzanne Barrett & Anor (1998) 82 FCR 524, in Attorney General's Department, answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 24 April 2008), p. 1.

[60]      Australian Telecommunications Commission v Krieg Enterprises Pty Ltd (1976) 14 SASR 303 at 309-313, in Attorney General's Department, answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 24 April 2008), p. 1.

[61]      Answer to question on notice, 17 April 2008 (received on 24 April 2008), p. 1.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 19.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 30.

[64]      Submission 7, p. 3.

Chapter 5 - Notifications to and from State Ministers

[1]        Submission 5, p. 2.

[2]        Australian Privacy Foundation, Submission 10, p. 2.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 25

[4]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, pp 28-29.

[5]        A.S. Blunn AO, Report of the Review of the Regulation of Access to Communications, 2005, p. 68.

Chapter 6 - Other issues

[1]        Submission 1, p. 4.

[2]        Respectively, this refers to section 13 and 12 of the Acts.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 17 April 2008, p. 7.

[4]        Attorney-General's Department: answers to questions on notice, received 24 April 2008

[5]        Attorney-General's Department: answers to questions on notice, received 24 April 2008

[6]        Attorney-General's Department: answers to questions on notice, received 24 April 2008.

[7]        Submission 7, p. 9.

[8]        Submission 7, p. 2.

[9]        Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2007, p. 48.

Supplementary report with additional comments of dissent by the Australian Democrats

[1] Senate Hansard, Thursday, 30 March 2006, p.59.

[2] Committee Hansard, Thursday, 17 April 2008, p.28.

[3] Committee Hansard, Thursday, 17 April 2008, p.16.

[4] Committee report on the provisions of the Telecommunications(Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2006, p. 65.