Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

[1]        The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2866.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

CHAPTER 2 - OVERVIEW OF THE BILL

[1]        The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2866.

[2]        The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2866.

[3]        The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2866.

[4]        Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner, 2006-07, Canberra, 2007, p. 15.

[5]        Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Annual Report of the Integrity Commissioner, p. 15.

[6]        Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006, s. 5.

[7]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Measures) Bill 2006, May 2006, pp 24-26.

[8]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Measures) Bill 2006, May 2006, p. 27.

[9]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Measures) Bill 2006, May 2006, pp 27-28.

[10]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Bill 2006, Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner (Consequential Measures) Bill 2006, May 2006, p. 28.

[11]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Interim Report, 22 February 2010.

[12]      Australian Government, Government Response to Recommendations Two and Three of the Interim Report from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (PJC on ACLEI) Inquiry into the Operation of the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006, September 2010, p. 2.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[14]      ACLEI, Submission 14, p. 10. (This submission relates to the PJC-ACLEI inquiry)

[15]      ACLEI, Submission 14, p. 10.

[16]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Committee Hansard, 14 August 2009, p. 15.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[18]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Committee Hansard, 14 August 2009, pp 11-12.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 14 August 2009, p. 12

[20]      The Hon. Robert McClelland MP, Attorney-General, and the Hon. Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, 'Legislation to back new criminal asset taskforce', Media Release, 23 March 2011.

[21]      Australian Federal Police, Proceeds of Crime, www.afp.gov.au/policing/proceeds-of-crime.aspx, (accessed 27 June 2011).

[22]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 7, p. 1.

[23]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[24]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 5, p. 3.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 2.

[26]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[27]      Judith Ireland, 'Cocaine tops record drug haul', The Canberra Times, 23 June 2011, http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/cocaine-tops-record-drug-haul/2206941.aspx, (accessed 27 June 2011).

[28]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[30]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[31]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[32]      The Hon Brendan O'Connor MP, Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2867.

[33]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[36]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

[37]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[38]      Item 164 of the Bill will amend the reference to the DPP in paragraph 79B(3)(b) to 'proceeds of crime authority' to also include the Commissioner of the AFP.

[39]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

CHAPTER 3 - KEY ISSUES

[1]        Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, Submission 3, pp 4-5.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 13.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 13

[4]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 13

[5]        Submission 3, p. 6.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 14.

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

[8]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 6.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 6.

[10]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 6.

[11]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 17.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 17.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 13.

[16]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 17.

[17]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 8.

[19]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[20]      Director of Public Prosecutions Victoria, Submission 4, p. 1.

[21]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[22]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[25]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[26]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 12.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 18.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 18.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 15.

[31]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 18.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 18.

[34]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[35]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 14.

[37]      Submission 7, footnote 1, pp 2-3.

[38]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 16.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 13.

[40]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 14.

[41]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 5, p. 5.

[42]      Submission 5, p. 5.

[43]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 15.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, pp 15-16.

[45]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 16.

[46]      See: Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Inquiry into the legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups, https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/acc_ctte/laoscg/index.htm, (accessed 10 August 2011).

[47]      NSW Crime Commission, About Us, http://www.crimecommission.nsw.gov.au/index.cfm?objectid=51C6F851-20ED-709A-EC2A449A8EFF8601, (accessed 10 August 2011).

[48]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, Legislative arrangements to outlaw serious and organised crime groups, 17 August 2009, p. 127.

[49]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 10.

[51]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 10.

[52]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 6.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 15.

[54]      Committee Hansard, 4 August 2011, p. 15.

Additional comments by  Liberal Senators

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