Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

[1]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 134-26 February 2013, p. 3661.

[2]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 136-28 February 2013, pp 3690-3691.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2.

[4]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 107-3 February 2010, p. 3117.

[5]        Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010, EM, p. 2.

[6]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 108-4 February 2010, pp 3143-3144.

[7]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010, June 2010, p. 11 (Recommendation 1).

[8]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2010, June 2010, p. 10.

[9]        Senate Hansard, 26 February 2013, p. 926.

CHAPTER 2 - KEY ISSUES

[1]        See: Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Submission 1, pp 3-5; National Children's and Youth Law Centre, Submission 4, pp 2-3; Law Society of South Australia, Submission 5, p. 2; ACT Government, Submission 6, pp 1-2; Law Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 1; Law Society of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 1.

[2]        See, for example: ACT Government, Submission 6, p. 2; Law Society of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 1.

[3]        Submission 1, p. 4. Also see p. 5 (in relation to section 474.14 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) (Criminal Code) and proposed new subsection 474.40(2)).

[4]        Submission 5, p. 4.

[5]        Submission 1, p. 3. Also see: Law Society of South Australia, Submission 5, p. 3.

[6]        Submission 5, p. 4.

[7]        Submission 5, p. 4.

[8]        Submission 1, p. 4. Also see: Law Society of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 1.

[9]        Submission 1, p. 4. Also see: ACT Government, Submission 6, p. 2; NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Submission 2, p. 2.

[10]      Submission 1, pp 4-5.

[11]      Submission 1, p. 5.

[12]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[13]      Submission 1, p. 4. Also see: Law Society of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 1.

[14]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[15]      Submission 6, p. 2. Section 272.20 of the Criminal Code criminalises acts committed with the intention of preparing for, or planning of, certain offences within Division 272—Child sex offences outside Australia.

[16]      Submission 7, p. 4. Also see: Ms Susan McLean, Submission 3, p. 9.

[17]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[18]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[19]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[20]      Submission 1, p. 5.

DISSENTING REPORT BY SENATOR XENOPHON

[1]        The Carly Ryan Foundation, Carly's Story, available at: http://www.carlyryanfoundation.com/carlys_story (accessed 25 June 2013).

[2]        Submission 3, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 7, p. 3.

[4]        Submission 7, p. 4.

[5]        Submission 7, p. 4.