Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

[1]        A comprehensive summary of the background to, and operation of, the current Bills is provided in Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11. This report relies heavily on material contained in the Bills Digest.

[2]        Available at http://alliance.org.au/media_alliance_code_of_ethics/ (accessed 19 November 2010). Note: the Australian Journalists Association (AJA) is a division of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. The code of ethics and associated complaints system only applies to AJA members.

[3]        R v Gerard Thomas McManus and Michael Harvey [2007] VCC 619.

[4]        Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Act 2007.

[5]        The provisions of the previous bill, the Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009, were referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry on 19 March 2009. The committee tabled its report on 7 May 2009.

[6]        Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, Mr Andrew Wilkie MP, Member for Denison and Senator Nick Xenophon, 'Strengthening journalist shield laws', Joint Media Release, 28 September 2010.

[7]        Journals of the Senate, No. 8, 15 November 2010, p. 264.

CHAPTER 2 - OVERVIEW OF THE BILLS

[1]        Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, pp 17 and 20.

[2]        Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), section 126B.

[3]        Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, pp 4-5.

[4]        See Item 1 of Schedule 1 in both Bills.

[5]        Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, p. 17. See proposed new subsection 126H(1) (Wilkie Bill); proposed new subsection 126D(1) (Brandis Bill).

[6]        Proposed new subsection 126H(2) (Wilkie Bill); proposed new subsection 126D(2) (Brandis Bill).

[7]        Proposed new subsection 126H(3) (Wilkie Bill); proposed new subsection 126D(3) (Brandis Bill).

[8]        See proposed new section 131B in both Bills.

[9]        Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, p. 19.

[10]      The Bill Digest notes that, in such a relevant case, a journalist may be required to give evidence regarding their confidential information when it is in the child's best interest that this occurs. The Brandis Bill would not require such an amendment since it makes no changes to the existing numbering scheme of the Evidence Act to which the Family Law Act refers: Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, p. 19.

[11]      The Bill Digest notes that the Brandis Bill would not require such an amendment since it makes no changes to the existing numbering scheme of the Evidence Act to which the Family Law Act refers: Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, p. 19.

[12]      EM (Wilkie Bill), p. 2.

[13]      EM (Wilkie Bill), p. 3.

[14]      EM (Brandis Bill), p. 2.

[15]      The Bills Digest notes that, because no one could access the proposed professional privilege without the consent of the relevant court, it would be interpreted within a rich legal history governing the term: Parliamentary Library, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010 (No. 2) & Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2010, Bills Digest Nos. 38-39, 2010-11, p. 19.

CHAPTER 3 - KEY ISSUES

[1]        Australia's Right to Know, Submission 2, p. 1.

[2]        Australian Press Council, Submission 1, p. 3.

[3]        Australian Press Council, Submission 1, p. 3.

[4]        Mr Peter Bennett, Submission 4, p. 2.

[5]        Mr Peter Bennett, Submission 4, pp 3-5.

[6]        Mr Jack Herman, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 5.

[7]        Mr Jack Herman, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, pp 5-6.

[8]        EM (Wilkie Bill), p. 4.

[9]        EM (Brandis Bill), p. 2.

[10]      Mr Jack Herman, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 2.

[11]      Mr Jonathan Este, Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 15.

[12]      Australia's Right to Know, Submission 2, p. 2.

[13]      Australia's Right to Know, Submission 2, p. 3.

[14]      Ms Creina Chapman, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 12.

[15]      Mr Matthew Minogue, Attorney-General's Department, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 21.

[16]      Available at http://www.wikileaks.org (accessed 19 November 2010).

[17]      Mr Jack Herman, Australian Press Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 3.

[18]      Ms Creina Chapman & Ms Emma Cowdroy, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 13.

[19]      Professor Mark Peterson, Submission 3, p. 2.

[20]      Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, pp 2-3.

[21]      Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, p. 3.

[22]      Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, p. 5.

[23]      Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, p. 6.

[24]      Mr Matthew Minogue, Attorney-General's Department, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 18.

[25]      Ms Wendy Kelly, Attorney-General's Department, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 19.

[26]      Section 126A, Evidence Act 1995 (NSW).

[27]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Uniform Evidence Law, Report 102, 2005, p. 511.

[28]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Uniform Evidence Law, Report 102, 2005, p. 500.

[29]      Australian Law Reform Commission, Uniform Evidence Law, Report 102, 2005, pp 505-508.

[30]      Australia's Right to Know, Submission 2, p. 3.

[31]      Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, p. 2.

[32]      Director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria, Submission 5, p. 2.

[33]      Director of Public Prosecutions, Victoria, Submission 5, p. 2.

[34]      EM (Brandis Bill), p. 1.

[35]      Director of Prosecutions, Victoria, Submission 5, p. 1.

[36]      Australian Press Council, Submission 2, p. 3.

DISSENTING REPORT BY LIBERAL SENATORS

[1]        Liberal senators' additional comments in Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009 [Provisions], May 2009, p. 30.

[2]        Mr Ken Parish, Submission 6, p. 2.

[3]        Ms Creina Chapman, Australia's Right to Know, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 15.

[4]        Liberal senators' additional comments in Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Evidence Amendment (Journalists' Privilege) Bill 2009 [Provisions], May 2009, p. 29.