Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 41, 11 May 2017, p. 1347.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No.5 of 2017, 11 May 2017, p. 1 and appendices 4–5.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 8–24.

[5]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 4 of 2017, 9 May 2017, pp. 3–6.

[6]        PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, pp. 34–41.

[7]        PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 41.

Chapter 2 - Issues raised

[1]        Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth), s. 4.

[2]        Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth), s. 4.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 27.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 27.

[5]        South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights, Submission 9, p. 2.

[6]        South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights, Submission 9, p. 2.

[7]        South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights, Submission 9, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 10, p. 7.

[9]        AHRC, Submission 10, p. 7.

[10]      United Nations Human Rights Committee, Consideration of reports submitted by states parties under Article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, CCPR/C/AUS/CO/5, Ninety-Fifth Session, New York, 16 March to 3 April 2009 (7 May 2009), at [20].

[11]      AHRC, Submission 10, p. 8.

[12]      AHRC, Submission 10, p. 8.

[13]      AHRC, Submission 10, p. 9.

[14]      AHRC, Submission 10, p. 10.

[15]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 4 of 2017, 9 May 2017, pp. 3–6.

[16]      PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 39.

[17]      PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 41.

[18]      PJCHR, Index of bills and instruments considered by the committee as at 20 June 2017 (accessed 28 July 2017).

[19]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 5, p. 2.

[20]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 3.

[21]      OAIC, Submission 5, p. 3.

[22]      OAIC, Submission 5, pp. 2–3.

[23]      AHRC, Submission 10, p. 6.

[24]      Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Submission 11, p. 3.

[25]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 4.

[26]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 3.

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 27.

[28]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 16.

[29]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), Submission 3, p. 1.

[30]      CDPP, Submission 3, p. 2.

[31]      CDPP, Submission 3, p. 3.

[32]      CDPP, Submission 3, p. 2.

[33]      CDPP, Submission 3, p. 2.

[34]      CDPP, Submission 3, p. 2–3.

[35]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 4.

[36]      Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (Cth), Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69, Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[37]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 4.

[38]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, pp. 2–3.

[39]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, p. 3.

[40]      Submission 8.

[41]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 4.

[42]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, pp. 4–7.

[43]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, pp. 4–7.

[44]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 6.

[45]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 8.

[46]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 9.

[47]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 10.

[48]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 10.

[49]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, p. 1.

[50]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, p. 2.

[51]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, p. 2.

[52]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, p. 2.

[53]      CDPP, Supplementary Submission 3, pp. 2–3.

[54]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s. 23H(1).

[55]      R v CK [2013] ACTSC 251.

[56]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[57]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[58]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[59]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[60]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 31.

[61]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 30.

[62]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 27.

[63]      Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited (ALSWA), Submission 2, p. 3.

[64]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 4.

[65]      Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, (ALS NSW/ACT), Submission 6, p. 2.

[66]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 4.

[67]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 4.

[68]      NSW Council for Civil Liberties (CCL), Submission 4, p. 4.

[69]      CCL, Submission 4, p. 4.

[70]      CCL, Submission 4, pp. 4–5.

[71]      Campbell and 4 Ors v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2008] NSWSC 1284.

[72]      CCL, Submission 4, p. 5.

[73]      CCL, Submission 4, p. 5.

[74]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[75]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[76]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[77]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 6.

[78]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth).

[79]      CCL, Submission 4, p. 6.

[80]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 6.

[81]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 6.

[82]      ALS NSW/ACT, Submission 6, p. 3

[83]      ALS NSW/ACT, Submission 6, p. 3

[84]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 6.

[85]      AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[86]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 4.

[87]      CCL, Submission 4, p. 4.

[88]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s. 15GD.

[89]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 31.

[90]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s. 15HK.

[91]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), s. 15HL.

[92]      'Entrusted person' would be defined in section 15GC of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) to mean a participant in a controlled operation, as well as a number of other law enforcement officers and staff members.

[93]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[94]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 32.

[95]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[96]      Explanatory Memorandum, Addendum, p. 1.

[97]      Explanatory Memorandum, Addendum, p. 1.

[98]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[99]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[100]    Crimes Act 1914, s. 15YR(2).

[101]    Crimes Act 1914, ss. 15YR(3)–(6).

[102]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[103]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[104]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[105]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 18.

[106]    South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights, Submission 9, p. 3.

[107]    South Australian Commissioner for Victims' Rights, Submission 9, p. 4.

[108]    Submission 1, pp. 1–2.

[109]    Submission 1, p. 2.

[110]    AGD, Submission 11, p. 7.

[111]    AGD, Submission 11, p. 8.

[112]    Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 20–21.

[113]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 21.

[114]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 41.

[115]    'Sensitive information' is defined in section 6 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and includes information about an individual's political opinion, religious beliefs and affiliations, membership of a trade union, sexual orientation or practices, criminal record, health and genetic information and biometric templates and information.

[116]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 44.

[117]    'Personal information' is defined in section 6 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), to mean information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether the information or opinion is true or not, and whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form of not.

[118]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 45.

[119]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 46.

[120]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 21.

[121]    Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 21–22.

[122]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 20.

[123]    Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 11.

[124]    Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 11.

[125]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 4.

[126]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 4.

[127]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 4.

[128]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 5.

[129]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 5.

[130]    CDPP, Submission 3, p. 3.

[131]    Law Council of Australia, Submission 7, p. 5.

[132]    OAIC, Submission 5, p. 4.

[133]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 23.

[134]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 23.

[135]    Explanatory Memorandum, p. 17.

Additional Comments by Labor Senators

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 28.

[2]        Attorney-General's Department (AGD), Submission 11, p. 5.

[3]        AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[4]        AGD, Submission 11, p. 5.

[5]        Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited (ALSWA), Submission 2, p. 3; ALS NSW/ACT), Submission 6, p. 2; NSW Council for Civil Liberties (CCL), Submission 4,
pp. 4–5.

[6]        ABC News, Hotline credited with saving lives of Aboriginal people in custody to be rolled out nationally, 21 October 2016, www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-21/indigenous-custody-notification-service-to-become-nationwide/7955152 (accessed 8 August 2017).

[7]        CCL, Submission 4, pp. 4–5.

[8]        CCL, Submission 4, p. 5.

[9]        Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Coalition offers to fund national roll out of CNS, 21 October 2016, https://ministers.pmc.gov.au/scullion/2016/coalition-offers-fund-national-roll-out-cns (accessed 8 August 2017).

Additional Comments by Australian Greens Senators

[1]        Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 10.

[2]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 4 of 2017, 9 May 2017, pp. 3–6; Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 41.

[3]        AHRC, Submission 10.

[4]        AHRC, Submission 10, p. 6.

[5]        Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia’s candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council 2018-2020, http://dfat.gov.au/international-relations/international-organisations/pages/australias-candidacy-for-the-unhrc-2018-2020.aspx (accessed 7 August 2017).

[6]        AHRC, Submission 10, p. 7.

[7]        PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 39.

[8]        PJCHR, Human rights scrutiny report, Report No 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 39.

[9]        Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 7, p. 4.

[10]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 69, in LCA, Submission 7, p. 3.

[11]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 4.  

[12]      Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Submission 3, p. 2.

[13]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 8, p. 10.  

[14]      Muldrock v R (2011) 281 ALR 652, p. 661.

[15]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 11, p. 6.

[16]      Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) NSW/ACT, Submission 6; ALS WA, Submission 2; NSW Council of Civil Liberties, Submission 4.   

[17]      ALS NSW/ACT, Submission 6, p. 3.

[18]      ALSWA, Submission 2, p. 6.