Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 11, 12 December 2013, p. 361.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 16, 4 March 2014, p. 528; Senate Legal and Constitutional.

[3]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Interim Report into the Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2013, 27 May 2014.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 73, 3 December 2014, p. 1965.

[5]        Journals of the Senate, No. 78, 12 February 2015, p. 2158; Journals of the Senate, No. 99, 22 June 2015, p. 2744.

[6]        Journals of the Senate, No. 10, 11 December 2013, p. 339.

[7]        Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Act 2002.

[8]        Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[9]        These offences are found in sections 115.1, 115.2, 115.3 and 115.4 of the Criminal Code respectively.

[10]      See: Bills Homepage, Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r1680 (accessed 16 December 2013); Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[11]      Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[12]      Submission 3, p. 3.

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

[14]      Senator Nick Xenophon, Senate Hansard, 11 December 2013, p. 73.

[15]      These are: Murder of an Australian citizen or resident of Australia (section 115.1); Manslaughter of an Australian citizen or resident of Australia (section 115.2); Intentionally causing serious harm to an Australian citizen or resident of Australia (section 115.3); and Recklessly causing serious harm to an Australian citizen or resident of Australia.

[16]      Emphasis added to show the proposed amendments contained in the Bill.

[17]      Senate Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2014, 12 February 2014, pp 1‑2.

[18]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Second Report of the 44th Parliament, February 2014, p. 33.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Submission 3, p. 2.

[2]        Submission 2, p. 4.

[3]        Submission 2, p. 6.

[4]        Senate Hansard, 11 December 2013, p. 73.

[5]        Submission 3, p. 3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 4.

[7]        Submission 5, p. 2.

[8]        Submission 5, p. 2. See also: Dr Patrick Emerton, Submission 1, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 1, pp 2-3.

[10]      Submission 3, p. 4. See also: Dr Patrick Emerton, Submission 1, p. 2.

[11]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[12]      Submission 2, p. 5.

[13]      Submission 2, p. 7.

[14]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[15]      Submission 2, p. 7.

[16]      Submission 2, p. 7.

[17]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[18]      Submission 3, p. 4.

Additional comments by Senator Nick Xenophon

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[2]        Criminal Code Amendment (Offences Against Australians) Bill 2002, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[3]        EM, p. 4.

[4]        Claire O'Connor SC, Opinion – Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2014, p. 7 (included at Attachment A).

[5]        Claire O'Connor SC, Opinion – Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2014, p. 7.

[6]        Claire O'Connor SC, Opinion – Criminal Code Amendment (Harming Australians) Bill 2014, pp 8-9.