Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 11—13 October 2016, p. 327.

[2]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 7 of 2016, 13 October 2016, Appendix 2.

[3]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 [Provisions] Committee Report, February 2016, pp. 12–13.

[4]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2014 Committee Report, September 2014; Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers, Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2015 [Provisions]

Committee Report, June 2015; Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 [Provisions] Committee Report, February 2016.

[5]        Liberal Party of Australia, Keeping Illegal Guns Off Our Streets and Our Communities Safe, https://www.liberal.org.au/coalitions-policy-keep-illegal-guns-our-streets-and-our-communities-safe (accessed 1 November 2016)

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016, p. 2.

[7]        EM, p. 2.

[8]        EM, p. 2.

[9]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 [Provisions] Committee Report, February 2016

[10]      Subsections 360.3A(2) and 361.5(2).

[11]      EM, p. 5.

[12]      EM, p. 5.

[13]      Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, Submission 1, p. 1.

[14]      Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 4, p. 1.

[15]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[16]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[18]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 2, p. 2.

[19]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[20]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Human Rights Scrutiny Report No. 7 of 2016, 11 October 2016.

[21]      PJCHR, 22nd Report of the 44^th Parliament, 13 May 2015.

[22]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[23]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[24]      Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s. 16A(2)(m).

[25]      [2013] HCA 40.

[26]      Submission 2, p. 4.

Dissenting Report of the Australian Labor Party

[1]        See, Legal and Constitution Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 [Provisions], February 2016, Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 6, p. 12.

[2]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2014, September 2014, Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 4, p. 4.

[3]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2014, September 2014, LCA, Submission 4, p. 4.

[4]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Psychoactive Substances and Other Measures) Bill 2014, September 2014, LCA, Submission 4, p. 4.

Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens

[1]        Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015, February 2016, Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015, February 2016, Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Submission 5, p. 5