Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Proof Senate Hansard, 23 March
2017, pp. 34–35.
[2] Selection of
Bills Committee, Report No. 3 of 2017, 23 March 2017, Appendix 5.
[3]
Proof Senate Hansard, 23 March
2017, p. 30.
[4] Proof
Senate Hansard, 23 March 2017, pp.
30–31.
[5]
Parliamentary
Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Freedom of speech in
Australia: Inquiry into the operation of Part IIA of the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) and related procedures under the Australian
Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (Freedom of Speech), 28 February
2017.
[6]
Proof Senate Hansard, 22 March
2017, pp. 73-74.
[7]
Proof Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 73.
[8]
Proof Senate Hansard, 23 March
2017, p. 33.
[9]
Proof Senate Hansard, 23 March
2017, p. 30.
[10]
See speeches made in the Senate by senators Hinch, Roberts and Xenophon, Proof
Senate Hansard, 23 March 2017, p. 34.
[11]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.
[12]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.
[13]
The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/
Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs
[14]
Note: the Hansard transcript can also be accessed at the committee's
website.
[15]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[16]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[17]
Proof Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 73.
[18]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[19]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[20]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.
[21]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.
[22]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.
[23]
Proof Senate Hansard, 22 March 2017, p. 73.
[24]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.
[25]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[26]
See PJCHR, Freedom of Speech, Recommendation 3(c).
[27]
Document tabled at a public hearing in Sydney on 1 February 2017 by
Justice Ronald Sackville AO SC - Opening statement, 1
February 2017, p. 2.
Labor Senators—Dissenting Report
[1]
Creek v Cairns Post Pty (2001) 112 FCR 352, 356 [16] per Kiefel J;
see also Jones v Scully (2002) 120 FCR 243, 269 [102].
[2]
Ms Fiona McLeod, President, Law Council of Australia, Proof Senate
Hansard, 24 March 2017, p. 34.
[3]
Ms Fiona McLeod, President, Law Council of Australia, Proof Senate
Hansard, 24 March 2017, pp. 34–35; see also Prof Gillian Triggs, p. 25;
[4]
Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission,
Proof Senate Hansard, 24 March 2017, pp. 27–28.
[5]
Professor Gillian Triggs, President, Australian Human Rights Commission,
Proof Senate Hansard, 24 March 2017, pp. 27–28.
Australian Greens—Dissenting Report
[1]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[2]
Submission 2, p. 1.
[3]
Submission 8, p. 4.
[4]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[5]
Proof Senate Hansard, 24 March 2017, p. 27.
[6]
Submission 1, p. 7.