Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 51, 10 August 2017, p. 1657.

[2]        Selection of Bills Committee Report, No. 8 of 2017, p. 3 and appendix 3.

[3]        RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 44.

[4]        RMA Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 5, 46.

[5]        See Terms of Reference in Dr Christopher N. Kendall, 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority: Final Report, September 2014, p. 13.

[6]        Kendall, 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, p. 28.

[7]        The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7203.

[8]        Kendall, 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, pp. 21, 30.

[9]        RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[10]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 23.

[11]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 23.

[12]      The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7203.

[13]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[14]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 47.

[15]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 48.

[16]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 41.

[17]      MARACA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[18]      MARACA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[19]      MARACA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[20]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2; MARACA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[21]      RMA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 44; MARACA Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[22]      The committee's website can be found at www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs

Chapter 2 - Key concerns

[1]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 1; Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 3.

[2]        Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[3]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 8, p. 1.

[4]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[5]        Mr Mark Northam, Submission 21, p. 2.

[6]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 3.

[7]        The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7203.

[8]        Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 8. See also Mr Ron Dick, Submission 15, p. 2. 

[9]        Dr Christopher N. Kendall, 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority: Final Report, September 2014, p. 28.

[10]      Kendall, 2014 Independent Review of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, p. 41.

[11]      Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, p. 10, italics in original. See also Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 8.

[12]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 6.

[13]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp. 6–7.

[14]      Name Withheld, Submission 2, p. 1. See also Australian Migration & Citizenship Services, Submission 5, p. 2.

[15]      Name Withheld, Submission 2, p. 2. See also Australian Migration & Citizenship Services, Submission 5, p. 2.

[16]      Mr Mark Northam, Submission 21, pp. 1–2. See also Mr Daniel Taylor, Submission 1, p. 2.

[17]      Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, p. 28.

[18]      Mr MaCson Queiroz, Submission 16, p. 1.

[19]      Ms Leila Reypour, Submission 4, p. 1.

[20]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[21]      For example, Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, pp. 36-37.

[22]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 5.

[23]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[24]      Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 5–6. See also Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, p. 28; Submission 15, p. 1.

[25]      Mr Ian Bosley, Submission 3, p. 2.

[26]      Ms Toniey Munro, Submission 7, p. 4.

[27]      Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 3–4.

[28]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 12.

[29]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, pp. 3–4.

[30]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[31]      Name Withheld, Submission 2, p. 2. See also Ms Leila Reypour, Submission 4, p. 1; and Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 7.

[32]      Mr Jose Aniceto Respall, Submission 6, p. 3; Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, p. 24.

[33]      Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 4.

[34]      Mr Sergio Zanotti Stagliorio, Submission 14, p. 26; Ms Leila Reypour, Submission 4, p. 2; and Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 4.

[35]      Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, p. 4; Ms Leila Reypour, Submission 4, p. 2; and Australian Migration & Citizenship Services, Submission 5, p. 2.

[36]      Mr Jude Sushendra Fernando, Submission 22, p. 2.

[37]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[38]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[39]      Ms Toniey Munro, Submission 7, p. 3.

[40]      Migration Institute of Australia, Submission 10, pp. 4–5.

[41]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 12, pp. 8–11.

[42]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[43]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 9, p. 4.

[44]      Chris Horan and Alexander Solomon-Bridge, Submission 14.1, pp. 3, 4, 5.

[45]      Chris Horan and Alexander Solomon-Bridge, Submission 14.1, p. 6.