Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 183, 16 March 2016, p. 1994.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 148, 17 March 2016, pp 3989-3990.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 7, 15 September 2016, pp 211-213.

[4]        The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 March 2016, p. 8.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 1.

[6]        The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 March 2016, p. 8.

[7]        The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 March 2016, p. 8.

[8]        Department of Social Services (DSS), Second Action Plan 2013-2016: Moving Ahead, of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022, September 2014, p. 25.

[9]        Migration Act 1958, s. 5(1).

[10]      EM, p. 5.

[11]      EM, p. 19.

[12]      EM, p. 3.

[13]      EM, p. 22.

[14]      EM, p. 23.

[15]      EM, p. 24.

[16]      EM, p. 24.

[17]      EM, p. 24.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, House of Representatives Hansard, 16 March 2016, p. 8.

[2]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), Annual Report 2014-15, p. 68, https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/annual-reports/DIBP-Annual-Report-2014-15.pdf.

[3]        Victorian Government, Royal Commission into Family Violence (Commissioner: The Hon. Marcia Neave AO), March 2016, p. 34.

[4]        Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Australia (CATWA), Submission 2, p. 1.

[5]        Ms Erin Gillen, Acting Director, Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA), Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 12.

[6]        Ms Erin Gillen, Acting Director, FECCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 13.

[7]        Ms Erin Gillen, Acting Director, FECCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, pp 13-14.

[8]        CATWA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[9]        McAuley Community Services for Women (MCSW), Submission 13, p. 1; Settlement Council of Australia (SCA), Submission 10, p. 2.

[10]      SCA, Submission 10, p. 2.

[11]      Border Crossing Observatory, Monash Gender and Family Violence Focus Program, and InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence (BCO), Submission 11, p. 5.

[12]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 5.

[13]      Mr Hamish Hansford, First Assistant Secretary (FAS), Immigration and Citizenship Policy Division (ICPD), DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 23.

[14]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 23.

[15]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 24.

[16]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 20.

[17]      Mr David Drummond, Director, Visa Framework and Reform (VFR), DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 22.

[18]      Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC), Submission 7, p. 4.

[19]      Mr Ali Mojtahedi, Principal Solicitor, IARC, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 8.

[20]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 4.

[21]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 4.

[22]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 2.

[23]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 2.

[24]      IARC, Submission 7, p. 3.

[25]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 5.

[26]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 5.

[27]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 26.

[28]      Mr David Drummond, Director, VFR, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 7 October 2016, p. 29.

[29]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 23.

[30]      Migration Regulations 1994, Division 1.5.

[31]      IARC, Submission 7, pp 1-2.

[32]      Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 9, pp 8-9.

[33]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 9.

[34]      CATWA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[35]      Ms Clare Hughes, Member, Migration Law Committee, LCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 2.

[36]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 4.

[37]      BCO, Submission 11, p. 5.

[38]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 23.

[39]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, pp 21, 27.

[40]      Australian Law Reform Commission (ARLC), Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012, p.508.

[41]      ARLC, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012, recommendations [20-5], [20-6] and [20-79].

[42]      ALRC, Submission 1, p. 1; FECCA, Submission 4, p. 3; IARC, Submission 7, p. 4; Australian National University College of Law Migration Law Program (MLP), Submission 8, p. 9; LCA, Submission 9, p. 11; SCA, Submission 10, p. 2; BCO, Submission 11, p. 6; AWAVA, Submission 12, p. 4; MCSW, Submission 13, p. 3.

[43]      Ms Clare Hughes, Member, Migration Law Committee, LCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 10.

[44]      Department of Social Services (DSS), Second Action Plan 2013-2016, Moving Ahead of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022, p. 27.

[45]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 10; MCSW, Submission 13, p. 2.

[46]      DSS, Family Safety Pack, https://www.dss.gov.au/family-safety-pack, (accessed 30 September 2016).

[47]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 10.

[48]      Victorian Government, Royal Commission into Family Violence (Commissioner: The Hon. Marcia Neave AO), March 2016, p. 34.

[49]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 9.

[50]      CATWA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[51]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 24.

[52]      ARLC, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012.

[53]      Victorian Government, Royal Commission into Family Violence (Commissioner: The Hon. Marcia Neave AO), March 2016.

[54]      MLP, Submission 8, p.9; LCA, Submission 9, p.11; SCA, Submission 10, p.3; FECCA, Submission 4, p.3; MCSW, Submission 13, p. 2.

[55]      Migration Regulations 1994, Division 1.5.

[56]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.23(2).

[57]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.23(4).

[58]      Migration Regulations 1994, rr.1.23(8)-(14).

[59]      Victorian Government, Royal Commission into Family Violence (Commissioner: The Hon. Marcia Neave AO), March 2016, pp15-16.

[60]      Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Victoria), Part 2.

[61]      Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Victoria), s.5.

[62]      Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Victoria), s.5(3).

[63]      FECCA, Submission 4, p. 4.

[64]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 24.

[65]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 26.

[66]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 4.

[67]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.20J.

[68]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.20J(2).

[69]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.20KB.

[70]      Migration Regulations 1994, r.1.20KB(5), (9), (10).

[71]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 4.

[72]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD,  DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 20.

[73]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 20.

[74]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 7.

[75]      ALRC, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012, p. 506.

[76]      ALRC, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012, p. 507.

[77]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 8.

[78]      UN Human Rights Committee, General Comments 15, The position of aliens under the Covenant (Twenty-Seventh Session, 1986), Compilation of General Comments and General Recommendations Adopted by Human Rights Treaty Bodies, U.N. Doc. HRI/GEN/1/Rev.1 at 18 (1994), at [5], in MLP, Submission 8, p. 8.

[79]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 7.

[80]      Ms Clare Hughes, Member, Migration Law Committee, LCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 3.

[81]      Mr Khanh Hoang, Associate Lecturer, MLP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 9.

[82]      Ms Erin Gillen, Acting Director, FECCA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 13.

[83]      AWAVA, Submission 12, pp 3-4.

[84]      AWAVA, Submission 12, p. 4.

[85]      Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Attachment A, pp 23-25.

[86]      EM, attachment A, p. 25.

[87]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 22.

[88]      Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 23.

[89]      DIBP, Submission 3, p. 7.

[90]      EM, p. 24.

[91]      DIBP, Submission 3, p. 3.

[92]      IARC, Submission 7, p. 4.

[93]      IARC, Submission 7, p. 4.

[94]      MLP, Submission 8, p. 7.

[95]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[96]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[97]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), Submission 6, p. 2

[98]      OAIC, Submission 6, p. 2; LCA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[99]      LCA, Submission 9, p. 6.

[100]    DIBP, Answer to question on notice, 5 October 2016 (received 7 October 2016).

[101]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 20.

[102]    Mr David Drummond, Director, VFR, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 25.

[103]    Mr David Drummond, Director, VFR, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 25.

[104]    Mr David Drummond, Director, VFR, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 25.

[105]    CATWA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[106]    MLP, Submission 8, p. 6.

[107]    IARC, Submission 7, p. 3.

[108]    SCA, Submission 10, p. 2.

[109]    LCA, Submission 9, pp 10-11.

[110]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 11.

[111]    ALRC, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws – Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2012, p. 507.

[112]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 7.

[113]    Crimes Act 1914, Part VIIC.

[114]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 7.

[115]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 8.

[116]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 8.

[117]    LCA, Submission 9, p. 8.

[118]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 27.

[119]    DIBP, Submission 3, p. 5.

[120]    MLP, Submission 8, p. 6.

[121]    OAIC, Submission 6, p. 2.

[122]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 26.

[123]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 29.

[124]    EM, p. 24.

[125]    Migration Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 3) Regulation 2016, Schedule 6.

[126]    Migration Institute of Australia (MIA), Submission 5, p. 2.

[127]    MIA, Submission 5, p. 4.

[128]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, pp 21-22.

[129]    DIBP, Answer to question on notice, 5 October 2016 (received 7 October 2016).

[130]    Ms Angela Julian-Armitage, National President, MIA, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 16.

[131]    MLP, Submission 8, p. 5.

[132]    BCO, Submission 11, p. 4.

[133]    SCA, Submission 10, p. 2.

[134]    MIA, Submission 5, p. 3.

[135]    MIA, Submission 5, p. 3.

[136]    MIA, Submission 5, p. 4.

[137]    MLP, Submission 8, p. 5.

[138]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 21.

[139]    Mr David Drummond, Director, VFR, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 24.

[140]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 28.

[141]    Mr Hamish Hansford, FAS, ICPD, DIBP, Committee Hansard, 5 October 2016, p. 30.

Dissenting Report from the Australian Greens

[1]        Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC), Submission 1, p. 1.

[2]        Australian Women Against Violence Alliance (AWAVA), Submission 12, p. 2.

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