Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 96–16 June 2015, p. 2663.

[2]        Senate, Journals of the Senate, No. 102–25 June 2015, p. 2820.

[3]        Jeremy Gormly SC, Opening for 29 Jan 2015, p. 12 (available http://www.lindtinquest.justice.nsw.gov.au/Documents/Opening%20as%20of%20Directions%20Hearing.pdf). 

[4]        Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and NSW Government Department of Premier and Cabinet, Martin Place Siege: Joint Commonwealth–New South Wales review, January 2015, p.iv.

[5]        NSW State Coroner, ' Inquest into the deaths arising from the Lindt Café siege' at http://www.lindtinquest.justice.nsw.gov.au/ (accessed 17 June 2015).

[6]        Paul Bibby and Nick Ralston, 'LIVE: Inquest into the Martin Place Lindt Cafe siege', The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 May 2015 at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/live-inquest-into-the-martin-place-lindt-cafe-siege-20150525-gh8r1m.html (accessed 18 June 2015).

[7]        Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, pp 121–123 and 28 May 2015, p. 87.

[8]        Senator Brandis, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p. 121.

[9]        Senator Brandis, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p. 121.

[10]      Senator Brandis, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p. 124.

[11]      Ms Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p. 124.

[12]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 61.

[13]      The Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 56.

[14]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 56.

[15]      Mr Duncan Lewis, Director-General, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Estimates Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 124.

[16]      Senator Brandis, Estimates Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 126. 

[17]      Correction and clarification to evidence provided by Ms Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group, Attorney-General's Department, Letter to Senator the Honourable Ian Macdonald, Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 4 June 2015.

[18]      Correction and clarification to evidence provided by Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, Letter to Ms Sophie Dunstone, Committee Secretary, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 4 June 2015.

[19]      Letter from Mr Michael Thawley to the Prime Minister, the Hon Tony Abbott MP dated 4 June 2015 as reproduced in Correction and clarification to evidence provided by Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, Letter to Ms Sophie Dunstone, Committee Secretary, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 4 June 2015.

[20]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 61.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Mr Chris Moraitis, Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 1.

[2]        AGD, Answer to question taken on notice, Attachment A – 2 June 2015 (received 18 August 2015).

[3]        Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 1–2.

[4]        Mr Tony Sheehan, former Deputy Secretary, Strategic Policy and Coordination Group, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 8.

[5]        Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 8–9, 24–25; Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p. 2.

[6]        Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 8–9.

[7]        Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 23 June 2015 [Q.2].

[8]        Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 12.

[9]        Mr Neil Gaughan, Acting Deputy Commissioner, National Security, Australian Federal Police, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 23.

[10]      Mr Gaughan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 24.

[11]      Australian Federal Police (AFP), Answers to written questions on notice, received 23 July 2015, Attachment A.

[12]      AFP, Answers to written questions on notice, received 23 July 2015, Attachment B; Mr Gaughan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 24.

[13]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 27 July 2015, Attachment E.

[14]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 2.

[15]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 3.

[16]      Letter from Mr Michael Thawley to the Prime Minister, the Hon Tony Abbott MP dated 4 June 2015 as reproduced in Correction and clarification to evidence provided by Senator the Honourable George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, Letter to Ms Sophie Dunstone, Committee Secretary, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 4 June 2015.

[17]      Mr McKinnon, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p. 22.

[18]      Mr Duncan Lewis, Director-General, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Estimates Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 87.

[19]      Mr Michael Thawley, Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, In Camera Committee Hansard, 6 July 2015, p. 5.

[20]      Mr Thawley, In Camera Committee Hansard, 6 July 2015, pp 5–6.

[21]      Mr Thawley, In Camera Committee Hansard, 6 July 2015, p. 5.

[22]      Mr Thawley, In Camera Committee Hansard, 6 July 2015, p. 8.

[23]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 3.

[24]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, pp 11 and 13.

[25]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, pp 12–13.

[26]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 13.

[27]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 13.

[28]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 13.

[29]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 14.

[30]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 11.

[31]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 21.

[32]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 22.

[33]      Ms Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group, Attorney‑General's Department, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 2–3. See also Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 5.

[34]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 6.

[35]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 3.

[36]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 3–4.

[37]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 5.

[38]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 11–12.

[39]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 12.

[40]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 12.

[41]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 13.

[42]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 21.

[43]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 21.

[44]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 24–25.

[45]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 14.

[46]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 22.

[47]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 27.

[48]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 23 June 2015 [Q.4].

[49]      Mr Allan McKinnon, Acting Associate Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 24 June 2015 [Q.3 attachment].

[50]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 20.

[51]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 23 June 2015 [Q.1]. See also Australian Government, Web Guide: Guidelines for Ministerial and Agency Websites at http://webguide.gov.au/types-of-websites/ministerial-and-agency-websites/ (accessed 24 June 2015).

[52]      Australian Government, Web Guide: Guidelines for Ministerial and Agency Websites at http://webguide.gov.au/types-of-websites/ministerial-and-agency-websites/ (accessed 24 June 2015).

[53]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p. 15.

[54]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 4.

[55]      Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 24 June 2015 [Q.3].

[56]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 5.

[57]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 5.

[58]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 2.

[59]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 14.

[60]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 2 and 3 August 2015, p. 2. 

[61]      AFP, Answers to written questions on notice, received 23 July 2015, Attachment A.

[62]      AGD, Answer to question taken on notice, Attachment A – 2 June 2015 (received 18 August 2015), p. 76 and AGD, Answer to question taken on notice (received 27 August 2015).

[63]      Privilege Resolution 3.

[64]      Government guidelines for official witnesses before Parliamentary Committees and related matters, February 2015 at https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Senate_Estimates/Guidelines_for_official_witness (accessed 6 August 2015).

[65]      Senate Hansard, 27 June 1996, pp 2395–2427.

[66]      Public Service Act 1999 (Cth), s. 13.

[67]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, pp 2–3.

[68]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 20.

[69]      Ms Jones, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 3. 

[70]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 12. 

[71]      AGD, Answer to question taken on notice, 19 June 2015 (received 23 June 2015).

[72]      AGD, Answer to question taken on notice, 13 August 2015 (received 18 August 2015), p. 138. 

[73]      Senator Jacinta Collins, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 11.

[74]      See Attorney-General's Department, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 6 August 2015, Attachment.

[75]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p. 13.

[76]       Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 22.

[77]      'Media Release: Dreyfus's deceptions can't hide the Coalition's support for the Arts', Document tabled by Senator Catryna Bilyk at public hearing 23 June 2015 at https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=fc41f760-0436-40c9-88bc-bdc036705ceb (accessed 24 June 2015).

Dissenting Report from Government Senators

[1]        Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Inquiry into the Handling of a letter sent by Mr Man Haron Monis to the Attorney General, 16 June, 2015.

[2]        Senator Jacinta Collins, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p.124.

[3]        Ms Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Estimates Hansard, 27 May 2015, p.124.

[4]        Mr Tony Sheehan, the then Deputy Secretary, Strategic Policy and Coordination Group, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p.14. 

[5]        Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p.14. 

[6]        See Protocol for Official Searches for, and Extraction of, Documents, Attorney-General's Department internal document.

[7]        Mr Chris Moraitis, PSM, Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015, p.14.

[8]        Letter from Chris Moraitis PSM to Attorney-General the Hon George Brandis regarding the Attorney-General's Department's handling of correspondence from man Haron Monis, 3 June 2015.

[9]        See Protocol for Official Searches for, and Extraction of, Documents, Attorney-General's Department internal document.

[10]      Letter from Chris Moraitis PSM to Attorney-General the Hon George Brandis regarding the Attorney-General's Department's handling of correspondence from man Haron Monis, 3 June 2015.

[11]      Ms Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary, National Security and Criminal Justice Group, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 19 June, 2015, p. 22.

[12]      Mr Allan McKinnon, Acting Associate Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, p. 22.

[13]      Mr Michael Thawley, Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, correspondence to the Prime Minister of Australia, 4 June 2015.

[14]      Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, media release, 28 May 2015.

[15]      Mr Michael Thawley, Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, In Camera Committee Hansard, 6 July 2015, p. 5.

[16]      Mr Sheehan, Committee Hansard, 23 June 2015, pp. 1–2. 

Australian Labor Party senators' additional comments

[1]        The Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 56.

[2]        The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 56.

[3]        The Hon Mark Dreyfus MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 58.

[4]        The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 58.

[5]        The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, pp. 59–60

[6]        Attorney-General's Department, Further responses to answers to questions taken on notice between 23 June and 10 July 2015 received 27 July 2015, p. 3.

[7]        Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, Estimates, 28 May 2015, p. 88.

[8]        Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts, Media Release 150528 – Dreyfus' cheap shot, 28 May 2015.

[9]        Mr Daniel Hurst, Political Correspondent, The Guardian Australia, ' Sydney siege gunman's letter to George Brandis was handled 'appropriately' in The Guardian Australia, 28 May 2015 at http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/may/28/sydney-siege-gunmans-letter-to-george-brandis-was-handled-appropriately (accessed 17 August 2015).

[10]      Mr Mark Dreyfus MP, 'Interview with Mr Barrie Cassidy' on Insiders, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasted on 31 May 2015, transcript at http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/content/2015/s4245743.htm (accessed 17 August 2015).

[11]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2015, pp. 59–60

[12]      Email from Mr Allan McKinnon to the Attorney‑General's Department, Attachment 5 to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answer to written question taken on notice, received 3 July 2015.

[13]      Email from Mr Iain Anderson, Attorney‑General's Department, to Mr Allan McKinnon forwarding email of Ms Sarah Chidgey, First Assistant Secretary, Strategy and Delivery Division, Attorney‑General's Department, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Attachment 6 to Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answer to written question taken on notice, received 3 July 2015.

[14]      Mr Allan McKinnon, Acting Associate Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answers to questions taken on notice, received 24 June 2015 [Q.3 attachment].

[15]      Mr Chris Moraitis, Secretary, Attorney-General's Department, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015, p. 12.

[16]      Attorney-General's Department, Answer to written question on notice given on 13 August 2015 - Attachment A, 1 June 2015 (received 18 August 2015).

[17]      Attorney-General's Department, Answer to written question on notice given on 13 August 2015 - Attachment A, 1 June 2015 (received 18 August 2015).

[18]      Mr Tony Sheehan, the then Deputy Secretary, Strategic Policy and Coordination Group, Attorney-General's, Committee Hansard, 3 August 2015

[19]      Mr Moraitis, Committee Hansard, 19 June 2015

[20]      Professor Gillian Triggs, Human Rights Commission President, Estimates Hansard, 24 February 2015, p. 24.

[21]      Mr Moraitis, Estimates Hansard, 24 February 2015, p. 68.

[22]      Mr Chris Moraitis, Letter to Senator the Honourable Ian Macdonald, Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, 27 April 2015 at https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/legcon_ctte/estimates/add_1415/AGD/AGD_Additional_Information_Chris_Moraitis_PSM.pdf (accessed 18 August 2015).

[23]      Mr Moraitis, Estimates Hansard, 28 May 2015, p.

[24]      Australian Public Service Commission, 'Working with the Government and Parliament', APS Values and Code of Conduct in practice: A guide to official conduct for APS employees and agency heads at http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications-and-media/current-publications/aps-values-and-code-of-conduct-in-practice/working-with-the-government-and-the-parliament (accessed 18 August 2015).