Footnotes

Interim report

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 119, 12 October 2015, pp 3199-3200.

[2]        See for example: Janet Phillips and Harriet Spinks, 'Immigration detention in Australia', Parliamentary Library Background Note, 20 March 2013, pp 9-20; Elibritt Karlsen, 'Australia's offshore processing of asylum seekers in Nauru and PNG: a quick guide to the statistics', Parliamentary Library Quick Guide, 12 October 2015. See also Janet Phillips, 'Asylum seekers and refugees: a quick guide to key Parliamentary Library publications', Parliamentary Library Quick Guide, 16 October 2015.

[3]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Incident at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 February 2014, December 2014.

[4]        Senate Select Committee on the recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, Taking Responsibility: conditions and circumstances at Australia's Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, August 2015.

[5]        Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics Summary, 31 March 2016, p. 4.

[6]        Law Council of Australia (LCA), Submission 5, p. 3. 

[7]        Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection & Ors [2016] HCA 1.

[8]        Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, p. 11.

[9]        LCA, Submission 5, p. 9.

[10]      Law Students for Refugees (LSFR), Submission 10, p. 7.

[11]      Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), Submission 22, p. 4.

[12]      SHS Law, Submission 6, p. 2; RCOA, Submission 22, pp 4-5.

[13]      UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, p. 44.

[14]      LCA, Submission 5, p. 9; Josephite Justice Office, Submission 8, p. 7.

[15]      LCA, Submission 5, p. 3; UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, p. 11; Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, pp 2-3; UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, p. 5.

[16]      UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, pp 15-17. See also ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp 16-18]; UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, p. iii; Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS), Submission 26, pp 10-23.

[17]      Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), Submission 18, p. 5.

[18]      DIBP, Submission 18, pp 10-11.

[19]      SHS Law, Submission 6; UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7; Josephite Justice Office, Submission 8; Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, pp 8-9.

[20]      Submission 1.

[21]      Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Melbourne, Submission 29, p. 2.

[22]      Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR), Submission 12, p. ii.

[23]      RACS, Submission 26, p. 2.

[24]      Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 5.

[25]      DIBP, Submission 18, pp 17-30.

[26]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp 15-121 ('Annex 1').

[27]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp 3-4.

[28]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp 4-5.

[29]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp 5-6.

[30]      LSFR, Submission 10, p. 6

[31]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp. 6-7.

[32]      Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 4.

[33]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 32.

[34]      Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, p. 6; ALHR, Submission 12, p. 14; Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and Australian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM), Submission 19, p. 2; APS, Submission 23, p. 2; RACS, Submission 26, pp 2-3; Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), Submission 28, p. 3.

[35]      ALHR, Submission 12, p. 14. ALHR quoted the average length of time in immigration detention published by the department at 29 February 2016, at 464 days. It is noted that the figure published by the department at 31 March 2016 is 454 days, although the department continues to report that the time 'has increased steadily, exceeding the peak of January 2015'.  Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics Summary, 31 March 2016, p. 11.

[36]      Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, p. 6.

[37]      ALHR, Submission 12, p. 15.

[38]      DIBP, Submission 18, pp 33, 37.

[39]      SHS Law, Submission 6, p. 3; Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, p. 6; ALHR, Submission 12, p. 13; Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, pp 6-7; RCOA, Submission 22,
p. 5.

[40]      Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, pp 1, 6-7.

[41]      RCOA, Submission 22, p. 5.

[42]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 4.

[43]      Australian Medical Association (AMA), Submission 2, p. 1; Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Submission 25, p. 1.

[44]      RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 2]; RACP, Submission 28, p. 3.

[45]      Australian Psychological Society (APS), Submission 23, pp 1-2.

[46]      Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA), Submission 24, [pp 4-11].

[47]      RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 1].

[48]      ALHR, Submission 12, pp 5-6.

[49]      RANZCP, Submission 25, p. 1.

[50]      AMA, Submission 2, p. 1.

[51]      AMA, Submission 2, p. 5.

[52]      APS, Submission 23, p. 2; RACP, Submission 28, p. 2.

[53]      AMA, Submission 2, p. 5.

[54]      Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, pp 5-7 (citing RACP); ALHR, Submission 12, pp. 3-4, 10-12; Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, pp 7-8; ChilOut, Submission 17; RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 2]; RANZCP, Submission 25, p. 2; RACS, Submission 26, pp 3-4; RACP, Submission 28, p. 3; RCH Melbourne, Submission 29.

[55]      RCH Melbourne, Submission 29, pp 2-3.

[56]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [p. 4].

[57]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp 3, 18].

[58]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp 9-10]; RCH Melbourne, Submission 29, p. 5.

[59]      RCH Melbourne, Submission 29, p. 5.

[60]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp. 10-12]; RACS, Submission 26, p. 8.

[61]      RACS, Submission 26, pp 6-8.

[62]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [p. 19].

[63]      AMA, Submission 2, p. 5.

[64]      LCA, Submission 5, p. 13; Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, pp 4-5; ChilOut,
Submission 17 [p. 19].

[65]      ChilOut, Submission 17, [p. 19].

[66]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 6.

[67]      Mr Alastair Lawrie, Submission 11, p. 1.

[68]      Mr Alastair Lawrie, Submission 11, pp 7-8.

[69]      ALHR, Submission 12, pp 8-9.

[70]      NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, Submission 14, p. 3.

[71]      NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, Submission 14, pp 4-5, 8.

[72]      Mr Alastair Lawrie, Submission 11, p. 11.

[73]      NSW Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby, Submission 14, p. 9.

[74]      UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, p. 1.

[75]      UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, p. 12. See also LSFR, Submission 10, p. 11.

[76]      Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, p. 10.

[77]      Submission 3, pp 1-3, 4-5.

[78]      Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 8.

[79]      Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 12.

[80]      Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 12.

[81]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 13; Broadspectrum, Submission 20, p. 12.

[82]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 8.

[83]      RCOA, Submission 22, p. 3.

[84]      RCOA, Submission 22, p. 2.

[85]      Liberty Victoria, Submission 27.

[86]      LSFR, Submission 10, pp 11-13.

[87]      RACS, Submission 26, p. 10.

[88]      Josephite Justice Office, Submission 8, pp 4-5 (emphasis in original).

[89]      Mrs Louise Edwards, Submission 15, p. 1.

[90]      LSFR, Submission 10, p. 9.

[91]      LCA, Submission 5, pp 4-5, UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, pp 12-13; Labor for Refugees NSW, Submission 9, p. 8; LSFR, Submission 10, p. 9; ALHR, Submission 12, pp 17-18; ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp 12-14]; RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 5]; UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, pp 12-16; RCOA, Submission 22, p 3.

[92]      LCA, Submission 5, pp 4-6.

[93]      RCOA, Submission 22, p. 3.

[94]      LCA, Submission 5, p. 6.

[95]      RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 5].

[96]      LCA, Submission 5, pp 11-13.

[97]      UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, p. 14; ALHR, Submission 12, p. 17.

[98]      Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, p. 3.

[99]      DIBP, Submission 18, p. 5.

[100]    APS, Submission 23, p. 2; OTA, Submission 24, [p. 4].

[101]    AMA, Submission 2, [p. 3].

[102]    RANZCP, Submission 25, p. 3.

[103]    RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 3].

[104]    RCH Melbourne, Submission 29, p. 4.

[105]    UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 7, pp 14-15; Josephite Justice Office, Submission 8, pp 6-7; ALHR, Submission 12, pp 12-13; RACGP & ACEM, ChilOut, Submission 17, [pp 14-16]; Submission 19, [pp 3-4]; UNSW Law Society, Submission 21, p. ii; OTA, Submission 24,
[pp 18-19]; RACS, Submission 26, pp 4-8.

[106]    DIBP, Submission 18, p. 6.

[107]    Broadspectrum, Submission 20, pp 9-11.

[108]    DIBP, Submission 18, p. 6.

[109]    Edmund Rice Centre, Submission 16, pp 11-16.

[110]    ALHR, Submission 12, p. 16.

[111]    RACGP & ACEM, Submission 19, [p. 4].

[112]    Josephite Justice Office, Submission 8, p. 5.

[113]    Belden Norman Namah MP v Hon Rimbink Pato, National Executive Council and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, SCA No. 84 of 2013, Supreme Court of Justice (Papua New Guinea), 26 April 2016, p. 28.

[114]    Office of the Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea, 'PM O'Neill: Manus Regional Processing Centre will Close', News Release, 27 April 2016.