Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 32—18 June 2014, p. 905.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 33—19 June 2014, p. 914.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 33—19 June 2014, p. 916.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 61—28 October 2014, p. 1629.

[5]        By section 5 of the Migration Act 1958:

"migration zone" means the area consisting of the States, the Territories, Australian resource installations and Australian sea installations and, to avoid doubt, includes:

(a) land that is part of a State or Territory at mean low water; and

(b) sea within the limits of both a State or a Territory and a port; and

(c) piers, or similar structures, any part of which is connected to such land or to ground under such sea;

but does not include sea within the limits of a State or Territory but not in a port.

[6]        By subsection 5AA(3), an 'excluded maritime arrival' is: a citizen of New Zealand who holds and produces a current New Zealand passport; a non-citizen who holds and produces a current passport that includes an authority to reside indefinitely on Norfolk Island; or a member of a prescribed class of persons.

[7]        [2014] FCCA 2348.

[8]        The Hon Christopher Bowen MP, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, House of Representatives Hansard, 31 October 2012, p. 12 738.

[9]        Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August 2012, [3.72], [3.73].

[10]      Journals of the Senate, No. 74—5 December 2014, p. 2018.

[11]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], pp 14-15.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014, pp 4-5.

[13]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], pp 31-37.

[14]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Examination of legislation in accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Eighth Report of the 44^th Parliament), p. 22.

[15]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 7 of 2014, p. 33.

Chapter 2 - Key Issues

[1]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 1, p. 1; Civil Liberties Australia, Submission 2, p. 2; UnitingJustice Australia, Submission 3, p. 1; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 1; Associate Professor Michelle Foster, Scientia Professor Jane McAdam and Davina Wadley, Submission 5, p. 2; Refugee Advice and Casework Service, Submission 6, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 1, pp 2-3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012, para. 53.

[7]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[8]        Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], p. 37.

[9]        Submission 2, p. 2-3.

[10]      Submission 2, pp 3-5.

[11]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[12]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[13]      Refugee Advice and Casework Service, Submission 6, pp 4-9.

[14]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 1.

[15]      Submission 1, p. 3; Submission 2, pp 7-9; Submission 3, pp 1-2; Submission 4, p. 2; Submission 5, p. 6; Submission 6, pp 4, 5-6

[16]      Submission 5, p. 6.

[17]      Submission 5, pp 6-9.

[18]      Submission 1, p. 3; Submission 5, p. 2.

[19]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[20]      Submission 1, pp 3-4.

[21]      Submission 2, pp 5-7.

[22]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[23]      Submission 5, p. 9.

[24]      Submission 5, p. 10.

[25]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], pp 36-37.

[26]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], p. 40.

[27]      Submission 5, pp 9-10.

[28]      Submission 5, p. 10.

[29]      Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 [Provisions], p. 40.

[30]      Mr Martin Bowles, Letter to the Committee Secretary, 31 August 2014.

[31]      Submission 1, p. 4

[32]      Refugee Advice and Casework Service, Submission 6, p. 4.

[33]      Submission 5, pp 10-11.

[34]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[35]      Submission 1, p. 4; Submission 4, p. 2.

[36]      Submission 1, p. 4.

[37]      Submission 5, p. 11.