Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction and Background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 73—3 December 2014, p. 1967.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 78—12 February 2015, pp 2156–2157.

[3]        Senate Hansard, 3 December 2014, p. 10 070.

[4]        Senate Hansard, 3 December 2014, p. 10 071.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, p. 2.

[6]        Senate Hansard, 3 December 2014, p. 10 071.

[7]        Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 'Overview of the Tribunal', What we do, http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/IntroductionToTheAAT.htm (accessed 2 March 2015).

[8]        Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 2A.

[9]        Administrative Appeals Tribunal Jurisdiction List: Decisions Subject To Review (Jurisdiction as at 30 June 2014), p. 1 at http://www.aat.gov.au/docs/JurisdictionList30June2014.pdf (accessed 2 March 2015).

[10]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 'Functions and powers', What we do, http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/IntroductionToTheAAT.htm (accessed 2 March 2015).

[11]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 19. See also Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 'Functions and powers', What we do, http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/IntroductionToTheAAT.htm (accessed 2 March 2015).

[12]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 7. See also Administrative Appeals Tribunal, 'Membership of the Tribunal', Who we are, http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/WhoWeAre.htm (accessed 2 March 2015).

[13]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 8.

[14]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), ss. 13(1).

[15]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 30 and s. 32.

[16]      Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 34J.

[17]      MRT–RRT, 'Our role and services', About us, http://www.mrt-rrt.gov.au/About-Us/Our-role-and-services.aspx (accessed 2 March 2015).

[18]      MRT–RRT, 'Our people', About us, http://www.mrt-rrt.gov.au/About-Us/Our-people.aspx (accessed 2 March 2015).

[19]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 396, s. 398, s. 459 and s. 461.

[20]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 403 and s. 468.

[21]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 347 and s. 412.

[22]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 360 and s. 425.

[23]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 362B and s. 426A.

[24]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 365.

[25]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 429.

[26]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 366D and para. 427(6)(b).

[27]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 366A.

[28]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), para. 427(6)(a).

[29]      Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s. 361 and s. 443.

[30]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 141.

[31]      SSAT, About the SSAT, http://www.ssat.gov.au/about-the-ssat (accessed 2 March 2015).

[32]      SSAT, 'Who we are', About the SSAT, http://www.ssat.gov.au/about-the-ssat/who-we-are (accessed 2 March 2015).

[33]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), Sch. 3 cl. 3 and cl. 4.

[34]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), Sch. 3, cl. 17.

[35]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 141.

[36]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 161.

[37]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 162.

[38]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 168.

[39]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth), s. 179.

[40]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 3 and 12.

[41]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 1.

[42]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 items 9 and 17.

[43]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 18.

[44]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 19.

[45]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 27.

[46]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 26.

[47]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 27.

[48]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 3 and 15.

[49]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 27.

[50]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 54.

[51]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 item 65.

[52]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 1 items 135–144, Sch. 2 items 60 and 101.

[53]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 4.

[54]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 2 items 68 and 113.

[55]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), Sch. 2 item 85.

[56]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 5.

[57]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 165; Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, pp 2–3; Attorney-General's Department, Submission 10, p. 1.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        Migration Review Tribunal–Refugee Review Tribunal, Submission 1, p. 1; National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 1; Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 1; Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, pp 1–2; Legal Aid NSW, Submission 5, pp 1–2; Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, p. 1; Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 2.

[2]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 1. See also Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, p. 2 at http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/legislative_brief_tribunals_bill_final_23.01.2015_1.pdf (accessed 4 March 2015).

[3]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 2; Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 3; Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 2. See also Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, p. 3.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 4 and 31–32.

[5]        Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, pp 5–6. See also Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 4.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 33–34.

[7]        Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 4.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 41–42.

[9]        Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, p. 4; Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 3. See also, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 32.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 28.

[11]      Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, pp 2 and 5–6. See also Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 2.

[12]      Australian Public Service Commission, Merit and Transparency: Merit-based selection of APS agency heads and APS statutory office holders, Fourth Edition, October 2012 at http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/8554/Merit-and-transparency.pdf (accessed 5 March 2015)

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 24.

[14]      Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[15]      Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, p. 2.

[16]      Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 2–3. See also Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, pp 3–4.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), pp 79–82.

[18]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 1.

[19]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 5, p. 2. See also National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 34.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 15.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 54.

[22]      Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 6, p. 1.

[23]      Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 6, p. 3.

[24]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 50.

[25]      Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, pp 1–2.

[26]      Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, pp 3–4.

[27]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 10, pp 1–2; Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 165.

[28]      Attorney-General's Department, Submission 10, p. 2.

[29]      Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 15.

[30]      Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) para. 7(2)(e).

[31]      Attorney General's Department, Submission 10, p. 2.

[32]      Migration Review Tribunal–Refugee Review Tribunal, Submission 1, p. 2. See also Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, p. 3.

[33]      Australian Public Service Commission, Merit and Transparency: Merit-based selection of APS agency heads and APS statutory office holders, Fourth Edition, October 2012, p. 3, available at http://www.apsc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/8554/Merit-and-transparency.pdf  (accessed 13 March 2015).

[34]      Legal Aid NSW, Submission 5, p. 2. See also National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 34.

[35]      Tribunals Amalgamation Bill (Cth), Sch. 1 item 1.

Additional Comments by Labor Senators

[1]        Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 4.

[2]        Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth), s. 24B.

[3]        Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, pp 1–2.

[4]        Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, p. 4.

[5]        Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, p. 4; Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 3. See also, Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 32.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum to the Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014 (Cth), p. 28.

[7]        See Law Institute of Victoria, Submission 7, p. 4; Bar Association of Queensland, Submission 9, p. 3.

[8]        See Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

Additional Comments by the Australian Greens

[1]        Legal Aid NSW, Submission 5, p. 2. See also National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 34.

[2]        Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 2.

[3]        Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 2.

[4]        Legal Aid NSW, Submission 5, p. 2. See also National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2015, 11 February 2015, p. 34.

[5]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 2.

[6]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.

[7]        Victoria Legal Aid, Submission 6, p. 1.

[8]        Family Court of Australia, Submission 8, pp 3–4.

[9]        Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 3, pp 2–3. See also Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Law, UNSW, Legislative Brief: Tribunals Amalgamation Bill 2014, 23 January 2015, pp 3–4.

[10]      Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission 4, p. 3.

[11]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 2, p. 2.