Footnotes

Possible interference with, or imposition of a penalty on, a witness before the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 10 September 2009, p. 2444.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 8 September 2009, p. 2413.

[3]           Legal and Constitutional References Committee, A Possible Contempt in Relation to a Witness to the Committee’s Inquiry into Access to Justice, quoted on pp. 3–4.

[4]        Ibid., p. 4.

[5]        Journals of the Senate, 9 September 2009, p. 2419.

[6]        Senate Debates, 9 September 2009, p. 6045.

[7]           Letter to the committee from Mr Dennis Eggington, CEO, ALSWA, dated 19 October 2009; see Appendix 1.

[8]        Ibid.

[9]        Letter to the committee from Ms Rowena Puertollano, dated 3 October 2009; see Appendix 1.

[10]          Legal and Constitutional References Committee, A Possible Contempt in Relation to a Witness to the Committee’s Inquiry into Access to Justice, pp. 4– 5.

[11]          See Privilege Resolution 6, paragraphs (10) and (11) in Standing Orders and Other orders of the Senate, June 2009, p. 112 at https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/standing_orders/c00.pdf.

[12]          Committee of Privileges, 125^th Report, Parliamentary privilege: Precedents, procedures and practice in the Australian Senate 1966–2005, p. 46. For an account of the committee's previous experience of such cases, see pp. 46–56.