Footnotes

[1] Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 6 of 2005

[2] Information contained in this section is based on Senator Andrew Bartlett's second reading speech, Senate Hansard, 20 June 2005, p. 51

[3] National Animal Welfare Bill 2005, 2004-2005, p. 2

[4] National Animal Welfare Bill 2005, 2004-2005, p. 3

[5] Second Reading Speech, Senator Andrew Bartlett, Senate Hansard, 20 June 2005, p. 53

[6] Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 9 of 2003, 20 August 2003, pp. 9-10

[7] Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 9 of 2003, 20 August 2003, p. 10

[8] Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth Report of 2003, 17 September 2003, p. 245

[9] Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 8 of 2005, 10 August 2005, p. 28

[10] See, for example, Submissions 21, 41, 58, 60, 109,115, 124, 148, 158, 162, 165, 173, 187 and 192

[11] See, for example, Submissions 47, 48 and 49

[12] Extracts from Submissions  43, 45, 67, 77, 78, 84, 90, 100, 111, 143, 152, 175, 184 and 186

[13] Submission No.3, Ms Suzanne Cass

[14] See, for example, Submissions 3, 38, 41, 62 , 74 and 101

[15] Submission No. 194, Lawyers for Animals, pp. 5 and 14

[16] Submission No. 3, Ms Suzanne Cass,  Submission No. 75, Mr G Delaney, and Submission No. 134, Mr Alex Hodges

[17] Submission No 24, Australian Racing Board, Submission No.139, Australian Companion Animal Council Inc and Submission No. 191, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

[18] Submission No. 91, Australian Wool innovation Limited and Submission No. 96, Australian Lot Feeders' Association

[19] Submission No. 8, NSW Farmers' Association, and Submission No. 139, Australian Companion Animal Council, p. 1 

[20] Submission No. 105, Australian Society for Medical Research, p. 3

[21] Submission No. 110, Children's Medical Research Institute, p. 2

[22] Submission No. 144, Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW)

[23] Submission No. 126, Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology, p. 2

[24]   Submission No.127, University of Melbourne, p. 2

[25] Senate Hansard, 3/9/91, page 1058

[26] Senate Hansard, 3/9/91, page 1050

[27] “Democrats’ bill would see end of recreational fishing”, media release issued by Senator Ian MacDonald, 13/1/06

[28] Assoc Professor Eleonora Gullone, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychological Medicine, Monash University.  Submission 156

[29] “Japan under attack for inhumane humpback deaths”, The Age, 19/6/06.

[30] “Japan faces whale cruelty claim”, BBC news website, accessed at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5091674.stm on 20/6/06.