Footnotes


Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 1.4.

[2]        Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 13 May 2008, p. 1510.

[3]        Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Knock, knock...who's there? The Lobbying Code of Conduct, p. 5.

[4]        Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Knock, knock...who's there? The Lobbying Code of Conduct, p. 17.

[5]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, pp 1–2, Attachment B.

[6]        Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity, the Hon Gary Gray AO MP, 'Changes to the Lobbyists Register', Media Release, 1 August 2011.

Chapter 2 - Issues

[1]        Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 1.

[2]        Kreab Gavin Anderson, Submission 9, p. 1. See also Profile Management Consultants, Submission 2, p. 1; Government Relations Professionals Association, Submission 6, p.1; Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 2; Public Relations Institute of Australia, Submission 12, p. 1.

[3]        Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 2.

[4]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, p. 3.

[5]        Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 5.

[6]        Mr Les Timar, Managing Director, Government Relations Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 10.

[7]        See for example Mr Bob Such MP, Submission 1, p. 1; Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 12; Mr Guy Barnett, Submission 14, p. 1; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 4.

[8]        See for example Mr Bob Such MP, Submission 1, p. 1; NSW Greens Political Donations Research Project, Submission 5, p. 9; Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH), Submission 11, pp 2–3; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 4.

[9]        See for example Action on Smoking and Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 3; Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 12; Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, pp 3—4.

[10]      See for example Action on Smoking and Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 3; Hawker Britton, Submission 4, pp 12–13; Government Relations Professionals Association, Submission 6, p. 4; Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, pp 11–13.

[11]      Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Knock, knock... who's there?: The Lobbying Code of Conduct, September 2008, p. 6.

[12]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 3.5, http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/docs/code_conduct.pdf (accessed 15 February 2012).

[13]      Senator the Hon John Faulkner, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, Senate Hansard, 13 May 2008, p. 1511.

[14]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 3.5.

[15]      Profile Management Consultants, Submission 2, p. 1; Kreab Gavin Anderson, Submission 9, p. 4.

[16]      Profile Management Consultants, Submission 2, p. 1.

[17]      Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 2.

[18]      Mr Les Timar, Managing Director, Government Relations Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 11.

[19]      Mr Les Timar, Managing Director, Government Relations Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 11.

[20]      Public Relations Institute of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2.

[21]      Mr Les Timar, Managing Director, Government Relations Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 13.

[22]      Mr Les Timar, Managing Director, Government Relations Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 14.

[23]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, p. 1.

[24]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 4.

[25]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 1.

[26]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 1.

[27]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 6.

[28]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 5.1.

[29]      Mr Gary Gray, Special Minister of State for the Public Service and Integrity, 'Changes to Lobbyists Register', Media Release, 1 August 2011. See Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, Attachment 4, p. 1.

[30]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, sections 7.1 and 7.2.

[31]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 6; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 8; Government Relations Professionals Association, Submission 6, p. 4; Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[32]      Action on Smoking and Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 3; Kreab Gavin Anderson, Submission 9, p. 4; Government Relations Professionals Association, Submission 10, p. 4; Public Relations Institute of Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.

[33]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, sections 5.5–5.6.

[34]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 5.4.

[35]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, p. 2.

[36]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 4.

[37]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 11.

[38]      Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 2.

[39]      Dr David Solomon, Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 19.

[40]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 10.2.

[41]      Australian Government, Lobbying Code of Conduct, June 2011, section 10.4.

[42]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, p. 3.

[43]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Submission 16, p. 3.

[44]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, p. 5.

[45]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 6; see also Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 7.

[46]      See for example, Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 15; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 7.

[47]      Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[48]      See for example, Mr Guy Barnett, Submission 14, p. 1; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 7.

[49]      Government Relations Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.

[50]      Mr David Macgill, Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Government Branch, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2012, pp 6–7.

[51]      Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Answer to Question on Notice, dated 23 February 2012, p. 1.

[52]      See for example Action on Smoking and Health Australia, Submission 3, p. 3; NSW Greens Political Donations Research Project, Submission 5, p. 9; Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Submission 11, pp 2–3; Australian Green, Submission 17, p. 4.

[53]      Australian Council on Smoking and Health, Submission 11, pp 2–3.

[54]      Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 4.

[55]      Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 4.

[56]      See for example Dr Bob Such MP, Submission 1, p. 1; Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 12; Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 7; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 4.

[57]      Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Submission 7, p. 4.

[58]      Queensland Integrity Commissioner, Submission 7, pp 11–12.

[59]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 7.

[60]      Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 7.

[61]      Kreab Gavin Anderson, Submission 9, p. 2.

[62]      See for example Dr Bob Such MP, Submission 1, p. 2; Accountability Round Table, Submission 8, p. 15; Australian Greens, Submission 17, p. 8.

[63]      Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Knock, knock...who's there? The Lobbying Code of Conduct, September 2008, Mr Harry Evans, Submission 2, p. 1.

[64]      Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Knock, knock...who's there? The Lobbying Code of Conduct, September 2008, Mr Harry Evans, Submission 2, p. 2.

Dissenting report by Senator Rhiannon on behalf of The Australian Greens

[1]        See Office of the Commissioner for Lobbying Canada: http://www.ocl-cal.gc.ca/eic/site/lobbyist-lobbyiste1.nsf/eng/home

[2]        Transcript of Inquiry Public Hearing, Tuesday 21 February 2012, p 18.

[3]        ibid p 15.

[4]        Transcript of Inquiry Public Hearing, Tuesday 21 February 2012, p 1.

[5]        Transcript of Inquiry Public Hearing, Tuesday 21 February 2012, p 20.

[6]        Mr Harry Evans, former Clerk of the Senate, discussed in “Knock, knock...who’s there?” Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, September 2008, p 12.

[7]        David Rolph, Matt Vitins and Judith Bannister, Media Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary, Oxford University Press 2009, pp 270-271. In Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation it was found that the freedom would not invalidate a law provided: 1) that “the law is compatible with the maintenance of the constitutionally prescribed system of representative and responsible government....”; and 2) “that the law is reasonable appropriate and adapted to achieving that legitimate object or end”.

[8]        Defined in the Code to include Ministers, parliamentary secretaries, ministerial staff, agency heads, public servants and members of the Australian Defence Force, cl 3

[9]        Dr David Solomon, Lobbying: Is registration sufficient?, APSAC Conference Paper, November 2011, p 12.

[10]      Ibid p 12.

[11]      Chari, Hogan and Murphy, “Regulating lobbying: a global comparison”, Manchester University Press, 2010, p 94.

[12]      Quoted in Solomon, op cit, pp 12-13.

[13]      http://data.gov.uk/whoslobbying

[14]      http://planning.nsw.gov.au/?tabid=508

[15]      Independent Commission Against Corruption, “Investigation into Corruption Risks Involved in Lobbying” Sydney, ICAC, November 2010, p 54.

[16]      Dr David Solomon, op cit, p 9.

[17]      Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, “Lobbyists, Government and Public Trust”, p 70.

[18]      ICAC, op cit, pp 37-38.

[19]      The ban in Queensland came after a former QLD and Federal government minister were paid $500,000 for successfully lobbying to win a contract to build the Brisbane Airport Link tunnel.