Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction and background
[1]
Journals of the Senate No. 90, 26 March 2015, pp 2466–2467.
[2]
Journals of the Senate No. 95, 15 June 2015, p. 2630.
[3]
Journals of the Senate No. 95, 15 June 2015, p. 2644.
[4]
Select Committee on Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and
Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, Interim report, 12
June 2015, p. 1.
[5]
Select Committee on Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and
Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, Interim report, 12
June 2015, p. 2.
[6]
The Government of the Republic of Nauru, www.naurugov.nr (accessed 27 May 2015).
[7]
Nauru Courts System Information, http://www.paclii.org/nr/courts.html
(accessed 27 May 2015).
[8]
ABC Radio National, 'How Nauru threw it all away', 11 March 2014, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/how-nauru-threw-it-all-away/5312714
(accessed 19 May 2015).
[9]
See, for example, CIA World Factbook, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nr.html
(accessed 19 May 2015); Asian Development Bank, http://www.adb.org/countries/nauru/main
(accessed 19 May 2015).
[11] Asian
Development Bank, http://www.adb.org/countries/nauru/economy
(accessed
19 May 2015)
[12]
Janet Phillips, 'The "Pacific Solution" revisited: a statistical
guide to the asylum seeker caseloads on Nauru and Manus Island', Parliamentary
Library, Background Note, 4 September 2012, pp 2-3.
[13]
Janet Phillips, 'The "Pacific Solution" revisited: a statistical
guide to the asylum seeker caseloads on Nauru and Manus Island', Parliamentary
Library, Background Note, 4 September 2012, pp 12, 14.
[14]
Janet Phillips, 'The "Pacific Solution" revisited: a statistical
guide to the asylum seeker caseloads on Nauru and Manus Island', Parliamentary
Library, Background Notes, 4 September 2012, pp 4-5.
[15]
Janet Phillips and Harriet Spinks, 'Immigration Detention in Australia',
Parliamentary Library, Background Note, 20 March 2013, p. 11.
[16]
Australian Government, Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August
2012, terms of reference, p. 9.
[17]
Australian Government, Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August
2012, terms of reference, p. 16 (original emphasis).
[18]
Australian Government, Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August
2012, terms of reference, p. 47.
[19]
Australian Government, Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August
2012, terms of reference, p. 48.
[20]
Elibritt Karlsen & Janet Phillips, 'Developments in Australian refugee
law and policy (2012 to August 2013)', Parliamentary Library Research Paper
Series, 25 September 2014, pp 4-5.
[21]
Elibritt Karlsen & Janet Phillips, 'Developments in Australian refugee
law and policy (2012 to August 2013)', Parliamentary Library Research Paper
Series, 25 September 2014, p. 7.
[22]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 43.
[23]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 10 July 2015 (received 17 July 2015).
[24]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 10 July 2015 (received 17 July 2015).
[25]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 7 May 2015 (received 13 May 2015).
[26]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[27]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 9 June 2015 (received 30 June 2015).
[28]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
33.
[29]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
35.
[30]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Operation Sovereign
Borders monthly update: June 2015, 10 July 2015, at http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-june
(accessed 15 July 2015).
[31]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, pp
55–56.
[32]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Operation Sovereign
Borders monthly update: June 2015, 10 July 2015, http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-june
(accessed 15 July 2015).
[33]
'First refugees from Nauru detention centre arrive in Cambodia', ABC
Online, 4 June 2015, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-04/refugees-from-nauru-detention-centre-arrive-in-cambodia/6521972 (accessed 4 June 2015).
[34]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 4.
[35]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 11.
[36]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 12.
[37]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014. Tabled in the Senate
on 11 February 2015: Journals of the Senate No. 77, 11 February 2015, p.
2148.
[38]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015.
Chapter 2 - Obligations and performance of the Commonwealth in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre
[1]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 4.
[2]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 43.
[3]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 93.
[4]
Professor William Maley, Submission 10, p. 4.
[5]
See ChilOut, Submission 13; Immigration Advice & Rights
Centre, Submission 17; Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission
18; UNHCR, Submission 19; Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission
25; Law Society of South Australia, Submission 34; Law Society of
New South Wales, Submission 35; Law Council of Australia, Submission 57;
Human Rights Law Centre and UNICEF Australia, Submission 58; Andrew
& Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Submission 60.
[6]
Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Submission
60, p. 10.
[7]
Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 25, p. 1.
[8]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 57, p. 9.
[9]
Human Rights Law Centre and UNICEF Australia, Submission 58, p.
6.
[10]
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 18, p. 3; Law
Council of Australia, Submission 25, p. 14.
[11]
Mr Geoffrey Eames, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 69-70.
[12]
Mr Geoffrey Eames, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 72.
[13]
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and Protocol
relating to the Status of Refugees, 1967.
[14]
UNHCR, Submission 19, p. 4.
[15]
Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 25, p. 2.
[16]
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Incident
at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 February 2014, December
2014, p. 151.
[17]
Immigration Advice & Rights Centre, Submission 17, p. 7; Law
Society of New South Wales, Submission 35, p. 3.
[18]
Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015,
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.
[19]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 57, p. 7.
[20]
Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Nauru and the
Commonwealth of Australia relating to the Transfer to and Assessment of persons
in Nauru, and related issues, 3 August 2013, clause 4; cited in
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14, p. 14; Castan Centre for
Human Rights Law, Submission 18, pp 2-3.
[21]
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14, p. 12.
[22]
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14, p. 14.
[23]
See Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, A
report on visits to immigration detention centres, June 2001, pp 94-95 and
Appendix H. Cited in Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 18, p.
3 and footnote 2; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14, p. 15.
[24]
SBEG v Commonwealth of Australia [2012] FCAFC 189, cited in
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, p. 30.
[25]
S v Secretary, Department of Immigration Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs [2005] FCA 549, at 213; cited in Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission
14, p. 34.
[26]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14; Mr Max Costello &
Ms Paddy McCorry, Submission 26.
[27]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Annual Report 2013-14,
September 2014, p. 280.
[28]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, p. 39 and attachment
('Document 1').
[29]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, pp 40-41; Mr Max
Costello and Ms Paddy McCorry, Submission 26, p. 11.
[30]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, pp 43-44 and
attachment ('Document 2').
[31]
Mr Max Costello and Ms Paddy McCorry, Submission 26, p. 35.
[32]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, p. 6.
[33]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Submission 14, p. 42.
[34]
Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Nauru and the
Commonwealth of Australia relating to the Transfer to and Assessment of persons
in Nauru, and related issues, 3 August 2013.
[35]
Law Students for Refugees, Submission 23, p. 2.
[36]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 25, p. 10.
[37]
Mr Peter Law, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 15.
[38]
Mr Geoffrey Eames, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 73.
[39]
See Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 24.
[40]
Mr Lee Gordon, Head of Nauru Programs, Save the Children Australia, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 53.
[41]
Mr Michael Pezzullo and Ms Cindy Briscoe, Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 45.
[42]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice of 18 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[43]
The Hon Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Submission 70, p. 6.
[44]
Mr Peter Law, Submission 28, p. 2.
[45]
Mr Peter Law, Submission 28, pp 1-2.
[46]
The Hon Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Submission 70, p. 8.
[47]
The Hon Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Submission 70, p. 1, 2, 3-4.
[48]
The Hon Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Submission 70, p. 6.
[49]
Mr Peter Law, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 18.
[50]
Professor William Maley, Submission 10, p. 4.
[51]
New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Uncorrected
Daily, Volume 706, Week 21, 2 July 2015, p. 5059.
[52]
'Australia seeks update on prosecution of Nauru opposition MPs from visiting
president, Julie Bishop says', ABC Online, 10 July 2015.
[53]
'Foreign minister Julie Bishop "seeks assurances" from president
Baron Waqa that Nauru adhering to rule of law', ABC Online, 11 July
2015.
[54]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 26; Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[55]
This issue is discussed at paragraph 4.85.
[56]
This issue is discussed at paragraph 4.52.
[57]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015
(received 16 June 2015).
[58]
Ms Angela Williams, Commercial, Strategy and Systems Director, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 5-6.
[59]
Wilson Security, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 2
June 2015).
[60]
Submission 62, pp 2-4.
[61]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 62, p. 5.
[62]
Submission 62, p. 3; Mr Jon Nichols, Submission 95, p. 1.
[63]
Mr Jon Nichols, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 2.
[64]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 18.
[65]
Submission 69, p. 3.
[66]
Submission 82, p. 6.
[67]
Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 7.
[68]
Submission 81, pp [12, 14].
[69]
Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, p. 1.
[70]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 66, p. 3.
[71]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 66, pp 7-8.
[72]
Mr Mark Isaacs, Submission 67, p. 4.
[73]
Ms Samantha Betts, Submission 85, p. 2.
[74]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 85, p. 10.
[75]
See Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 21; Submission
84, pp 2-3.
[76]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 84, p. 1.
[77]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 27. See
also Submission 63.
[78]
Submission 83, p. 4.
[79]
See Submission 83, p. 5; Mr James Harris, Submission 93, p.
7; Submission 94, p. 12.
[80]
Submission 94, p. 7.
[81]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 94, p. 2.
[82]
Submission 62, p. 2.
[83]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 62, p. 4.
[84] Mr John
Rogers, Executive General Manager, Southern Pacific, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 42.
[85] 'Spying and
abuse described by Nauru detention centre's former staff', 7.30, http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4293119.htm
(accessed 14 August 2015).
[86]
Wilson Security, answer to question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25
August 2015); Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to
question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25 August 2015).
[87]
Mr John Rogers, Executive General Manager, Southern Pacific, Wilson
Security, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 33.
[88]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 34.
[89]
Wilson Security, answer to question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25
August 2015).
[90]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 August 2015 (received 25 August 2015).
[91]
This issue is discussed at paragraph 5.32.
[92]
Submission 71, p. 1.
[93]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 71, p.
1.
[94]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 19.
[95]
Wilson Security, response to Supplementary Submission 71, p.
2.
[96]
Wilson Security, answer to question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25
August 2015)
[97]
Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 39.
[98]
Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 38.
[99]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 38.
[100] Wilson Security, answer to
question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25 August 2015).
[101] This issue is discussed at
paragraph 5.33.
[102] Submission 94, pp 7-8.
[103] Professor David Isaacs, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 39.
[104] Mr Mark Isaacs, Submission
67, p. 1.
[105] Mr James Harris, Submission
93, p. 3.
[106] Mr Mark Isaacs, Submission
67, p. 3.
[107] Submission 69, p. 1.
[108] Submission 69, pp
2-3. See also Dr Peter Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 4.
[109] Transfield Services,
response to Submission 69, pp 2-3; The Salvation Army, response to Submission
69, p. 1; Save the Children Australia, response to Submission 69, p.
2.
[110] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 1.
[111] Submission 84, p. 5.
[112] Ms Caz Coleman, Submission
56, pp 14-16.
[113] Ms Caz Coleman, Submission
56, p. 16.
[114] Wilson Security, answer to
question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25 August 2015).
[115] Mr Brett McDonald, Security
Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p.
34.
[116] Ms Caz Coleman, Submission
56, p. (5).
[117] Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission
83, p. 1.
[118] Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission
83, p. 15.
[119] Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 55.
[120] Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief
Executive Officer, Save the Children Australia, Committee Hansard, 19
May 2015, p. 47.
[121] Wilson Security, response to
Submission 83, p. 10.
[122] Ms Caz Coleman, Submission
56, p. 6.
[123] See Wilson Security, Submission
21, pp 5-8; Transfield Services, Submission 29, pp 9-15.
[124] Ms Erin O'Sullivan,
Commercial and Strategy Manager, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard,
20 July 2015, p. 31.
[125] Ms Angela Williams, Commercial,
Strategy and Systems Director, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard,
20 July 2015, p. 7.
[126] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice (BE15/023) from Senate
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Budget Estimates, 25 May
2015 (received 16 July 2015).
[127] Wilson
Security, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 2 June 2015).
[128] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).
[129] Mrs Kate Munnings, Chief
Executive Operations, Logistics, Construction and Consulting, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 14.
[130] Mrs Kate Munnings, Chief
Executive Operations, Logistics, Construction and Consulting, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 15.
[131] Mr John Rogers, Executive
General Manager, Southern Pacific, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p.
32.
[132] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015), Annexure 1.
[133] Mr John Rogers, Executive
General Manager Southern Pacific, Wilson Security, Committee Hansard, 19
May 2015, p. 29.
[134] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015), Annexure 1.
[135] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015), Annexure 1.
[136] Transfield Services, Submission
29, p. 4.
[137] Mrs Kate Munnings, Chief
Executive Operations, Logistics, Construction and Consulting, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 5.
[138] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).
[139] Mrs Kate Munnings, Chief
Executive Operations, Logistics, Construction and Consulting, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 4, 23.
[140] Prior to 21 February 2014,
the complaints management framework was managed by the Salvation Army. Transfield
Services, answer to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received 16 June
2015).
[141] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).
[142] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).
[143] Ms Angela Williams, Commercial,
Strategy and Systems Director, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard,
20 July 2015, pp 18-19.
[144] Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission
79, p. 6.
[145] Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief
Executive Officer, Save the Children Australia, Committee Hansard, 19
May 2015, p. 53.
[146] Wilson Security, response to
Submission 79, pp 2-3.
[147] Mrs Kate Munnings, Chief
Executive Operations, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard, 19 May
2015, p. 2.
[148] Mr Derek Osborn, Executive
General Manager Logistics and Facilities Management, Transfield Services, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 15.
[149] Mr John Rogers, Executive
General Manager Southern Pacific, Wilson Security, Committee Hansard, 19
May 2015, pp 28-29.
[150] Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 55.
[151] Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief
Executive Officer, Save the Children Australia, Committee Hansard, 19
May 2015, p. 46.
[152] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 68.
[153] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 29.
[154] Submission 62.
[155] Submission 62, p. 1.
[156] Wilson Security, response to
Submission 62, pp 1-2.
[157] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 9 June 2015 (received 26
June 2015).
[158] 'Hanson-Young wasn't spied
on, Dutton says', Sky News, 5 June 2015, http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/national/2015/06/05/hanson-young-wasn-t-spied-on--dutton-says.html
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[159] 'Abbott Response 'Creepy' As
More Evidence Emerges Nauru Contractors Spied on Sarah Hanson-Young', New
Matilda, 5 June 2015, https://newmatilda.com/2015/06/05/abbott-response-creepy-more-evidence-emerges-nauru-contractors-spied-sarah-hanson-young#sthash.0pRBt2RI.dpuf
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[160] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 9 June 2015 (received 26
June 2015).
[161] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 9 June 2015 (received 26
June 2015).
[162] Mr Neil Skill, First
Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure and Services Division, Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 52.
[163] Wilson Security, answer to
questions on notice, 10 July 2015 (received 17 July 2015).
[164] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard,
9 June 2015, p. 54.
[165] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 63.
[166] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 64.
[167] Mr Neil Skill, First
Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 84.
[168] Mr Neil Skill, First
Assistant Secretary, Infrastructure and Services Division, Department of
Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p.
86.
[169] Mr Jon Nichols, Submission
95, p. 2.
[170] Mr Jon Nichols, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 6.
[171] Submission 99, p. 1.
[172] Memorandum of
Understanding between the Republic of Nauru and the Commonwealth of Australia
relating to the Transfer to and Assessment of persons in Nauru, and related
issues, 3 August 2013, clause 9.
[173] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 6. The first asylum seekers to
be transferred to the Regional Processing Centre were single adult males, with
familes and single adult females transferred from 21 August 2013.
[174] Castan Centre for Human
Rights Law, Submission 18, p. 6.
[175] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 4. See also: Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32,
Attachment 1, p. 11.
[176] Australian Human Rights
Commission, Submission 25, p. 3.
[177] Australian Human Rights
Commission, Submission 25, p. 3.
[178] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 29 June 2015 (received 17
July 2015).
[179] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 4.
[180] DASSAN, Submission 61,
Attachment 1, p. 4.
[181] RAC-Q, Submission 73,
p. 10.
[182] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 9.
[183] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 21 May 2015 (received 9
June 2015).
[184] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.12.
[185] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.52.
[186] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 7.
[187] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 52.
[188] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 7 May 2015 (received 13
May 2015).
[189] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 21 May 2015 (received 9
June 2015).
[190] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Operation Sovereign Borders monthly update: June 2015,
10 July 2015, http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/operation-sovereign-borders-monthly-update-june
(accessed 15 July 2015).
[191] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.53.
[192] Amnesty International, Submission
33, p. 7.
[193] Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63, pp 28-29.
[194] Memorandum of
Understanding between the Republic of Nauru and the Commonwealth of Australia
relating to the Transfer to and Assessment of persons in Nauru, and related
issues, 3 August 2013, clauses 12-14.
[195] Submission 82, p. 8.
[196] Submission 82, pp
7-8.
[197] Submission 82, p. 8.
[198] ChilOut, Submission 13,
p. 6.
[199] Submission 80, p. 4.
[200] Memorandum of
Understanding between the Republic of Nauru and the Commonwealth of Australia
relating to the Transfer to and Assessment of persons in Nauru, and related
issues, 3 August 2013, clause 6.
[201] Reporting period is Year to
Date to 30 April 2015.
[202] Department
of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 18 May
2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[203] AusTender, Senate Order
on Confidentiality in Procurement Contracts by Agency, https://www.tenders.gov.au/?event=public.senateOrder.list
(accessed 27 May 2015).
[204] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 23 February 2015 (received
21 April 2015).
[205] Ms Caz Coleman, Submission
56, p. 13.
[206] The Hon Peter Dutton, MP,
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, 'Nauru visit reaffirms regional
processing partnership', Media release, 19 February 2015.
[207] Government of Nauru, 'Nauru
commences open centre arrangements', Media release, 25 February 2015.
[208] Government of Nauru, 'Nauru
commences open centre arrangements', Media release, 25 February 2015.
[209] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.1.
[210] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.v.
[211] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.4.
[212] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.4.
[213] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.4.
[214] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, pp
4-5.
[215] Public Works Committee
Act 1969, s18(9)(a).
[216] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.6.
[217] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.8.
[218] Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Public Works, Procedure Manual-Edition 8, March 2010, p.8.
[219] Senator Dean Smith, Chair,
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, letter to Senator Alex
Gallacher, Chair, Select Committee on Recent Allegations relating to Conditions
and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 11 June 2015.
[220] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 65.
[221] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 9 June 2015 (received 26
June 2015).
[222] Mr Daniel Sloper, First
Assistant Secretary, Pacific Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Committee Hansard, 3 June 2015, p. 52.
[223] Select Committee on Recent
Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing
Centre in Nauru, Interim Report, 12 June 2015.
Chapter 3 - Living conditions at the Regional Processing Centre on Nauru
[1]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 43.
[2]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015, (received 5 June 2015).
[3]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015, (received 5 June 2015).
[4]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015, (received 5 June 2015).
[5]
This issue is discussed at paragraph 5.11.
[6]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 27 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[7]
Mrs Munnings, Mr Osborn, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard,
19 May 2015, pp 9-10.
[8]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 28 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[9]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice of 29 June 2015 (received 17 July 2015).
[10]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
33. These facilities were noted in Chapter 1.
[11]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[12]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
33.
[13]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, pp
33-34.
[14]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
34.
[15]
Submission 82, p. 3.
[16]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 4.
[17]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[18]
NetAct, Submission 20, p. 3; Asylum Seeker
Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 3; Australian Churches Refugee
Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment 1; Darwin Asylum Seeker
Support and Advocacy Network, Submission 61, p. 6; RAC-Q, Submission
73, p. 5; Submission 80, p. 3; Submission 85, p. 1.
[19]
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment
1.
[20]
ChilOut, Submission 13, p. 4; Mr Lee Gordon, Head of Nauru
Programs, Save the Children Australia, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015,
p. 52.
[21]
Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, Submission 61,
p. 4.
[22]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 4; Australian
Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment 1, Darwin
Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, Submission 61, p. 4; RAC-Q, Submission
73, p. 5; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 2.
[23]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 66, p. 12.
[24]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015). In a response to a submission, Transfield Services drew to the
attention of the committee the implementation of a mosquito eradication program
and Vector Emergency Response plan which would be initiated in the event of an
outbreak of a mosquito-borne disease. Transfield Services, response to Submission
85, pp 6-7.
[25]
ChilOut, Submission 13, p. 4; Australian Churches Refugee
Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment 1, RAC-Q, Submission 73,
p. 5.
[26]
RAC-Q, Submission 73, p. 5.
[27]
Mr Lee Gordon, Head of Nauru Programs, Save the Children Australia, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 51.
[28]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, pp 26-27.
[29]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[30]
For the presence of mould, see: Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11;
p. 1; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 31; Ms Alanna
Maycock, Submission 66, p. 2; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79,
p. 2; Submission 82, p. 3. For submissions linking mould with infection,
see: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 3; Submission
81, p. 3.
[31]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Supplementary Submission 63.1, p. 14.
[32]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[33]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015); Ms Cindy Briscoe, Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status
Resolution Group, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 51.
[34]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 20 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[35]
Mr Derek Osborn, Executive General Manager, Logistics and Facilities Management,
Transfield Services, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 21.
[36]
ChilOut, Submission 13, p. 8; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission
27, p. 5; Australian Christian Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32, p.
1; Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, Submission 61; Ms
Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, p. 2; Submission 81, p. 2; Ms
Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 10.
[37]
Ministry for Commerce, Industry and Environment, Water and Sanitation in
Nauru – Overview, http://nauruenv.appspot.com/water-unit/watsan
(accessed 7 May 2015).
[38]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
33.
[39]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
34.
[40]
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment
1, p. 11; Submission 80, p. 10.
[41]
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 31, Attachment
1, pp 8-9; Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, Submission
61, p. 6;
[42]
Ms Alanna Maycock and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66, Supplementary
Submission, p. 3.
[43]
Ms Cindy Briscoe, Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group,
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 9
June 2015, p. 50.
[44]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 5; Ms Natasha
Blucher, Submission 83, p. 10. The Moss Review related evidence
that bottled water was no longer available in an attempt to prevent alcohol
being brought inside the RPC. Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations
relating to conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in
Nauru, 6 February 2015, p. 43, fn 93.
[45]
Mrs Kylie Scholten, Acting Assistant Secretary, Offshore Operations
Branch, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard,
9 June 2015, p. 50.
[46]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015, p. 43.
[47]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 27.
[48]
UNHCR, Submission 19, p. 4; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission
27, p. 3; Submission 39, p. 1; Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and
Advocacy Network, Submission 61, p. 6; Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission
66, p. 2; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 2. The Moss Review
noted that children may be able to observe adult sexual activity owing to the
lack of privacy, which may have resulted in the sexualied behaviour of
children. Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to
conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6
February 2015, p. 44.
[49]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 30.
[50]
Submission 81, p. 3.
[51]
The Moss Review made a recommendation around the need for a greater focus
on privacy:
'RECOMMENDATION
1: The Department and the Nauruan Government take into account the personal
safety and privacy of transferees when making decisions about facilities and
infrastructure at the Centre.' Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent
allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing
Centre in Nauru, 6 February 2015, p. 9.
[52]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 85, p. 3.
[53]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[54]
Ms Cindy Briscoe, Deputy Secretary, Immigration Status Resolution Group,
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 9
June 2015, p. 51.
[55]
Transfield Services, Submission 29, p. 8.
[56]
Submission 38, p. 1; Submission 80, p. 10.
[57]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 35. Save the Children
Australia advised the committee that they did not agree with the assessment
that the provision of goods was a low priority. Save the Children Australia,
response to Submission 63, p. 9.
[58]
Transfield Services, Submission 29, Attachment 2, p. 5.
[59]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 4; Save the
Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 24; Submission 38, p.
1; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 26; Submission 81, pp
2-3; Submission 82, p. 7; Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, pp 8-9.
[60]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 5.
[61]
The Salvation Army, response to Submission 69, p. 1.
[62]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 69, p. 7.
[63]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 63, p. 12.
[64]
Save the Children Australia, response to Submission 63, p. 8.
[65]
Save the Children Australia, answer to question on notice, 3 July 2015
(received 9 July 2015).
[66]
Save the Children Australia, answer to question on notice, 3 July 2015
(received 9 July 2015).
[67]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015, (received 5 June 2015).
[68]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 3 July 2015 (received
13 August 2015).
[69]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 85, p. 6.
[70]
Submission 38, p. 1.
[71]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 3 July 2015 (received
13 August 2015).
[72] Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 6.
[73]
Ms Samantha Betts, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 57-58.
[74]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 9.
[75]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 10.
[76]
Ms Samantha Betts, Submission 85, p. 2.
[77]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 85, p. 9.
[78]
Submission 81, p. 2; Submission 83, p. 5.
[79]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 4.
[80]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 84, p. 3.
[81]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 12.
[82]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 10.
[83]
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32, p. 1; Ms
Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, pp 1-2; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission
79, p. 4; Submission 80, p. 10; Submission 82, p. 7; Ms
Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 7.
[84]
Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 4.
[85]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 3; Ms Natasha
Blucher, Submission 83, p. 19.
[86]
Submission 82, p. 7; Submission 84, p. 2.
[87]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 84, p. 4.
[88]
Submission 82, p. 7.
[89]
Submission 84, pp 1-2.
[90]
Submission 84, p. 1.
[91]
Transfield Services, Submission 29, p. 5.
[92]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 84, p. 4.
[93]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 26 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[94]
Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children Australia, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 43.
[95]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
33.
[96]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
39.
[97]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
40.
[98]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 19.
[99]
Mr Lee Gordon, Head of Nauru Programs, Save the Children Australia, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 56.
[100] ChilOut, Submission 13,
p. 4.
[101] Paul Farrell, 'Nauru plan to
move asylum seeker children to local schools sparks concern', The Guardian
Australia, 30 June 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/30/nauru-plan-to-move-asylum-seeker-children-to-local-schools-sparks-concern
(accessed 1 July 2015).
[102] Save the Children Australia,
response to Submission 63, p. 8.
[103] Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief
Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 43.
[104] Save the Children Australia,
Submission 30, p. 28 (original emphasis).
[105] Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63, p. 26.
[106] Submission 80, p.9.
The committee also heard that there is no toilet at the school. Submission 74,
p. 2.
[107] Save the Children Australia,
response to Submission 63, p. 7.
[108] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 21 May 2015, (received 5
June 2015).
[109] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 34.
[110] Transfield Services,
response to Submission 66, p. 3.
[111] Transfield Services,
response to Submission 66, p. 4.
[112] Transfield Services,
response to Submission 66, pp 3-4.
[113] Save the Children Australia,
Submission 30, p. 19.
[114] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 5; Submission 80, p. 3.
[115] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 5.
[116] Submission 80, p. 3.
[117] Save the Children Australia,
Submission 30, p. 26.
[118] Submission 80, p. 7; Submission
82, p. 6.
[119] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 14.
[120] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 40.
[121] IHMS, response to Submission
66, p. 1.
[122] IHMS, response to Submission
79, pp 1-2.
[123] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 40.
[124] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 45.
[125] Human Rights Law Centre and
UNICEF Australia, Submission 58, p. 6.
[126] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 4.
[127] Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63, p. 29.
[128] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p.10. Ms Alanna Maycock and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66,
Supplementary Submission, p. 7; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79,
p. 3; Submission 82, p. 7.
[129] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p.11.
[130] Ms Alanna Maycock and
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66, Supplementary Submission,
p. 4. IHMS advised the committee that the majority of the recommendations
made by Ms Maycock and Dr Isaacs have been implemented. IHMS, response to Submission
66, pp 2-3.
[131] See: Labor for Refugees, Submission 9, p. 6; Ms Alanna
Maycock and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66, Supplementary Submission,
pp 5-6.
[132] See: Labor for Refugees, Submission
9, p. 5; Ms Alanna Maycock and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66,
Supplementary Submission, pp 6-7; Submission 80, p. 8.
[133] See: DASSAN, Submission
61; Ms Alanna Maycock and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66,
Supplementary Submission; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79; Submission
82; Dr Peter Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, pp 1 – 14;
Professor David Isaacs and Ms Alanna Maycock, Committee Hansard, 9 June
2015, pp 37-42.
[134] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 41.
[135] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 13.
[136] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 41.
[137] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice of 2 July 2015 (received 17
July 2015).
[138] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 15.
[139] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 15.
[140] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 41.
[141] Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission
83, p. 24.
[142] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 14.
[143] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice of 2 July 2015 (received 17
July 2015).
[144] Dr Peter Young, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 9.
[145] Mr Neil Skill, Department of
Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p.
55.
[146] Submission 91.
[147] Ms Samantha Betts, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 63.
[148] Ms Samantha Betts, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 63-64.
[149] Mr Geoffrey Eames, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 70.
[150] This is discussed at
paragraph 5.61.
Chapter 4 - Protecting asylum seekers: personal safety and security, and allegations of harm
[1]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, p. 42.
[2]
Journals of the Senate No. 77, 11 February 2015, p. 2148.
[3]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, p. 29.
[4]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, p. 30.
[5]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, p. 195.
[6]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, pp 192-193, 195.
[7]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, p. 195.
[8]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, Recommendations 1 and
2, p. 37.
[9]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014, Recommendation 4, p.
38.
[10]
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Tabling of the
Australian Human Rights Commission Report, The Forgotten Children – National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, statement, 11 February
2015, p. 1.
[11]
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Tabling of the
Australian Human Rights Commission Report, The Forgotten Children – National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, statement, 11 February
2015, p. 2.
[12]
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Tabling of the
Australian Human Rights Commission Report, The Forgotten Children – National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, statement, 11 February
2015, p. 2.
[13]
Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General, Tabling of the
Australian Human Rights Commission Report, The Forgotten Children – National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, statement, 11 February
2015, p. 2.
[14]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 22.
[15]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 22.
[16]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 20.
[17]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015, p. 15.
[18]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015, p. 3.
[19]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 21.
[20]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015, pp 3–11.
[21]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 5 June).
[22]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 3; Committee Hansard, 9
June 2015, p. 29.
[23]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 3.
[24]
Ms Angela Williams, Commercial, Strategy and Systems Director, Transfield
Services, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 10.
[25]
Dr Peter Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 4.
[26]
Submission 81, 'Case Study Two – F', pp 6-10.
[27]
Submission 84, p. 5.
[28]
An Open letter to the Australian People, 7 April 2015, https://www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/7290
(accessed 1 July 2015).
[29]
An Open letter to the Australian People, 7 April 2015, p. 1, https://www.aasw.asn.au/document/item/7290
(accessed 1 July 2015).
[30]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 59.
[31]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 67.
[32]
The Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott MP, 'Joint Press Conference,
Hamilton Island', 21 March 2015, https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2015-03-21/joint-press-conference-hamilton-island
(accessed 1 July 2015).
[33]
The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection,
'Moss Review: Press Conference with Michael Pezzullo - Secretary of Department
of Immigration and Border Protection', 20 March 2015, http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/peterdutton/2015/Pages/moss-review.aspx
(accessed 30 June 2015).
[34]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
pp 24–26.
[35]
Transfield Services, Submission 29, p. 2; Wilson Security, Submission
21, p. 3; Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 3.
[36]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 3.
[37]
Mr Paul Ronalds, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, pp 48-49.
[38]
Mr Paul Ronalds, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 50.
[39]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 59.
[40]
Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief Executive Officer, Committee Hansard, 19 May
2015, p. 52.
[41]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
24.
[42]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Supplementary to Submission 83, pp 3-4.
[43]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 2 July 2015 (received 17 July 2015).
[44]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 90.
[45]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 91.
[46]
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14, p. 5; Refugee Council
of Australia, Submission 16, p. 4; Human Rights Law Centre, Submission
58, p. 9; DASSAN, Submission 61.
[47]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 1; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63;
[48]
DASSAN, Submission 61, p. 7.
[49]
DASSAN, Submission 61, Attachment 1, p. 2; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63; Refugee Action Collective – Queensland, Submission 79,
p. 8; Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 19; Submission 84,
p. 5.
[50]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 1
[51]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 1
[52]
Ms Caz Coleman, Submission 56, p. 15.
[53]
Ms Caz Coleman, Submission 56, p. 16.
[54]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63.
[55]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 18.
[56]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 27.
[57]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, pp 27-28.
Note that the name used in this extract is pseudonymous.
[58]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 32. Ms Kirsty
Diallo also drew the attention of the committee to the differences between the
Australian and Nauruan legislative responses to child abuse. Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission
64, p. 2.
[59]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 33.
[60]
Australian Lawyers' Alliance, Supplementary to Submission 14, p. 5;
Comcare, answer to question on notice, 25 August 2015 (received 26 August 2015).
[61]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 1; DASSAN, Submission
61; Submission 62, p. 3; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63,
p. 18; Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, p. 2; Ms Charlotte
Wilson, Submission 79, p. 7.
[62] Mr Philip
Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions and
circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February 2015,
p. 25. The Australian Lawyers Alliance argued that the inability of the Moss
Review to obtain evidence should not be taken 'as a lack of evidence, but
should be viewed through the prism of the fact that individuals may be afraid
to provide further details'. Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 14,
p. 8.
[63]
Wilson Security, response to Submission 79, p. 5.
[64]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received
16 June 2015).
[65]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[66]
Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 18 May 2015 (received 9 June
2015).
[67]
This is discussed at paragraph 5.11.
[68]
ChilOut, Submission 13; Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, Submission
17; Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 25, p. 3;
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32, Attachment 1;
DASSAN, Submission 61, p. 6.
[69]
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 18, p. 7.
[70]
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 2.
[71]
Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Submission 18, p. 7.
[72]
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 34.
[73]
Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 19.
[74]
DASSAN, Submission 61, p. 6.
[75]
Human Rights Watch, Submission 72, p. 3.
[76]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 20.
[77]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
16.
[78]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
71.
[79]
Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 71.
[80]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, pp
71-75.
[81]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 2
June 2015).
[82]
Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission 68, p. 4.
[83]
Submission 84, p. 4.
[84]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 26; Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice of 18 May 2015 (received 9 June 2015).
[85]
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 6; Human Rights
Law Centre, Submission 58, p. 3; The Australian Council for
International Development (ACFID) and the Australian Council of Social Service
(ACOSS), Submission 59, p. 9; Dr Peter Young, Submission 65, p.
2; Submission 81, p. 10.
[86]
Human Rights Law Centre, Submission 58, p. 3.
[87]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 5.
[88]
Mr Peter Law, Submission 28, p. 3.
[89]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 4.
[90]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 27.
[91]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[92]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 18 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[93]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[94]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[95]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63; Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission
64; Submission 81; Ms Samantha Betts, Submission 85.
[96]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63; Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 4; Submission 80, p. 4.
[97]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, pp 12-13.
[98]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, pp 15.
[99]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, pp 2-3.
[100] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 8; Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 4. This was also
noted in another submission, Submission 80, pp 3-4.
[101] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 8.
[102] Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission
64, pp 5-6. See also Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission
24, p. 3; Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27; Australian
Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63.
[103] Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission
64, p. 5.
[104] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 6.
[105] Australian Churches Refugee
Taskforce, Submission 32, Attachment 1.
[106] Submission 84, p. 4.
[107] Australian Churches Refugee
Taskforce, Submission 32, Attachment 1, p. 5.
[108] Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission
68, p. 6.
[109] Australian Churches Refugee
Taskforce, Submission 32, Attachment 1, p. 6.
[110] Asylum Seeker Resource
Centre, Submission 27, p. 4; Submission 80, p. 7.
[111] Professor David Isaacs, Submission
11, p. 1.
[112] Ms Natasha Blucher, Submission
81, p. 11. Save the Children Australia highlighted the difficulty pregnant
women had in walking the distance to the toilets. Save the Children Australia, Submission
30, p. 37
[113] Asylum Seeker Resource
Centre, Submission 27, p. 4. This was echoed in other submissions, see: Submission
81, p. 11;
[114] Professor David Isaacs, Submission
11, p. 1; Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, Submission 17, p. 4;
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Submission 27, p. 4, p. 8; Save the
Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 37; DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 8; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 24; Ms Alanna Maycock
and Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66, Supplementary Submission, p.
1;
[115] Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63, p .31.
[116] Transfield Services, answer
to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).s
[117] Ms Alanna Maycock and
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 66, Supplementary Submission,
p. 1.
[118] Submission 84, p. 3.
[119] Wilson Security, response to
Submission 84, p. 2.
[120] Australian Institute of
Family Studies, Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect, CFCA Resource
Sheet— August 2014, https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/mandatory-reporting-child-abuse-and-neglect
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[121] Department
of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 18 May 2015
(received 9 June 2015).
[122] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 18 May 2015 (received 9
June 2015).
[123] Department of Immigration
and Border Protection, answer to question on notice, 18 May 2015 (received 9
June 2015).
[124] This was discussed at
paragraph 2.31.
[125] Australian Institute of Family
Studies, Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect, CFCA Resource Sheet—
August 2014, https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/mandatory-reporting-child-abuse-and-neglect
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[126] Australian Institute of
Family Studies, Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect, CFCA Resource
Sheet— August 2014, https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/mandatory-reporting-child-abuse-and-neglect
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[127] Australian Institute of
Family Studies, Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect, CFCA Resource
Sheet— August 2014, https://aifs.gov.au/cfca/publications/mandatory-reporting-child-abuse-and-neglect
(accessed 12 July 2015).
[128] Australian Human Rights
Commission, Submission 25, p. 3.
[129] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 59.
[130] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 59.
[131] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 59.
[132] Australian Border Force
Act 2015, para. 41.
[133] Australian Border Force
Act 2015, para. 42(1).
[134] Australian Border Force
Act 2015, para. 42(2)(c).
[135] Senate
Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Report on Australian
Border Force Bill 2015 [Provisions], Customs and Other Legislation Amendment
(Australian Border Force) Bill 2015 [Provisions], May 2015, p. 14.
[136] Mr Michael Pezzullo, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 75-76.
[137] Mr Jon Nichols, Submission
95, p. 1.
[138] Mr Jon Nichols, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 4.
[139] Mr Jon Nichols, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 12.
[140] Mr Brett McDonald, Security
Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee Hansard, 20 August
2015, p. 25.
[141] Mr Brett McDonald, Security
Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee Hansard, 20 August
2015, p. 25.
[142] Submission 82, p. 7.
[143] Australian Lawyers'
Alliance, Supplementary to Submission 14, p. 98. This is known as
incident #231.
Chapter 5 - Committee views and recommendations
[1]
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, Incident
at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 February 2014, December
2014, p. 151.
[2]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice of 20 May 2015
(received 16 June 2015).
[3]
Transfield Services, answer to question on notice from the committee's
public hearing on 19 May 2015 (received 16 June 2015).
[4]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contracts Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 29.
[5]
Mr John Rogers, Executive General Manager, Southern Pacific, Wilson Security,
Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 42.
[6]
Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Immigration and
Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 39.
[7]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 20 August 2015 (received 21 August 2015).
[8]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 9 June 2015 (received 30 June 2015).
[9]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration
Detention and Community Statistics Summary, 30 April 2015, at: http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detention-statistics-apr2015.pdf,
p. 3.
[10]
Subsection 16(3) of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987.
Dissenting Report by Coalition Senators
[1]
See for example claim of waterboarding by Mr Jon Nichols, Submission
95.
[2] Department
of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p. 4
[3]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
pp 4-5.
[4]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 43.
[5]
Mr Michael Pezzullo, Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border
Protection, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 44.
[6]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 21.
[7]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission
31, p. 24.
[8]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31,
p. 25.
[9]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, answer to question on
notice, 21 May 2015 (received 5 June 2015).
[10]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
25.
[11]
See for example, evidence of Mr Neil Skill, First Assistant Secretary,
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20
August 2015, p. 39.
[12]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, Supplementary
Submission, p. 4.
[13]
Mr Jon Nichols, Submission 95.
[14]
Mr Jon Nichols, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 4.
[15]
Mr Jon Nichols, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 11.
[16]
Mr Jon Nichols, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 4.
[17]
Committee Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 12.
[18]
Wilson Security, response 4 to Submission 95, p. 2; Additional information
provided by Mr Louis Davies.
[19]
Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission 68.
[20]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 1.
[21]
Ms Alanna Maycock, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 37.
[22]
See for example, Mr Peter Law, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p.
19; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 31; Ms
Kirsty Diallo, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 31; Professor David
Isaacs and Ms Alana Maycock, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 42.
[23]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, Supplementary
Submission, pp 7-8.
[24]
HE Baron Waqa MP, President of the Republic of Nauru, 'Nauru mocked by
media bullies', The Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2015, http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/nauru-mocked-by-media-bullies/story-fni0cwl5-1227466977325.
[25] Wilson
Security, answer to question on notice, 20 August 2015 (received 25 August
2015).
Additional comments by the Australian Greens
[1]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015.
[2]
Interview with Ben Fordham, 2GB Radio, 20 March 2015.
[3]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, p 195.
[4]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, p 187.
[5] Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p 59.
[6] Ms Natasha
Blucher, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p 59.
[7]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p 61.
[8]
Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to conditions
and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February
2015, Recommendation 9.
[9]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Supplementary to Submission 83, p. 4.
[10]
Mr Paul Ronalds, Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children Australia, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 44.
[11]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 29.
[12]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 21.
[13]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 15.
[14]
Ms Samantha Betts, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 54.
[15]
Convention on the rights of the child, Article 3.
[16]
ChilOut, Submission 13, p. 7.
[17]
Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Submission
60, p. 2.
[18]
Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Submission
60, p. 7.
[19]
Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Submission
60, pp 7-9.
[20]
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Forgotten Children: National
Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014, p 192.
[21]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Best Interests
Assessment for transferring minors to an RPC (forming part of the Pre-Transfer
Assessment), February 2014, p. 1.
[22]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 10.
[23]
Save the Children Australia, response to Submission 63, p. 5.
[24]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 30.
[25]
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Submission 31, p.
56.
[26]
Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Statement on the health of
people seeking asylum, August 2013, p. 4.
[27]
Submission 84, p. 4.
[28]
RAC-Q, Submission 73, p. 7.
[29]
DASSAN, Submission 61, p. 7.
[30]
Mr Tobias Gunn, Submission 68, p. 7.
[31]
The committee understands that this is the same incident referred to in
the Moss Review. Mr Philip Moss, Review into recent allegations relating to
conditions and circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6
February 2015, p. 37.
[32]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 29.
[33]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 2.
[34] Ms Kirsty
Diallo, Submission 64, p. 2
[35]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 2.
[36]
Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission 64, p. 2.
[37]
Ms Cindy Briscoe, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Border Force Support,
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20
July 2015, p. 77.
[38]
Ms Cindy Briscoe, Deputy Commissioner, Australian Border Force Support,
Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee Hansard, 20
July 2015, p. 78.
[39]
Dr Peter Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June
2015, p. 2.
[40] Dr Peter
Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 2.
[41] Transfield
Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received on 16 June 2015).
[42] Ms Erin
O’Sullivan, Commercial and Strategy Manager, Transfield Services, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 6.
[43] Transfield
Services, answer to question on notice, 19 May 2015 (received on16 June 2015).
[44]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, pp 12-13.
[45] Ms Katherine
Cole, Submission 92, pp 4-5
[46] Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 44-45.
[47]
Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 3.
[48] Budget
Estimates 2015, Answers to questions on notice.
[49] Ms Samantha
Betts, Submission 85, p. 2.
[50] Name
Withheld, Submission 62, p 2; Name Withheld, Submission 95, p 9.
[51] Name
Withheld, Submission 95, p 9.
[52] Wilson
Security, Response to Submission 62, p 5; Wilson Security, Response
to Submission 95, p 5.
[53] Committee
Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 36.
[54] Ms Viktoria
Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 28.
[55] Ms Viktoria
Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 10.
[56] Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 43.
[57] Name
withheld, Submission 62, p. 1.
[58] Mr Jon
Rogers, Submission 95, p.2.
[59] 'Sarah
Hanson-Young labels Tony Abbott 'creepy' over his response to Nauru spying
allegations', Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2015, http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/sarah-hansonyoung-labels-tony-abbott-creepy-over-his-response-to-nauru-spying-allegations-20150605-ghhehb.html
(accessed 5 June 2015).
[60]
Name withheld, Submission 99, p. 1.
[61]
See, for example: Human Rights Law Centre and UNICEF, Submission 58;
Law Council of Australia, Submission 57.
[62]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 57, p. 9.
[63]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 12.
[64]
Save the Children Australia, Submission 30, p. 13.
[65]
Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Statement on the health of
people seeking asylum, August 2013, p. 2.
[66]
Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 7.
[67]
Submission 81, p. 1.
[68]
Refugee Action Collective Queensland, Submission 73, p. 9.
[69]
Submission 81, p. 16.
[70]
Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 3.
[71]
ChilOut, Submission 13; Human Rights Law Centre and UNICEF, Submission
58, p. 1; Human Rights Watch, Submission 72;
[72]
DASSAN, Submission 61, p. 15.
[73]
Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 16, p. 4.
[74]
Professor David Isaacs, Submission 11, p. 2.
[75]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 64.
[76]
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce, Submission 32, Attachment 1,
p. 11.
[77]
Dr Peter Young, Committee Hansard, 9 June 2015, p. 2.
[78]
Transfield Services, response to Submission 69, p. 7.
[79]
Ms Samantha Betts, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 58.
[80]
Mr John Rogers, Executive General Manager, Southern Pacific, Wilson
Security, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 41.
[81]
Ms Samantha Betts, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, pp 57-58.
[82]
See, for example: Submission 82, p. 7.
[83]
Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 6.
[84]
Submission 81, pp 2-3.
[85]
Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission 63, p. 19.
[86]
Professor David Isaacs and Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, Attachment
1, pp 4-5.
[87]
IHMS, response to Submission 66, p. 4.
[88]
See, for example: Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission 66, p. 2;
[89]
Submission 82, p. 6.
[90]
Mr Mark Isaacs, Submission 67, p. 1.
[91]
Mr Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Submission 70, p. 9.
[92]
Mr Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 70.
[93]
Ms Samantha Betts, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 64.
[94]
See, for example, Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network, Submission
61, Attachment 1, p. 3; IHMS, response to Submission 66, p. 3; Ms
Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 2; Submission 82, pp 4-5; Ms
Natasha Blucher, Submission 83, p. 11, p. 18;
[95]
Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission 79, p. 2.
[96]
Mr Andrew Harris, Submission 93, p. 7.
[97]
Submission 94, p. 12.
[98]
Mr Brett McDonald, Security Contract Manager, Wilson Security, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 36.
[99]
Ms Natasha Blucher, Committee Hansard, 20 July
2015, p. 55.
[100] See, for example:
Soroptimist International (Brisbane Club), Submission 22, p. 3.
[101] Submission 71, pp 1-
2.
[102] ChilOut, Submission 13,
p. 11.
[103] ChilOut, Submission 13,
p. 6.
[104] Australian Lawyers'
Alliance, Supplementary to Submission 14, p. 39. This is incident #339.
[105] Professor David Isaacs, Submission
11, p. 1.
[106] Ms Kirsty Diallo, Submission
64, p. 6.
[107] Submission 82, pp
7-8.
[108] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 8,
[109] DASSAN, Submission 61,
p. 9.
[110] Submission 62, p. 3.
[111] Ms Charlotte Wilson, Submission
79, p. 7.
[112] Submission 82, p. 6.
[113] Submission 71, p. 1.
[114] Submission 71, p. 1.
[115] Alex McDonald, 'Nauru asylum
seeker rape victim refused medical treatment in Australia, family says', ABC
News, 12 August 2015, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-11/asylum-seeker-allegedly-raped-denied-treatment-in-australia/6689192
(accessed 13 August 2015).
[116] Ben Doherty, 'Nauru guard
who ordered spying on Sarah Hanson-Young to face inquiry', The Guardian,
19 August 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/19/nauru-guard-who-ordered-spying-on-sarah-hanson-young-to-face-inquiry
(accessed 20 August 2015).
[117] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 20 August 2015, p. 40.
[118] See, for example: Josephite
Justice Office, Submission 12, p. 4; Ms Viktoria Vibhakar, Submission
63, p. 35; Mr Mark Isaacs, Submission 67, p. 3.
[119] Ms Alanna Maycock, Submission
66, p. 1.
[120] Mrs Kate
Munnings, Chief Executive Operations - Logistics, Construction &
Consulting, Transfield Services, Committee Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 31.
Emphasis added.
[121] Mr Michael Pezzullo,
Secretary, Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 93.
[122] See, for example: ACFID and
ACOSS, Submission 59, p. 3.
[123] ChilOut, Submission 13,
p. 2.
[124] Mr Geoffrey Eames AM QC, Committee
Hansard, 20 July 2015, p. 70.
[125] The Government of the
Republic of Nauru, www.naurugov.nr (accessed 27 May 2015).
[126] Republic of Nauru, Nauru
Bulletin, June 2015, http://www.naurugov.nr/media/45875/nauru_20bulletin_20_07_25jun2015_20_28125_29.pdf
(accessed 9 July 2015).
[127] Republic of Nauru, Nauru
Bulletin, June 2015, http://www.naurugov.nr/media/45875/nauru_20bulletin_20_07_25jun2015_20_28125_29.pdf
(accessed 9 July 2015). Other issues of the Bulletin indicated that the
Republic of China (Taiwan) also donated a solar power system for the health
centre, and 'will also do repairs this year to the solar street lights and this
is valued at USD$100,000'. Republic of Nauru, Nauru Bulletin, February 2015, http://www.naurugov.nr/media/44546/nauru_20bulletin_20_02_17feb2015_20_28120_29.pdf
(accessed 9 July 2015).
[128] Republic of Nauru, Nauru
Bulletin, July 2015, http://www.naurugov.nr/media/46005/nauru_20bulletin_20_09_20_20july2015_20_28127_29.pdf
(accessed 29 July 2015).
[129] Mr Philip Moss, Review
into recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the
Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February 2015, p. 76.
[130] Mr Philip Moss, Review
into recent allegations relating to conditions and circumstances at the
Regional Processing Centre in Nauru, 6 February 2015, p. 46.
[131] Submission 71, p. 1.
[132] See, for example, Submission
94, p. 14.
[133] Castan Centre for Human
Rights Law, Submission 18, p. 4.
[134] Mr Peter Law, Submission
28, pp 1-2.
[135] Mr Peter Law, Submission
28, p. 2.
[136] Mr Lee Gordon, Head of Nauru
Programs, Committee Hansard, 19 May 2015, p. 53.