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Submission to the UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, 30 October 2017
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222 Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission No 13 to Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights, Inquiry into freedom of speech, 9 December 2016. At
http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=d42f430a-869c-4706-9414bf0cba934162&subId=461226 (viewed 11 September 2017).
223 This includes offences relating to advocating terrorism; prescribed terrorist organisations; using a
postal service to menace, harass or cause offence; and incitement and conspiracy laws
224 This includes laws that impose criminal sanctions for breaches of secrecy or confidentiality
obligations such as Part 6 of the Australian Border Force Act 2015 (Cth) and s 35P of the Australian
Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (Cth).
225 This includes laws against secondary boycotts and laws preventing charities from promoting or
opposing a political party or a candidate for political office.
226 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 8. At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-july-2017.pdf (viewed 16 October 2017).
227 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 4. At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-august-2017.pdf (viewed 16 October 2017).
228 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 7. At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-august-2017.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017).
229 Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Immigration Detention Statistics Summary (31 July
2013) 9. At http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigrationdetention-statistics-july2013.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017).
230 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 11. At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-august-2017.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017).
231 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 11. At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-august-2017.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017).
232 Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Immigration Detention and Community Statistics
Summary (31 August 2017) 4 At
http://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/statistics/immigration-detentionstatistics-31-august-2017.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017).
233 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 189, 196.
234 The Department of Immigration and Border Protection’s monthly immigration detention statistics
summaries show that by the end February 2017 there were less than 5 children in detention. The
summaries are available at http://www.border.gov.au/about/reports-publications/researchstatistics/statistics/live-in-australia/immigration-detention (viewed 30 October 2017).
235 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, The Hon Scott Morrison MP, ‘Government success
stopping illegal boats to save $2.5 billion’ (Media Release, 13 May 2014). At
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Labor's Inverbrackie detention centre’ (Media Release, 12 December 2014). At
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F3575101%22 (viewed 30 October 2017); Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, The Hon
Peter Dutton MP, ‘Government closes Darwin's Bladin detention facility’ (Media Release, 21 February
2015). At http://www.minister.border.gov.au/peterdutton/2015/Pages/government-closes-bladindetention-facility.aspx (viewed 30 October 2017); Commonwealth of Australia, Budget Paper No. 2
2016–17 (3 May 2016) 123. At http://budget.gov.au/201617/content/bp2/download/BP2_consolidated.pdf (viewed 30 October 2017); Commonwealth of
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