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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012PublicationNorfolk Island's Immigration Act and human rights
During 1997-98, in response to four complaints, the Commission conducted an inquiry into Norfolk Island's Immigration Act 1980. Norfolk Island is a territory of the Commonwealth and the only inhabited external territory not covered by the Commonwealth's Migration Act 1958. -
Rights and Freedoms
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Glossary of Terms
An age of uncertainty Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children Glossary of Terms Abbreviation Term AFP Australian Federal Police AGD Attorney-General’s Department ALARA As Low As Reasonably Achievable ARPANSA Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency CDPP Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions CRC -
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Executive Summary
Between late 2008 and late 2011, 180 young Indonesians who said that they were children arrived in Australia having worked as crew on boats bringing asylum seekers to Australia. -
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Appendix 1: Case studies
Until December 2009, Ali Jasmin lived with his family in Bala Uring, a small village on the island of Flores, Indonesia. His family bought fish from the local fishermen and sold them at the market. Ali had completed seven years of schooling and worked as a fisherman in a little town not far from his home. -
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Appendix 2 Individuals of concern to the Inquiry
The table below contains information about each of the individuals of concern to the Inquiry. The data contained in this table was provided by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and the Australian Federal Police. -
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Appendix 4 Hearings and visits
On 26 and 27 April 2012, two members of the staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission visited Albany Regional Prison and Pardelup Prison Farm for the purposes of this Inquiry. -
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Appendix 5 The use of statistical evidence
This short paper is concerned, first, to examine the significance in a particular case of statistical evidence; secondly, to examine what it means to prove a fact on ‘the balance of probabilities’; and finally to examine the significance of relying on statistical evidence to establish an accused person’s age in the context of s 236B of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). -
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Appendix 7 Acknowledgements
An age of uncertainty Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children Appendix 7: Acknowledgements President Catherine Branson QC Inquiry team Kate Temby, Danielle Noble, Freyana Irani, Vanessa Lesnie, Susan Newell, Amy Rogers Legal Graeme Edgerton, Michelle Lindley Communications Louise McDermott, Leon Wild Information…