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Appendix 1

Additional Information

Correspondence Received

• Letter received from The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), and a number of co-signatories, dated 15 June 2012;
• Information received from ACOSS on 21 June 2012:
  • A copy of the United Nations Council on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment No. 19, The right to social security (art. 9);
  • Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Budget Estimates Hearing, Tuesday, 29 May 2012, pp. 61‐62, Hansard transcript extract;
  • Attachment 1, Financial impacts of moving parents to Newstart Allowance (Sourced: Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee Additional Budget Estimates, Question on Notice, No. EW1039_12);
  • ACOSS Briefing notes on cuts to payments for sole parents;
  • ACOSS case studies –personal stories from single parents;
• Answers to questions taken on notice by ACOSS at the public hearing held on 21 June 2012, received 25 June 2012;
• Answers to questions taken on notice by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) at the public hearing held on 21 June 2012, received 25 June 2012;
• Answers to questions taken on notice by ACOSS at the public hearing held on 21 June 2012, received 28 June 2012;
• Letter from the Chair of the committee to the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, dated 11 September 2012;
• Letter from the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in response to the Chairs letter, dated 18 September 2012.

Public Hearing and Witnesses

Thursday, 21 June 2012, Canberra, ACT

• BELJIC, Miss Emilija, Research Officer, National Council,
  St Vincent de Paul Society
• EDWARDS, Ms Terese, Chief Executive Officer,
  National Council for Single Mothers and their Children
• GOLDBLATT, Ms Beth, Visiting Fellow,
  Australian Human Rights Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
• GOLDIE, Dr Cassandra, Chief Executive Officer,
  Australian Council of Social Service
• MILLIKEN, Ms Marsha, Group Manager, Income Support and Remote Service Implementation Group,
  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• TAYLOR, Ms Jennifer, Deputy Secretary,
  Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• THOMAS, Mr Gerard, Policy and Media Officer,
  National Welfare Rights Network
• WHITEFORD, Professor Peter, Acting Director, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales

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