Chapter 1 - Inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017

[1]        Bill, sch. 1, Item 1; Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 5–7.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[3]        Relocation scholarship payment see Community Affairs Legislation Committee (Committee), Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 [Provisions]; Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014 [Provisions], September 2014, pp. 7, 37–38 (2014 Budget report). EdEP and PES see: 2014 Budget report, pp. 7, 38–39; Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016 [Provisions], October 2016, pp. 3, 6–9; Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017 [Provisions], March 2017, pp. 5, 11–12.

[4]        Commonwealth of Australia, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, p. 143.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[6]        The Hon. Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services (Minister), House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7195.

[7]        Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Scrutiny Digest No. 8 of 2017 (9 August 2017) p. 20.

[8]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJC Human Rights), Human Rights Scrutiny Report No. 8 of 2017 (15 August 2017) p. 44.

[9]        PJC Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report No. 8 of 2017, (15 August 2017) p. 45. PJC Human Rights requested the Minister's response by 28 August 2017.

[10]      PJC Human Rights, Correspondence register, Table 2: Recent correspondence received, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Human_Rights/Correspondence_register (accessed 22 August 2017).

[11]      Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Selection of Bills Report No. 7 of 2017 (22 June 2017) [p. 3]; Journals of the Senate, No. 48, 22 June 2017, pp. 1540–1542.

[12]      Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 4, p. 1; National Social Security Rights Network (NSSRN), Submission 7, p. 2.

[13]      St Vincent de Paul Society National Council (SVDP), Submission 8, p. 6.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6.

[17]      Department of Social Services (Department), Submission 6, p. 2.

[18]      Department, Submission 6, p. 2.

[19]      NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 2.

[20]      Department, Submission 6, p. 2. For more on OS-HELP loans see: Australian Government, Study Assist —OS-HELP loans and overseas study http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist/
helppayingmyfees/os-help_overseas_study/pages/os-help-loans-and-study-overseas (accessed 22 August 2017).

[21]      Department, Submission 6, p. 2.

[22]      Department, Submission 6, p. 2.

[23]      Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 2, p. 3; National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, p. 1; People with Disability Australia, Submission 5, [p 1]; Children and Young People with Disability Australia, Submission 9, p. 2.

[24]      Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 2, p. 3.

[25]      SVDP, Submission 8, p. 8. See also National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, pp. 1, 3; ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 2; NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 3; Young People with Disability Australia, Submission 9, p. 2.

[26]      National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, [p. 1]; SVDP, Submission 8, p. 9.

[27]      Department, Submission 6, p. 2.

[28]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, pp. 7193, 7195.

[29]      Carers NSW, Submission 1, pp. 3–4; ACOSS, Submission 4, pp. 2–3; NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 3; SVDP, Submission 8, p. 7.

[30]      Carers NSW, Submission 1, pp. 3–4; ACOSS, Submission 4, pp. 2–3; NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 4.

[31]      Carers NSW, Submission 1, pp. 3–4; ACOSS, Submission 4, pp. 2–3; NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 4; National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, [p. 1].

[32]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7193.

[33]      Carers NSW, Submission 1, p. 3, SVDP, Submission 8, p. 8.

[34]      ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 4, People with Disabilities Australia, Submission 5, [p. 1]; SVDP, Submission 8, p. 7.

[35]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9; Department, Submission 6, p. 3.

Australian Labor Party Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 3; National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, pp. 4–5.

[2]        Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 2, p. 2.

[3]        Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 2, pp. 2–3.

[4]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 2.

[6]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 2.

[7]        National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, p. 2.

[8]        St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 3.

[9]        St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 7.

[10]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 3.

[11]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 3.

[12]      People with Disability, Submission 5, p. 1.

[13]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 8.

[14]      National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, p. 1.

[15]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 8.

[16]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 9.

[17]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 3.

[18]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 8.

[19]      Children and Young People with Disability, Submission 9, p. 3.

[20]      Australian Council of Social Services, Submission 4, p. 2.

[21]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 7, p. 3.

[22]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 7, p. 3.

[23]      Carers Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[24]      Carers Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[25]      National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, p. 1.

[26]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 7, p. 3.

[27]      St Vincent de Paul, Submission 8, p. 8.

Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[2]        ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 1.

[3]        NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 2.      

[4]        NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 3.

[5]        ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 2.

[6]        ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 2.

[7]        NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 3.

[8]        The Hon. Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services (Minister), House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7193.

[9]        NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 3; Carers Australia, Submission 1, p. 3; ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 2–3.

[10]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 June 2017, p. 7193.

[11]      National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3, p. 1.

[12]      NSSRN, Submission 7, p. 4; Carers Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[13]      ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 3.

[14]      People with Disability Australia, Submission 5, p. 1.

[15]      ACOSS, Submission 4, p. 4.

[16]      Carers Australia, Submission 1, p. 3.