Footnotes

Report - Family and community services legislation amendment (special benefit activity test) Bill 2002

[1]        Budget Paper No.2 – Budget Measures 2000-2001, p.96.

[2]        Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives, Mr Larry Anthony, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 26.09.02, p.7321.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, p.16 (DIMIA); Submission 25, Answers to Questions on Notice p.4 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[4]        Submission 25, p.2 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[5]        Submission 25, p.7 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Outline and Financial Impact, p.1.

[7]        Department of the Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest No.46, 2002-2003.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, p.6 (National Welfare Rights Network).

[9]        For instance, see Submissions 13, 24, 30, 36, 41 and 42.

[10]      Submission 25, p.3 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, p.16.

[11]      Submission 25, p.2 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Answers to Questions on Notice p.5.

[12]      Submission 29, p.3 (National Union of Students).

[13]      For instance, see Submissions 1, 2, 4-7, 9-11, 14-18, 20-22, 24, 26-32, 34-36, 38, 39, and 41-52.

[14]      Submission 34, p.6 (Refugee Council of Australia).

[15]      Submission 25, p.3 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, pp.14 and 17.

[16]      Submission 25, p.3 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Answers to Questions on Notice p.1.

[17]      Submission 25, p.7 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[18]      For instance, see Submissions 1, 7, 14-18, 20-22, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 33-36, 38, 39, 42, 45, and 47-51.

[19]      Submission 25, p.7 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, p.21.

[20]      For instance, see Submissions 1, 16, 17, 18, 20, 29, 33, 35, 42, 43, 45-48 and 50.

[21]      Submission 16, p.1 (South Australian Council of Social Services).

[22]      Submission 35, p. 8 (National Welfare Rights Network and ACOSS); Pearce, D. Making it work: The Report of the Independent Review of Breaches and Penalties in the Social Security System, 2001, p.22.

[23]      For instance, see Submissions 1, 3, 17, 18, 20, 27-29, 33, 35, 36, 42, 43, 45, 46 and 48.

[24]      Submission 18, p.5 (Welfare Rights Centre (SA) Inc).

[25]      Submission 25, p.4 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[26]      Submission 25, p.4 (Department of Family and Community Services); see also Committee Hansard, 14.11.02, p.22.

[27]      Submission 25, p.6 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[28]      For instance, see Submissions 16-20, 23, 29, 30, 40-42 and 46.

[29]      Submission 16, p.2 (South Australian Council of Social Services).

[30]      Submission 25, p.6 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[31]      Submission 25, p.6 (Department of Family and Community Services).

Minority report - Australian Labor Party

[1]        Second Reading Speech, Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Special Benefit Activity Test) Bill 2002.

[2]        Submission 35, p.5 (National Welfare Rights Network and ACOSS).

[3]        Submission 35, p.6 (National Welfare Rights Network and ACOSS).

[4]        Submission 25, Answers to Questions on Notice, p.1 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[5]        Submission 25, p.3 (Department of Family and Community Services).

[6]        Submission 35, p.3 (National Welfare Rights Network and ACOSS).

[7]        Submission 43, p.3 (Uniting Care Australia).