Footnotes

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009

[1]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 6, p. 4.

[2]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 6, p. 14.

[3]        The Hon J Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 18.3.09, p. 3029.

[4]        Carers Australia, Committee Hansard 28.4.09, p. 1.

[5]        Dr K Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 12.

[6]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 6, pp 14–15.

[7]        Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 5.

[8]        Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 2.

[9]        Carers Association Victoria, Association of Children with a Disability (Victoria) and Palliative Care Victoria, Submission 4, p. 5.

[10]      Dr K Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 9.

[11]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 1.

[12]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 2.

[13]      Dr K Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 9.

[14]      National Disability Services, Submission 3, p. 3.

[15]      Ms E McGarry, Association for Children with a Disability, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 15.

[16]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 21.

[17]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 25.

[18]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, pp 23–24.

[19]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 23.

[20]      See Carers Association Victoria, Association of Children with a Disability (Victoria) and Palliative Care Victoria, Submission 4, p. 5.

[21]      Mr S Francis, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 23.

[22]      Carers Association Victoria, Association of Children with a Disability (Victoria) and Palliative Care Victoria, Submission 4, p. 4.

[23]      Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 3.

[24]      Mental Health Council of Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[25]      Disability Services Council, Submission 7, p. 3.

[26]      Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 3.

[27]      Mr S Francis, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 32.

[28]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 33.

[29]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 6, pp 8–9.

[30]      Carers Association Victoria, Association of Children with a Disability (Victoria) and Palliative Care Victoria, Submission 4, p. 7.

[31]      Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 5.

[32]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 4.

[33]      Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 4.

[34]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 27.

[35]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, pp 27–28.

[36]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Answer to Question on Notice following hearing of 28.4.09.

[37]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 25.

[38]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 1.

[39]      Carers Australia, Submission 9, p. 7.

[40]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, pp 25–26.

[41]      Mental Health Council of Australia, Submission 2, p. 3. See also ms G Pierce, Carers Victoria, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 14.

[42]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 1.

[43]      Ms J Hughes, Carers Australia, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 7.

[44]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Submission 6, pp 17–18.

[45]      Ms L Emerson, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Committee Hansard, 28.4.09, p. 32.