Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 [Provisions], Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] and the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009

10 March 2010

© Commonwealth of Australia 2010
ISBN 978-1-74229-273-1

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Membership of the Committee	(PDF 35KB)
Abbreviations	(PDF 13KB)
Recommendations	(PDF 20KB)
Social Security and other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009	(PDF 49KB)
The Inquiry Background The Bills Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2009 Families, Housing, Community Affairs and Other Legislation (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 Structure of the Report Note on references
Chapter 2 - Reinstatement of the Racial Discrimination Act	(PDF 87KB)
Background The need to reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act Issues NTER Redesign Consultations
Chapter 3 - Income management	(PDF 105KB)
Background The proposed new model of income management Historical context of policy change Issues
Chapter 4 - Other measures	(PDF 28KB)
Dissenting Report by Coalition Senators	(PDF 28KB)
Executive summary Inviting a legal challenge to the legislation Special measures Discrimination in the Bill Proposed amendments – ‘Dysfunction not race’ Conclusion
Dissenting report by Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens - The national introduction of indiscriminate mandatory income management	(PDF 81KB)
Inadequacies of the majority report The current approach does not restore the RDA Permissible limitations on human rights Failure to qualify as 'special measures' The duty to consult Land is a special case The need for a 'notwithstanding' clause Legal challenge is inevitable Parliament should resolve legislative problems, not the courts Fundamental issues of principle The lack of pathways 'up and out' of income management No evidence income management has resulted in better nutrition Income management does not improve financial capacity Intensive case management, not IM alone, produces results Absence of assessment framework and baseline data Conclusion Recommendations
APPENDIX 1 - Submissions and Additional Information received by the Committee	(PDF 19KB)
Submissions received Additional Information
APPENDIX 2 - Public Hearings	(PDF 22KB)

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