Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011–Schedule 3 (Impairment Tables for disability support pension)

[1]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Pages/review_dsp_impairment_table.aspx (accessed 24 August 2011). 

[2]        FaHCSIA, Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-Related Impairment for Disability Support Pension: Advisory Committee Final Report, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp_impairment_tbls_final_rpt.pdf (accessed 24 August 2011), p. ii. 

[3]        FaHCSIA, Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-Related Impairment for Disability Support Pension: Advisory Committee Final Report, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp_impairment_tbls_final_rpt.pdf (accessed 24 August 2011), p. i. 

[4]        FaHCSIA, Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-Related Impairment for Disability Support Pension: Advisory Committee Final Report, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp_impairment_tbls_final_rpt.pdf (accessed 24 August 2011), pp iv–v. 

[5]        The draft revised impairment tables are available at: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Pages/dsp_impairment_tables.aspx (accessed 12 September 2011).

[6]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Report on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, June 2011, p. 3.

[7]        Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 94(3B). 

[8]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Report on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, June 2011, pp 28–33. 

[9]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Report on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, June 2011, pp 33–34. 

[10]      Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Report on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, June 2011, p. 34. 

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7. 

[13]      Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 23(1). 

[14]      Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 26(1).

[15]      Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 26(3). 

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10. 

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. ii. 

[19]      See Australian Pain Management Association (APMA), Submission 1, p. 3; painaustralia, Submission 2, p. 2; Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 4; Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 1;  Ms Maree O'Halloran, President, National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 21. 

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.   

[21]      Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 4. 

[22]      Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), Proof Committee Hansard, 5 September 2011, p. 1. 

[23]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 inquiry, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 1, p. 5.

[24]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 inquiry, Welfare Rights Centre Inc, Submission 6, p. 3.

[25]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011inquiry, NWRN, Submission 4, p. 5.

[26]      Jeff Harmer, Pension Review Report, Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 27 February 2009, Chapter 3, http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/publicationsarticles/corp/BudgetPAES/budget09_10/pension/Documents/Pension_Review_Report/part3.htm (accessed 9 September 2011).

[27]      Reference Group on Welfare Reform, Participation Support for a More Equitable Society, 2000, p. 19.

[28]      ACOSS, Out of the Maze: A Better Social Security System for People of Working Age, ACOSS Paper 163, April 2010, p. 2.

[29]      Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers, 2010, pp. 17–18.

[30]      Jeff Harmer, Pension Review Report, Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 27 February 2009, Chapter 3, http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/publicationsarticles/corp/BudgetPAES/budget09_10/pension/Documents/Pension_Review_Report/part3.htm (accessed 9 September 2011).

Chapter 2 - Consultation and testing

[1]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Pages/review_dsp_impairment_table.aspx (accessed 24 August 2011). 

[2]        FaHCSIA, Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Pages/review_dsp_impairment_table.aspx (accessed 24 August 2011). 

[3]        FaHCSIA, Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Pages/review_dsp_impairment_table.aspx (accessed 8 September 2011). 

[4]        CRS Australia is a provider of disability employment and assessment services, and part of the Department of Human Services.

[5]        FaHCSIA, Advisory Committee Membership, tabled 6 September 2011. 

[6]        Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 51.

[7]        FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2011 (received 9 September 2011). 

[8]        FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2011 (received 9 September 2011). 

[9]        Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 46. 

[10]      Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Submission 8, p. 2. 

[11]      Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), Proof Committee Hansard, 5 September 2011, p. 1. 

[12]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 1 and 5, and Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 47.

[13]      Mr Gerard Thomas, Policy and Media Officer, National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 28. 

[14]      Mr Gerard Thomas, Policy and Media Officer, NWRN, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 28. 

[15]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 1–2. 

[16]      Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 31.

[17]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 47.

[18]      Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 47. 

[19]      FaHCSIA, Advisory Committee Final Report: Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp_impairment_tbls_final_rpt.pdf (accessed 9 September 2011), pp iii and 27. 

[20]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 60. 

[21]      Taylor Fry Pty Ltd, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Analysis of the testing of draft impairment tables, 22 June 2011, p. 4. 

[22]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 51; Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payments Policy Branch, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 51; and Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 51. 

[23]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 51. 

[24]      FaHCSIA, Advisory Committee Final Report: Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp_impairment_tbls_final_rpt.pdf (accessed 9 September 2011), p. iii.

[25]      Taylor Fry Pty Ltd, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Analysis of the testing of draft impairment tables, 22 June 2011, p. 21. 

[26]      Taylor Fry Pty Ltd, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Analysis of the testing of draft impairment tables, 22 June 2011, p. 22. 

[27]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 2; Ms Sue Egan, Executive Director, Physical Disability Australia (PDA), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 8–9; NCID, Submission 3, p. 7; and NWRN, Submission 7, pp 12–13.

[28]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 2 and Ms Sue Egan, Executive Director, PDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 8–9. 

[29]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 2. 

[30]      Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 44. 

[31]      Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 44. 

[32]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 60. 

[33]      Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payments Policy Branch, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 55 and Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 55.

[34]      Mr Thomas, National Welfare Rights Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 24.

[35]      Mr Pattison, National Council on Intellectual Disability, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 32.

Chapter 3 - Issues with individual impairment tables

[1]         National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID), Submission 3, p. 7. 

[2]        NCID, Submission 3, p. 7. 

[3]        NCID, Submission 3, p. 5. 

[4]        Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 29.

[5]        Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 29. 

[6]        Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 29. 

[7]        Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 29. 

[8]        Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 34.

[9]        Associate Professor Milton Cohen, Director, painaustralia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 15. 

[10]      Associate Professor Milton Cohen, Director, painaustralia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 15. 

[11]      Mr Paul Murdoch, Vice President, Australian Pain Management Association (APMA), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 16. 

[12]      Mr Paul Murdoch, Vice President, APMA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 16. 

[13]      Mr Paul Murdoch, Vice President, APMA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 17.

[14]      Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 46. 

[15]      Ms Sharon Rose, Acting Group Manager, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 48.

[16]      Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive, Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 10.

[17]      MHCA, Answers to questions on notice, 5 September 2011 (received 15 September 2011).

[18]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Review of the Tables for the Assessment of Work-related Impairment for Disability Support Pension: Revised Impairment Tables as recommended by the Advisory Committee, 30 June 2011, available: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/disability/payments/Documents/dsp-impairment_final_tables.pdf (accessed 15 September 2011), p. 11. 

Chapter 4 - Job network capacity

[1]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'Supporting people with disability into work', media release, 1 June 2011. 

[2]        Anglicare, Submission 6, pp 4-5; National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 7, p. 6; Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 9, pp 2–3; Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 35 and Ms Sue Egan, Executive Officer, Physical Disability Australia (PDA), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 9. 

[3]        Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 8. 

[4]        ACOSS, Submission 9, pp 2–3. 

[5]        Catholic Social Services Australia, Anglicare Australia, The Salvation Army and UnitingCare Australia, What if employers say no?, September 2011, tabled 6 September 2011, p. 16. 

[6]        Ms Kasy Chambers, Executive Director, Anglicare Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 37–38 and Catholic Social Services Australia, Anglicare Australia, The Salvation Army and UnitingCare Australia, What if employers say no?, September 2011, tabled 6 September 2011, p. 17. 

[7]        FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2011 (received 9 September 2011). 

[8]        Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 5. 

[9]        FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 6 September 2011 (received 9 September 2011). 

[10]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), answer to question on notice, 8 September 2011 (received 13 September 2011). 

[11]      DEEWR, answer to question on notice, 8 September 2011 (received 13 September 2011). 

Dissenting Report - By Senator Rachel Siewert

[1]        Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Submission 8, p. 2.

[2]        Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 1–2.

[3]        National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN) citing Taylor Fry Pty Ltd, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs: Analysis of the testing of draft impairment tables, 22 June 2011.

[4]         AFDO, Submission 8, p. 3.

[5]        See AFDO, Submission 8; National Council on Intellectual Disability (NCID), Submission 3 and Ms Sue Egan, Executive Officer, Physical Disability Australia (PDA), Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 8-9.

[6]        Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 2.

[7]        Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 2.

[8]        See for example Associate Professor Milton Cohen, painaustralia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 19 and Ms Sue Egan, Executive Officer, PDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 9.

[9]        Ms Sue Egan, Executive Officer, PDA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, pp 8 and 11.

[10]      Other conditions noted in submissions were: dementia, autistic spectrum disorder, HIV and episodic conditions.

[11]      NWRN, Submission 7, p. 5.

[12]      Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, MHCA, Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 10.

[13]      painaustralia, Submission 2, p. 4.

[14]      painaustralia, Submission 2, p. 4.

[15]      NCID, Submission 3, p. 5.

[16]      Mr Mark Pattison, Executive Director, NCID, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 29.

[17]      Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 5.

[18]      Ms Kasy Chambers, Executive Director, Anglicare, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 37.

[19]      ACOSS, Submission 9, p. 2.

[20]      See for example AFDO, Anglicare and NWRN.

[21]      Anglicare, Submission 6, p. 6.

[22]      Ms Serena Wilson, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 45.

[23]      The average time spent on DSP, at December 2010, was twelve years (Mr Gerard Thomas, Policy and Media Officer, NWRN, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 25).

[24]      NWRN, Submission 7, p. 18.

[25]      Mr Bill Gerogiannis, Solicitor, NWRN, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 22.

[26]      Ms Maree O'Halloran, President, NWRN, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 21.

[27]      NWRN, Submission 7, p. 17 and Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 3.

[28]      Ms Leah Hobson, Acting Chief Executive Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 September 2011, p. 3.