Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

[1]        Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011: interim report, June 2011, p. 1. 

[2]        House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, June 2011, available: https://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/spla/Bill%20Family%20Assistance/report/Report.pdf.   (accessed 15 June 2011). 

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2. 

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, outline. 

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5. 

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5. 

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 6. 

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, outline.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, outline.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8. 

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

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, outline. 

[13]       Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, schedule 4. 

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13. 

[15]      The Family Responsibilities Commission was established under Queensland state legislation. Local Family Responsibility Commissioners hold conferences with community members, refer people to support services and, when necessary, arrange income management. 

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13. 

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 13. 

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, outline. 

[19]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, schedule 5. 

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[22]      Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 1, p. 5; National Welfare Rights Network (NRWN), Submission 4, p. 7 and Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), Submission 5, p. 2.

Chapter 2 - Age of eligibility for Family Tax Benefit Part A

[1]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 2 June 2011, p. 18.

[2]        Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[3]        See Social Security Act 1991, subsection 1067A(4).

[4]        Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[5]        Daniels, D., Social Security Payments for People Caring for Children, 1912 to 2008: a chronology, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, online 5 July 2006, revised 29 January 2009, www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bn/2008-09/children.htm, accessed 9 June 2011.

[6]        Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011,
p. 4.

[7]        Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011,
p. 4.

[8]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, More Students Will Be Eligible for Youth Allowance, www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Programs/YouthAllowance/Pages/Overview.aspx, accessed 10 June 2011.

[9]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Supporting Australian families through a sustainable family payment system, media release, 10 May 2011.

[10]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum,
p. [ii].

[11]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 7.

[12]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 8.

[13]      Welfare Rights Centre Inc, Submission 6, pp 6–7.

[14]      Mr Andrew Whitecross, National Manager, Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 30.

[15]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 8.

[16]      Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, pp 29–30.

[17]      Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 30.

[18]      House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Advisory report: Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, June 2011, p. 4.

Chapter 3 - Indexation

[1]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services andIndigenous Affairs, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 2 June 2011, p. 18.

[2]        Daniels, D., 'Family assistance retargeted', Budget Review 2011–12, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, p. 160.

[3]        Second Reading Speech, p. 17.

[4]        Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Explanatory Memorandum,
p. [i].

[5]        Second Reading Speech, p. 17.

[6]        Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011, p. 4.

[7]        Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011, pp 6–7.

[8]        Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011, p. 7.

[9]        Mr Andrew Whitecross, Branch Manager, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 32.

[10]      Daniels, D., Social Security Payments for People Caring for Children, 1912 to 2008: a chronology, Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia, online 5 July 2006, revised 29 January 2009, www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/bn/2008-09/children.htm, accessed 9 June 2011.

[11]      Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011, p. 3.

[12]      Family Assistance Office, Guide to Payments, 20 March 2011, www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/publications/fpr006.htm, accessed 10 June 2011, p. 1.

[13]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[16]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[17]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[18]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[19]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Supporting Australian families through a sustainable family payment system, media release, 10 May 2011.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. [ii].

[21]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[22]      Second Reading Speech, p. 18.

[23]      Daniels, D., 'Family assistance retargeted', Budget Review 2011–12, p. 161.

[24]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 6.

[25]      Daniels, D., 'Family assistance retargeted', Budget Review 2011–12, p. 161.

[26]      Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 31.

[27]      Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 31.

[28]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 5.

[29]      Ms Liza Carroll, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 27.

[30]      Daniels, D., 'Family assistance retargeted', Budget Review 2011–12, p. 163.

[31]      Mr Peter Davidson, Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 4.

[32]      Northern Territory Council of Social Service Inc, Submission 5, p. 2.

[33]      Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, pp 3–4.

[34]      Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 4.

[35]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, p. 6.

[36]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, p. 6. See also ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 6.

[37]      Senator Sue Boyce and Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 33.

[38]      Mr Whitecross, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 14.

[39]      Letter from The Hon Judy Macklin MP to ACOSS and to the committee, received 20 June 2011.

[40]      Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 7.

[41]      Letter from Ms Liza Carroll, Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, to the committee, received 20 June 2011.

[42]      Daniels, D., 'Family assistance retargeted', Budget Review 2011–12, p. 160.

[43]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, p. 7.

[44]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 7.

Chapter 4 - Assessing qualification for the disability support pension

[1]        Commonwealth Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2011-12, 10 May 2011, p. 181.

[2]        Letter from The Hon Judy Macklin MP to ACOSS and to the committee, received 20 June 2011.

[3]        Social Security Act 1991, section 94. 

[4]        Social Security Act 1991, subsection 94(2). 

[5]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second reading speech, 2 June 2011.   

[6]        Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 37.

[7]        The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second reading speech, 2 June 2011.

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

[9]        Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 94(5). 

[10]      The Hon Judy Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second reading speech, 2 June 2011.

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

[12]      The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Second reading speech, 2 June 2011.

[13]      ACOSS, Submission 1, pp 2–3; Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 7.

[14]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[15]      Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 7. 

[16]      Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 7. 

[17]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[18]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[19]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[20]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9.

[21]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9.

[22]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9.

[23]      National Welfare Rights Network (NRWN), Submission 4, p. 3. 

[24]      NRWN, Submission 4, p. 3. 

[25]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 36. 

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

[27]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 94(2)(a). 

[28]      See for example Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 10; Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), Submission 7, pp 2-3;

[29]      MHCA, Submission 7, p. 3.

[30]      Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, MHCA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, pp 12 and 13. 

[31]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2 and NWRN, Submission 4, p. 4. 

[32]      ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[33]      NWRN, Submission 4, p. 4. 

[34]      MHCA, Submission 7, p. 1.

[35]       Mr Ken Baker, Chief Executive, National Disability Services (NDS), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 18. 

[36]      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 16 June 2011). 

[37]      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 16 June 2011). 

[38]      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 16 June 2011). 

[39]      Mr Ken Baker, Chief Executive, NDS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 18. 

[40]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 38. 

[41]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 43; Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payment Policy Branch, FAHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 44 and Ms Sharon Rose, Branch Manager, Disability and Carers Payment Policy Branch, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 46.

[42]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 38. 

[43]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 43. 

[44]      See Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 3; Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9; The Salvation Army Australian Southern Territory Headquarters, Submission 3, p. 1; NWRN, Submission 4, cover letter; Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), Submission 5, p. 1 and Welfare Rights Centre Inc., Submission 6, p. 1. 

[45]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9. 

[46]      Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 6. 

[47]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 10. 

[48]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 44. 

[49]      Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 44. 

[50]      Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, subsection 94(5). 

[51]      Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 10 and 16; Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, MHCA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 15 and Mr Ken Baker, Chief Executive, NDS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 21. 

[52]      Mr Ken Baker, Chief Executive, NDS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 21.   

[53]      Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payment Policy Branch, FAHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 40. 

[54]      Mr Andrew Hatch, Section Manager, Disability and Carers Payment Policy Branch, FAHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 40.

Chapter 5 - Land Trusts and the Public Works Committee Act

[1]        Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, Role and operations, https://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/pwc/role.htm, accessed 9 June 2011.

[2]        Mr Litchfield, Section Manager, Land Reform Branch, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 24.

[3]        Public Works Committee Amendment Act 1981 (No. 20, 1981)

[4]        Public Works Committee Amendment Act 1981 (No. 20, 1981)

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[6]        Ms Halbert, Acting Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 23.

[7]        Ms Halbert, Acting Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 23.

[8]        Ms Ahmer, Branch Manager, Special Projects, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 25.

[9]        Ms Fox, Special Counsel, Legal, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 24.

[10]      Public Works Committee, Seventy-Fourth Annual Report, 2011, pp. 3–4; Seventy-Third Annual Report, 2010, pp. 2–4.

[11]      Mr Litchfield, Section Manager, Land Reform Branch, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 4.

[12]      Northern Land Council, Submission 7, p. 1.

[13]      Ms Halbert, Acting Deputy Secretary, FaHCSIA, Committee Proof Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 4.

FAMILY ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011 - DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 1, p. 4. 

[2]        Salvation Army Australian Southern Territory Headquarters, Submission 3, p. 1. 

[3]        National Welfare Reform Network (NWRN), Submission 4, p. 1. 

[4]        Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS), Submission 5, p. 1. 

[5]        Welfare Rights Centre Inc, Submission 6, p. 1. 

[6]        Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 46. 

[7]        Mr Nick Hartland, Group Manager, Disability and Carers Group, FaHCSIA, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, pp 45-46. 

[8]        FaHCSIA, answer to question on notice, 16 June 2011 (received 17 June 2011). 

[9]        Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 7. 

Dissenting Report - By Senator Rachel Siewert

[1]        Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council on Social Service (ACOSS), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 4. 

[2]        Mr Frank Quinlan, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 8. 

[3]        Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 12. 

[4]        Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 9.

[5]        ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 2. 

[6]        Ms Leah Hobson, National Policy Officer, AFDO, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 14. 

[7]        Mr Ken Baker, Chief Executive, National Disability Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 17. 

[8]        Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, ACOSS, Proof Committee Hansard, 15 June 2011, p. 6.