Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Human Services, 'Reform to deliver service that works for you', Media Release, 16 December 2009.

[2]        The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Human Services, 'Reform to deliver service that works for you', Media Release, 16 December 2009.

[3]        The Hon. Julie Collins MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, House Hansard, 25 November 2010, p. 3758.

[4]        The Bill also amends the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 (Schedule 3) and makes consequential and/or contingent amendments to various other Commonwealth Acts (Schedule 4).

[5]        Schedule 1 item 69 of the Bill.

Chapter 2 - Key Provisions and Issues

[1]        The Hon. Julie Collins MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, House Hansard, 25 November 2010, p. 3760.

[2]        Schedule 1 item 87, Schedule 2 item 48 and Schedule 3 item 14 of the Bill.

[3]        Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 6.

[4]        Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 6. Also, see the Hon. Julie Collins MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, House Hansard, 25 November 2010, p. 3760 and Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[5]        Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 7.

[6]        Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 7.

[7]        Australian Privacy Principles, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/fapa_ctte/priv_exp_drafts/guide/companion_guide.pdf (accessed 4 March 2011).

[8]        Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 7.

[9]        Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Submission 5, p. 2.

[10]      Changeling Aspects, Submission 1, pp 1–2. For the Department's response, see Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 5.

[11]      These specific provisions are 8ZF, 8ZG and 8ZGA–8ZGC of the MA Act.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp 20–21.

[13]      Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 4.

[14]      Schedule 1 item 74 of the Bill.

[15]      Schedule 1 item 76 of the Bill.

[16]      Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 4. Also, see Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[17]      Consumer Health Forum of Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[18]      Consumer Health Forum of Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[19]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2011, pp 10–11.

[20]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Submission 5, p. 3. Also, see Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 3.

[21]      'Clinical details' encompasses information in a particular patient's records about that patient's health but not other patient details: Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 2.

[22]      Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 2.

[23]      Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), pp 2–3.

[24]      Letter from the Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Human Services to the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, 28 February 2011, p. 3.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 31 and p. 68.

[26]      Schedule 1 item 105 and Schedule 2 item 66 of the Bill.

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp 45–46 and pp 82–83.

[28]      Schedule 1 item 106 and Schedule 2 item 67 of the Bill.

[29]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 3, p. 2.

[30]      Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 3, p. 2.

[31]      Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 4.

[32]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1 of 2011, 11 February 2011, p. 11.

[33]      Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 3.

[34]      The Hon. Julie Collins MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services, House Hansard, 25 November 2010, p. 3760.

[35]      Department of Human Services, Submission 4, p. 7.

[36]      Department of Human Services, Additional Information (11 March 2011), p. 3.