Chapter 1 - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018
[1]
The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Treasurer of Australia and Senator the Hon.
Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
2017–18, December 2017, p. 179; The Hon. Dan Tehan MP, Minister for
Social Services (Minister), Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services
Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, pp. 1, 3.
[2]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 4 cl. 3;
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, ss. 42, 43.
[3]
Department of Human Services, A guide to Australian Government
payments – 1 July–19 September 2018, p. 2 https://www.humanservices.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018/06/co029-1807.pdf
(accessed 10 July 2018) (Payments Guide).
[4]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1, cl. 1.
[5]
Payments Guide, p. 3.
[6]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1
cl. 28.
[7]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 4 cls. 1, 7.
[8]
Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.
[9]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1 cl. 38A.
[10]
Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services
Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 3.
[11]
Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.
[12]
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1
cl. 28B.
[13]
Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment
(Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 3.
[14]
Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.
[15]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 4.
[16]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 37.
[17]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 39.
[18]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 39.
[19]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 41.
[20]
Bill, sch. 1 items 3–4.
[21]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, ss. 115AE(5), 115EC.
[22]
Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 115CJ.
[23]
Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment
(Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 1.
[24]
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest
No. 6 of 2018 (20 June 2018), p. 54.
[25]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report No. 5 of 2018
(19 June 2018), p. 53.
[26]
House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 109,
10 May 2018, p. 1520.
[27]
Journals of the Senate, No. 101, 21 June 2018,
pp. 3242–3243.
[28]
Journals of the Senate, No. 107, 14 August 2018, p. 3442;
Journals of the Senate, No. 111, 21 August 2018, p. 3555;
Journals of the Senate, No. 120, 19 September 2018, p. 3823; Journals
of the Senate, No. 124, 17 October 2018, p. 3963.
[29]
Mr Shane Bennett, Group Manager, Payments Policy, Department of
Social Services (Department), Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018,
p. 28; Department, Submission 3, p. 3.
[30]
Department, Submission 3, p. 3.
[31]
Mr Bennett, Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018, p. 28; Department,
Submission 3, p. 2.
[32]
Mr Bennett, Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018, p. 28;
Department, Submission 3, p. 2.
[33]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1,
[pp. 1–2]; National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission
2, p. 5.
[34]
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2
p. 5.
[35]
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2,
p. 5. The results of survey on what families spent their family payments
on can be found on page 4 of the submission.
[36]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 1].
[37]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, [p. 2].
[38]
Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2018,
p. 3643.
[39]
Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2018,
p. 3644.
[40]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 2].
[41]
Department, Submission 3, p. 1. The income limit for FTB B was
reduced from $150 000 to $100 000 in 2015.
[42]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 2].
[43]
Department, Submission 3, p. 1.
Additional Comments by Labor Party Senators
[1]
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 5,
p. 2.
[2]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, pp. 1, 2;
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2,
p. 5.
[3]
St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 5,
p. 2.
Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens
[1]
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Answers to Questions on
Notice, Social Services Portfolio, Additional Estimates 2017-18, Question
SQ18-000035.
[2]
National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission
2, p. 1.
[3]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 1.
[4]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 1.
[5]
National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission
2, p. 1.
[6]
National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission
2, p. 2.
[7]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 2.
[8]
National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission
2, p. 1.
[9]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 3.
[10]
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Explanatory Memorandum,
p. 1.
[11]
National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 2.
[12]
Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Revised Explanatory
Memorandum—Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016, p. 199.
[13]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.
[14]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, pp. 1–2.
[15]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.
[16]
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.