Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 114–10 September 2015, p. 3083.

[2]        Australian Government, Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures 2015–16, 2015, p. 156, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/bp2/download/BP2_consolidated.pdf, accessed 30 October 2015.

[3]        Information regarding these income supports can be found at:

Department of Human Services (DHS), Youth Allowance webpage: http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/youth-allowance, accessed 30 October 2015.

DHS, ABSTUDY webpage: http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/abstudy, accessed 30 October 2015.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 1. Also see: the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services (Minister), House of Representatives Hansard, 10 September 2015, p. 1.

[5]        Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 September 2015, p. 1.

From July–September 2015, members of the Coalition Backbench Committee in Education hosted 15 fora throughout regional Australia, to discuss how the Australian Government can better support regional students to access higher education. These fora were attended by the Department of Education and the Department of Social Services (the Interdepartmental Committee on Access to Higher Education for Regional and Remote Students).

[6]        The interdepartmental committee is expected to present its final report, containing recommendations and policy options, in November 2015.

An executive summary of the interim report was reproduced by MyNarrabri at:  http://news.mynarrabri.com.au/follow-up-on-the-regional-higher-education-forum-at-the-bowling-club-on-july-30th/, accessed 30 October 2015.

[7]        Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 September 2015, p. 1.

[8]        EM, p. 2.

[9]        Table items 2–6 in cl. 2 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015 (Bill). Item 19 in Part 1 of Schedule 1 will not commence as it was contingent on passage of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015, which was defeated in the Senate: Journals of the Senate, No. 113–9 September 2015, pp 3075–3076.

[10]      Submission 6, p. 1. Also see: Reference Group on Welfare Reform to the Minister for Social Services, A New System for Better Employment and Social Outcomes, February 2015, https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/review-of-australias-welfare-system/a-new-system-for-better-employment-and-social-outcomes-full-version-of-the-final-report , accessed 30 October 2015.

[11]      Department of Social Services, Submission 6, p. 1. These figures include the impact of measures not discussed in chapter 2.

[12]      Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2015, 16 September, p. 7, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Scrutiny_of_Bills/Alerts_Digests/2015/index, accessed 30 October 2015.

[13]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty–eighth Report of the 44^th Parliament, 17 September 2015, p. 2, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Human_Rights/Completed_inquiries/2015/Twenty-eighth_report_of_the_44th_Parliament, accessed 30 October 2015.

[14]      See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs

Chapter 2 - Key comments

[1]        Submission 5, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[4]        Submission 5, p. 1. The submission provided four case studies to illustrate this point: pp 4–6.

[5]        For example: Isolated Children's Parents' Association—Queensland Inc., Submission 3, p. 1; Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia, Submission 5, pp 1–2.          

[6]        Submission 2, p. 2.

[7]        The Youth Affairs Council of Western Australian (YACWA) suggested reducing the work qualification period from 18 months to not more than 14 months, to coincide with the structure of the academic year: Submission 7, p. 4.

[8]        Submission 7, p. 4. YACWA explained that, in addition to loss of interest in further education, children and young people in rural, regional and remote areas can have difficulty finding work and are disadvantaged by a two year delay to their education. Also see: National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 9, p. 5.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2.

[10]      Department of Social Services (Department), Submission 6, p. 5. Also see: the Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services (Minister), House of Representatives Hansard, 10 September 2015, p. 1.

[11]      Department, Submission 6, p. 6.

[12]      Submission 6, p. 7.

[13]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 7, p. 2 (italics in the original).

[15]      Submission 7, p. 3 (italics in the original).

[16]      Submission 6, p. 5.

[17]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[18]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[19]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[20]      NWRN, Submission 9, p. 5.

[21]      Submission 7, p. 3 (italics in the original).

[22]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[23]      Submission 9, p. 4 (italics in the original).

[24]      Submission 8, pp 1–2.

[25]      Australian Council of Social Service, Budget Analysis 2015–16, pp 18–20, http://www.acoss.org.au/images/uploads/ACOSS_Budget_Analysis_2015-16.pdf, accessed 19 October 2015.

[26]      Submission 6, p. 12.

[27]      Submission 6, p. 12.

[28]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 September 2015, p. 1.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY THE AUSTRALIAN GREENS

[1]        Submission 9, p. 5.

[2]        Submission 8, p. 2.