Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 82—5 March 2015, pp 2257 – 2258.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 1.

[3]        House of Representatives Hansard, 4 December 2015, p. 14243.

[4]        House of Representatives Hansard, 4 December 2015, p. 14243.

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

[6]        Private Health Insurance Ombudsman, Annual report 2013-14, p. 5.

[7]        Including the Defence Force Ombudsman, Postal Industry Ombudsman and the Overseas Students Ombudsman.

[8]        EM, pp 4 – 5.

[9]        EM, p. 1.

[10]      EM, p. 1.

[11]      EM, p. 1.

[12]      EM, p. 6.

[13]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 1, 11 February 2015, pp 25 – 27. 

[14]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Third Report of 2015, 18 March 2015, pp 236 – 243. 

[15]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Eighteenth Report of the 44th Parliament; Bills introduced 1 – 4 December 2014; Legislative Instruments received 31 October 2014 – 22 January 2015, p. 2. 

Chapter 2 - Key Issues

[1]        See: Hirmaa, Submission 2; Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3; Australian Dental Association, Submission 5; and Consumer Health Forum of Australia, Submission 6.

[2]        Submission 2, p. 3; Confidential, Submission 4, p. 2; Submission 5, p. 2; and Submission 6, p. 3.

[3]        Department of Health, Submission 7, p. 6.

[4]        See: Submission 2; Submission 3; Submission 5; and Submission 6.

[5]        Submission 2, p. 3.

[6]        Submission 4, p. 2.

[7]        See for example: Submission 5, p. 2; and Submission 6, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 6, p. 2.

[9]        Submission 2, p. 5; Submission 5, p. 2; Submission 6, p. 3.

[10]      Submission 3, p 1 – 2.

[11]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[12]      Submission 7, p. 4.

[13]      Submission 7, p. 4.

[14]      Submission 2, p. 5.

[15]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[16]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[17]      Private Healthcare Australia, Submission 8, p. 1.

[18]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[19]      Submission 7, p. 4.

[20]      Department of Health, Answers to Questions on Notice – Health Portfolio, Budget Estimates 2014 - 2015, 2-3 June 2014, question no. SQ14-000670.

[21]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[22]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[23]      House Votes and Proceedings, no. 111, 26 March 2015, p. 1247.

[24]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[25]      House of Representatives Hansard, 26 March 2015, p. 27.