Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 52, 24 May 2017, p. 768.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 2].

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[4]        Mr Mal Brough MP, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, 'National emergency response to protect Aboriginal children in the NT', Media release, 21 June 2007.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[6]        Department of Social Services, Income Management https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programmes-services/family-finance/income-management (accessed 15 June 2017).

[7]        Department of Human Services, About the BasicsCard, https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/about-basicscard (accessed 15 June 2017).

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4. Note: While Doomadgee was not part of the initial Cape York Welfare Reform trial in 2007, income management was extended to Doomadgee in 2016.

[9]        Proposed subparagraphs 123UF(1)(g) and 123UF(2)(h).

[10]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 6 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 60.

[11]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR), Report 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 47.

[12]      PJCHR, Report 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 47; See also: PJCHR, 2016 Review of Stronger Futures measures, 16 March 2016; PJCHR, Eleventh Report of 2013: Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012 and related legislation, 26 June 2013.

[13]      PJCHR, Report 5 of 2017, 14 June 2017, p. 47.

[14]      Journals of the Senate, No. 42, 13 June 2017, p. 1376.

[15]      See: Community Affairs Legislation Committee, https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/QLDIncomeManagement (accessed 14 June 2017).

Chapter 2 - Issues

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[2]        The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Minister for Human Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2017, p. 12.

[3]        See, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, From hand out to hand up: Cape York welfare reform project: Aurukun, Coen, Hope Vale, Mossman Gorge: design recommendations, May 2007.

[4]        Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 1.

[5]        Family Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 1.

[6]        Department of Social Services, Submission 7, pp. 1-2.

[7]        Family Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 1.

[8]        Don Arthur, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Queensland Commission Income Management Regime) Bill 2017, Bills Digest No. 110, 2016-17, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, June 2017, p. 5.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[10]      Family Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 3.

[11]      Family Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 4.

[12]      Don Arthur, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Queensland Commission Income Management Regime) Bill 2017, Bills Digest No. 110, 2016-17, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, June 2017, p. 4.

[13]      Noel Pearson, 'Ineffectual bipartisanship ruins social policy', The Australian, 26 March 2011, p. 12.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 5].

[15]      Families Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 1.

[16]      Cape York Institute, Submission 3, p. 2.

[17]      Aurukun Shire Council, Submission 1, pp. 1-2.

[18]      Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 2.

[19]      Cape York Institute, Submission 3, p. 2.

[20]      Coen Regional Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 2, p. 1.

[21]      Aurukun Shire Council, Submission 1, p. 2.

[22]      See, for example: Hope Vale Shire Council, Submission 5, p. 1; Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 4, p. 1.

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[24]      The Hon Alan Tudge MP, Minister for Human Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2017, p. 12.

[25]      Don Arthur, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Queensland Commission Income Management Regime) Bill 2017, Bills Digest No. 110, 2016-17, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, June 2017, p. 8.

[26]      Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, s. 123UF.

[27]      Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 1.

[28]      Cape York Institute, Submission 3, p. 2.

[29]      Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 4, p. 1.

[30]      Bamanga Bubu Ngadimunku Aboriginal Corporation, Submission 4, p. 1.

[31]      Hope Vale Aboriginal Council, Submission 5, p. 1.

[32]      Families Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 5.

[33]      Families Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 5.

[34]      Explanatory Memorandum, [p. 4].

[35]      Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 2.

[36]      Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 1.

[37]      Australian Council of Social Service, Compulsory income management: a flawed answer to a complex problem: Policy Analysis, September 2014, http://www.acoss.org.au/images/uploads/Income_management_policy_analysis_September_2014.pdf (accessed 18 June 2017).

[38]      Families Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 4.

[39]      Cape York Institute, Submission 3, p. 1.

[40]      Families Responsibilities Commission, Submission 6, p. 4.

[41]      Department of Social Services, Submission 7, p. 2.

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

[1]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012.

[2]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012, p. 34.

[3]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012, p. 34.

[4]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012, pp. 3-5.

[5]        J Rob Bray, Income Management Evaluations – What Do We Now Know? Placing the Findings of the Evaluation of New Income Management in the Northern Territory in Context' (Working Paper No 111, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, 2016) p. 11.

[6]        I Katz and M Raven, 'Evaluation of the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial' (2013) 8(7) Indigenous Law Bulletin p. 19.

[7]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012, p. 212.

[8]        FaHCSIA, Cape York Welfare Reform: Evaluation: 2012, p. 34.

[9]        Majority Committee Report, p. 11.