Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 1.

[2]        On 13 May 2015 the Senate passed a resolution that the provisions of all bills introduced into the House of Representatives after 14 May 2015 and up to and including 4 June 2015 that contain substantive provisions commencing on or before 1 July 2015 (together with the provisions of any related bill), are referred to committees for inquiry and report by 15 June 2015. See: Journals of the Senate, No. 93–13 May 2015, p. 2585.

[3]        Budget 2015–16: Fairness in Tax and Benefits, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/highlights/tax_benefits.html (accessed 29 May 2015).

[4]        Budget 2015–16: Welfare Integrity Measures, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/glossy/tax/html/tax-12.htm (accessed 29 May 2015).

[5]        Budget 2014–15, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, p. 197, http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/myefo/html/index.htm (accessed 29 May 2015).

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

[7]        EM, p. 2.

[8]        EM, p. 3.

[9]        EM, p. 2.

[10]      EM, pp 1 – 6.

[11]      EM, p. 1.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        See: Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 1; UnitingCare, Submission 2; National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 3; National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6; Anglicare Australia, Submission 7; Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 8.

[2]        Mr Finn Pratt (Secretary, Department of Social Services) to Ms Jeanette Radcliffe (Committee Secretary, Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee), 3 June 2015.

[3]        See: Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, pp 41 – 50.

[4]        See: Submission 1, p. 2; Submission 2, p. 1; Submission 3, p. 1; Submission 6, pp 3–4; Submission 7, p. 9; Submission 8, p. 5.

[5]        Submission 1, p. 2.

[6]        Submission 1, pp 2–3; Submission 2, pp 1–3; Submission 3, p. 1; Submission 6, pp 4–5; Submission 8, pp 4–5.

[7]        Submission 2, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 1, p. 3.

[9]        Submission 6, p. 5.

[10]      Submission 3, p. 1.

[11]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[12]      Submission 2, p. 4.

[13]      Minister for Social Services, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, 'Welfare integrity, fairness and sustainability for all Australians,' 12 May 2015, http://scottmorrison.dss.gov.au/media-releases/welfare-integrity-fairness-and-sustainability-for-all-australians (accessed 11 June 2015).

[14]      See: Submission 2, p. 3; Submission 3, p. 3; Submission 7, p. 9.

[15]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[17]      Submission 3, p. 3.

[18]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[19]      Submission 6, p. 12.

[20]      Submission 6, pp 14 – 15.

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

[22]      Mr Philip Brown, Acting Group Manager, Department of Social Services, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 42.

[23]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[24]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[25]      Submission 6, p. 9.

[26]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 5, p. 4.

[27]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[28]      Submission 5, p. 4.

[29]      Submission 5, p. 9.

[30]      Submission 4, p. 1.

[31]      Submission 6, p. 10.

[32]      EM, p. 2.

[33]      Ms Barbara Bennett, Deputy Secretary, Department of Social Services, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 45.

Labor Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 3.

[2]        ACOSS, Submission 1, p. 3.

[3]        Submission 5, p. 8.

[4]        Submission 2, p. 3.

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

[1]        Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 1a, p. 10.

[2]        Submission 1a, p. 5.

[3]        Luke Buckmaster, Carol Ey and Michael Klapdor, Income management: an overview, Parliamentary Library Background Note, 21 June 2012, p. 34. 

[4]        Submission 1a, p. 7.

[5]        See for example: Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012, pp 158-59.

[6]        Submission 1, p. 3.

[7]        Submission 6, p. 9.

[8]        Australian Law Reform Commission, Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws—Improving Legal Frameworks, ALRC Report 117, 2011, Chapter 10.

[9]        National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, pp 14 – 15.