Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Journals of the Senate, No. 31 – 17 June 2014, p. 888.
[2]
Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 5.
[3]
The Hon. Luke Hartsukyer MP, Deputy Leader of the House and Assistant
Minister for Employment, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2014,
p. 3.
[4]
The Hon. Luke Hartsukyer MP, Deputy Leader of the House and Assistant
Minister for Employment, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2014,
p. 4.
[5]
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs
(accessed 26 August 2014).
[6]
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Social
Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform ) Bill 2008
[Provisions] Report, p.4.
[7]
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee, Social
Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform ) Bill 2008
[Provisions] Report, pp. 5-6.
[8]
EM, p. 10.
[9]
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, s. 42M.
[10]
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, s. 42N.
[11]
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, s. 3, Schedule 1.
[12]
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious
Failures) Bill 2014, Schedule 1, ss. 1-5; Social Security (Administration)
Act 1999, s. 42Q(1).
[13]
EM, p.5.
[14]
Social Securities Act 1991, ss. 14A(7).
[15]
EM, p. 5.
[16]
EM, p. 5.
[17]
EM, p. 2.
[18]
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills. Alert Digest No. 8 of
2014, 9 July 2014, p. 49.
[19]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp 66-70.
[20]
EM, pp. 10-15.
[21]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44th
Parliament, pp 66-70.
[22]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 68.
[23]
EM, p. 11.
[24]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth
Report of the 44th Parliament, p. 69.
[25]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 70. For example, women are generally more likely to be
welfare recipients and to have a range of caring responsibilities that
intersect with the right to social security.
[26]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Ninth Report of the 44th
Parliament, p. 70.
[27]
Submission 9, p. 5.
[28]
EM, p. 2.
Chapter 2 - Key issues
[1]
See: St Vincent de Paul National Council, Submission 1, pp. 4–5;
National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 4, pp. 6–7; Australian
Council of Social Service, Submission 5, p. 1.
[2]
See: Submission 1; Anglicare Australia, Submission 3; Submission
4; BoysTown, Submission 6; Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission
7.
[3]
See: Submission 4, pp. 7–8; Submission 6, p. 5.
[4]
See: Submission 1; Submission 4.
[5]
See: Submission 6; Submission 7.
[6]
See: Submission 1, pp. 4–5; Submission 4, pp. 6–7;
Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 5, p. 1.
[7]
Submission 7.
[8]
The Hon. Luke Hartsukyer MP, Deputy Leader of the House and Assistant
Minister for Employment, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2014,
p. 4.
[9]
Department of Employment, Submission 9, p. 6.
[10]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, pp. 38–39.
[11]
A Vulnerable Indicator will be placed on a jobseeker's record where the
Secretary has made a determination that a person is experiencing financial
exploitation or hardship, or homelessness or a risk of homelessness. See Social
Security (Administration) (Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles
2010; Explanatory Statement, Social Security (Administration) (Vulnerable
Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles 2010, p. 2.
[12]
Submission 9, p. 6.
[13]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 46.
[14]
Department of Employment, answer to question on notice, 18 August 2014
(received
20 August 2014).
[15]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 46.
[16]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, and Mr Derek
Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch, Department of
Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 39.
[17]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 47.
[18]
Submission 1, p. 5; Submission 6.
[19]
Financial Rights Legal Centre, Submission 2.
[20]
Submission 9, p. 7.
[21]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[22]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 47.
[23]
See: Submission 1; Submission 3; Submission 4; Submission
6; Submission 7.
[24]
On 18 September 2013 the Department of Education and the Department of
Employment was created out of the former Department of Education, Employment
and Workplace Relations.
[25]
Submission 4, p. 2; Submission 3, p. 4.
[26]
Submission 4, p. 9.
[27]
The Hon. Luke Hartsukyer MP, Deputy Leader of the House and Assistant
Minister for Employment, House of Representatives Hansard, 4 June 2014,
p. 4.
[28]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 38.
[29]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[30]
Submission 4, pp. 7–8; Submission 6, p. 5.
[31]
Submission 4, pp. 7–8; Submission 6, p. 5. Under the
Newstart amendments a job seeker under the age of 30 will need to wait six
months for income support. See Social Security Legislation Amendment (Increased
Employment Participation) Bill 2014.
[32]
Ms Maree O'Halloran AM, President, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 9.
[33]
Mr Roland Manderson, Acting Executive Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 22.
[34]
See: Dr John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent De Paul Society
National Council, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, pp. 15–23;
Professor Shelley Mallett, General Manager, Research and Policy Centre and Ms
Eve Bodsworth, Research Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St
Laurence, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, pp. 15–23.
[35]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 42.
[36]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 42.
[37]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 41.
[38]
Submission 4, p. 3.
[39]
Submission 9, p. 6.
[40]
Submission 9, p. 6.
[41]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 38.
[42]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 38.
[43]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 38.
[44]
National Employment Services Association, Submission 8, p. 4.
[45]
Submission 9, p. 9.
[46]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 41.
[47]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[48]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[49]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[50]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[51]
Australian Government, Department of Social Security, 3.1.13.40 Serious
Failures & Penalties, http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/3/2/8/60
(accessed 19 August 2014).
[52]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 39.
[53]
Australian Government, Department of Social Security, 3.1.13.40 Serious
Failures & Penalties, http://guides.dss.gov.au/guide-social-security-law/3/2/8/60
(accessed 19 August 2014).
[54]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 39.
[55]
Ms Sheryl Lewin, Acting Deputy Secretary, Social Services, Department of
Human Services, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 46.
[56]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 46.
[57]
Social Security (Reasonable Excuse – Participation Payment Obligations)
(Employment) Determination 2014 (No. 1).
[58]
Social Security (Reasonable Excuse – Participation Payment Obligations) (Employment)
Determination 2014 (No. 1); Explanatory Statement, Social Security (Reasonable
Excuse – Participation Payment Obligations) (Employment) Determination 2014
(No. 1), p. 1.
[59]
Explanatory Statement, p. 1.
[60]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 48.
[61]
Submission 9, p. 4.
[62]
Submission 9, p. 4.
[63]
Social Security (Reasonable Excuse – Participation Payment Obligations)
(Employment) Determination 2014 (No. 1). s. 6(3).
[64]
Social Security (Reasonable Excuse – Participation Payment Obligations)
(Employment) Determination 2014 (No. 1). s. 6(4).
[65]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 48.
[66]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 39.
[67]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[68]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, and Mr Derek
Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch, Department of
Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[69]
Ms Amy Meers, Executive Officer, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 14.
[70]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[71]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[72]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[73]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[74]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 45.
[75]
Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Job Seeker Participation Branch,
Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 44.
[76]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 47.
[77]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 47.
[78]
Ms Moya Drayton, Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department
of Employment, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 43.
Labor Senators’ Dissenting Report
[1] See: National Welfare Rights
Network, Submission 4, pp. 10-11; David Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 8.
[2] See: St Vincent de Paul, Submission
1, pp. 4-5; Submission 4, pp.6-7; Australian Council of Social
Services, Submission 5, p.1.
[3] See: Submission 1; Anglicare
Australia, Submission 3; Submission 4; BoysTown, Submission 6; Brotherhood
of St Lawrence, Submission 7.
[5] David Thompson, Chief Executive
Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 19 August 2014, p 1.
[6] Amelia Meers, Executive Officer,
National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p.
11.
[7] Department of Employment, Submission
9, p. 6.
[8] Submission 9, p. 6.
[9] Maree O’Halloran AM, President,
and Amelia Meers, Executive Officer, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p 13.
[10] See: Submission 1; Submission
3; Submission 4; Submission 5; Submission 7.
[11] See: Submission 1; Submission
4; Submission 6; Submission 7.
[12] Professor Shelley Mallett,
General Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 19.
[13] Submission 4, p. 4.
[14] David Thompson, Chief Executive
Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 3.
[15] Submission 1; Submission 4;
Submission 5.
[16] Submission 9, p. 6.
[17] Maree O’Halloran AM, President,
National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 10.
[18] David Thompson, Chief Executive
Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 4.
[19] Submission 5, p. 1.
[20] Submission 5, p. 1.
[21] Submission 4, p. 8.
[22] Professor Shelley Mallett,
General Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee
Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 22.
[23] See: Submission 4.
[24] Submission 6, p. 4.
[25] Mr John Perry, General Manager,
Employment, Education and Training, BoysTown, Committee Hansard, 18
August 2014, p. 32.
[26] Maree O’Halloran AM, President,
National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2014, p. 12.
Australian Greens’ Dissenting Report
[1] Dr Kemran
Mestan, Private capacity, Committee Hansard, 18th August
2014, p. 27.
[2] Dr John Falzon,
Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Committee
Hansard, 18th August 2014, p. 19.
[3] Dr John Falzon,
Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Committee
Hansard, 18th August 2014, p. 15.
[4] Professor
Shelley Mallett, General Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St
Laurence, Committee Hansard, 18th August 2014, p. 21.
[5] Ms Maree AM
O’Halloran, President, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard,
18th August 2014, p. 9.
[6] Dr Kemran
Mestan, Private capacity, Committee Hansard, 18th August
2014, p. 27.
[7] Moya Drayton,
Group Manager, Job Services Australia Group, Department of Employment, Committee
Hansard, 18th August 2014, p. 42.
[8] Peter Davidson,
Senior Advisor, Australian Council of Social Service, Committee Hansard,
18th August 2014, p. 24
[9] Ms Maree
O’Halloran President, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard,
18th August 2014, p. 13
[10] Dr John Falzon,
Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Committee
Hansard, 18th August 2014, p. 18.