Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 71, 16 November 2017, p. 2250.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[3]        The Hon. Michael Sukkar MP, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 October 2017, p. 11891.

[4]        The Hon. Michael Sukkar MP, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 October 2017, p. 11891.

[5]        Commonwealth of Australia, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, p. 155.

[6]        Commonwealth of Australia, Budget Measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, p. 155.

[7]        The Hon. Michael Sukkar MP, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 October 2017, p. 11891.

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 5–6.

[9]        Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Council of Australian Governments, Report on Performance 2016, March 2016, pp. 11–14.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 7.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 6–7.

[12]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 7.

[13]      Economics References Committee, Out of reach? The Australian housing affordability challenge, May 2015, Recommendation 34, p. 338.

[14]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, pp. 11–12.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[18]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[19]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 11–13.

[21]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 14.

[22]      The Hon. Michael Sukkar MP, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 October 2017, p. 11892.

[23]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[24]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 12 of 2017, November 2017, p. 96.

[25]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 13 of 2017, 15 November 2017, pp. 61–62.

[26]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 13 of 2017, 15 November 2017, pp. 62–63; and Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest 15 of 2017, 6 December 2017, pp. 108–109.

Chapter 2 - Views on the bill

[1]        Shelter NSW, Submission 21, p. 2.

[2]        ACOSS, Submission 23, p. 1.

[3]        The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 7.

[4]        PowerHousing Australia was formed in 2005 when leading Community Housing executives recognised the value of collaboration and information-sharing in addressing the emerging housing affordability crisis. PowerHousing Australia facilitates a national network of 30 Member Community Housing Providers and partners with 15 national/international brand developer, financial and sector affiliates.

[5]        PowerHousing Australia, Submission 27, p. 2.

[6]        National Affordable Housing Consortium, Submission 14, p. 3.

[7]        Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[8]        Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 4.

[9]        Shelter NSW, Submission 21, p. 2.

[10]      National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 2.

[11]      Community Housing Industry Association, Submission 20, p. 2.

[12]      Dr Julie Lawson, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Submission 1, p. 7.

[13]      Mr Jeff Fiedler, National Development Worker, Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc., Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 15.

[14]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 54.

[15]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 5.

[16]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 5.

[17]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 5.

[18]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 53.

[19]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 5.

[20]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 5.

[21]      Australian Women Against Violence Alliance, Submission 6, and Domestic Violence Victoria, Submission 10.

[22]      Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc. Submission 11.

[23]      Mr Michael Lennon, Chair, Community Housing Industry Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 28.

[24]      Sumner Foundation. Submission 16.

[25]      National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 3.

[26]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 2.

[27]      Mr David Martine, Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 3.

[28]      Mr David Martine, Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 3.

[29]      Community Housing Industry Association, Submission 20, p. 5.

[30]      PowerHousing Australia, Submission 27, p. 2.

[31]      Mr Michael Lennon, Chair, Community Housing Industry Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 28.

[32]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 53.

[33]      Explanatory Memorandum, paragraph 1.17, p. 7.

[34]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 3.

[35]      National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 2.

[36]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 54.

[37]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 53.

[38]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 53.

[39]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 64.

[40]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 13.

[41]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 10.

[42]      Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 4.

[43]      National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 5.

[44]      Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention & Legal Service Victoria, Submission 26, p. 5.

[45]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 64.

[46]      Victorian Government, Answers to written questions taken on notice (received 1 February 2018), p. 1.

[47]      The Treasury, 'The National Housing Supply Council', https://treasury.gov.au/programs-initiatives-consumers-community/the-national-housing-supply-council/ (accessed 23 January 2018).

[48]      Property Council of Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[49]      Tasmanian Council of Social Services, Submission 25, p. 3.

[50]      Mr Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, National Shelter, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 42.

[51]      Mr Michael Myers, Managing Director, National Affordable Housing Consortium, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 50.

[52]      Community Housing Industry Association, Submission 20, p. 4.

[53]      Commonwealth of Australia, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2017–18, December 2017, p. 186.

[54]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 13.

[55]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 13.

[56]      Governments of Victoria, NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania, ACT and NT, Submission 15, p. 2.

[57]      ACOSS, Submission 23, p. 8.

[58]      Shelter Tasmania, Submission 13, p. 4.

[59]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 55.

[60]      Shelter NSW, Submission 21, p. 6.

[61]      Shelter NSW, Submission 21, p. 6.

[62]      Shelter NSW, Submission 21, p. 2

[63]      Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[64]      Ms Jenny Smith, Chair, Homelessness Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 24.

[65]      Ms Jenny Smith, Chair, Homelessness Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 20.

[66]      St Vincent de Paul Society National Council Australia, Submission 14, p. 14.

[67]      Associate Professor Lisa Wood, personal capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 33.

[68]      Associate Professor Lisa Wood, personal capacity, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 33.

[69]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 14.

[70]      Community Housing Industry Association, Submission 20, p. 5 and St Vincent de Paul Society National Council Australia, Submission 14, p. 14.

[71]      Community Housing Industry Association, Submission 20, p. 5.

[72]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 55.

[73]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 10.

[74]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 4.

[75]      Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 4.

[76]      Shelter Tasmania, Submission 13, p. 3.

[77]      The Treasury, Answers to written questions on notice, received 1 February 2018, p. 1.

[78]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 53.

[79]      The Treasury, Answers to written questions on notice, received 1 February 2018, p. 1.

[80]      Queensland Government: Tabled by the Committee Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, p. 1.

[81]      Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 'National Partnership on Remote Housing', https://www.pmc.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/housing/national-partnership-agreements (accessed 1 February 2018).

[82]      Queensland Government: Tabled by the Committee Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, p. 1.

[83]      QLD Government: Tabled by the Committee Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, p. 2.

[84]      Mr Adrian Warner, Director of Intergovernmental Outcomes, Department of Communities, Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 7.

[85]      Local Government Association of Queensland: Tabled by the Committee Deputy Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, p. 1.

[86]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 56.

[87]      The Treasury, Answers to questions taken on notice at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018 (received 1 February 2018), p. 1.

Additional Comments by Labor Senators

[1]        Associate Professor Lisa Wood, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 36.

[2]        Financial assistance is paid under section 14 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

[3]        Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Council of Australian Governments: Report on performance 2016, March 2016, pp. 11–14.

[4]        Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services 2018 volume G: housing, Productivity Commission, Canberra, 2017. 'Social housing' includes public housing, community housing and State owned and managed Indigenous housing.

[5]        COAG Reform Council, Homelessness 2011–12: comparing performance across Australia, Sydney, 2013.

[6]        Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Reform of the Federation White Paper: roles and responsibilities in housing and homelessness, Issues Paper no. 2, 2014, p. 47.

[7]        Ms Kate Colvin, Manager, Policy and Communications, Council to Homeless Persons, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 22.

[8]        Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Implementation of the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness: Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Audit report, No. 31, 2012–13, ANAO, Barton, ACT, 2013.

[9]        Governments of Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Submission 15, p. 4.

[10]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 61.       

[11].     The Treasury and Department of Social Services; Submission 22, p. 13.

[12]      Australian Government, Budget Measures, Budget Paper no. 2:2017–18,  p. 155; Australian Government, A New National Housing and Homelessness Agreement, Reducing pressure on housing affordability, Fact sheet 1.7.

[13]      Mr John Daley, ABC 7:30, 10 May 2017.

[14]      Mr Adrian Pisarski, ABC News 24, 9 May 2017

[15]      Mr James Toomey, Mission Australia, Media statement, 9 May 2017.

[16]      Richard Holden, The Conversation, 9 May 2017.

[17]      Ms Bree Marr, ABC 7:30, 10 May 2017.

[18]      Mr Jeff Fiedler, National Development Worker, Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 13.

[19]      Council to Homeless Persons, Submission 2, p. 2.

[20]      Ms Jenny Smith, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 20.

[21]      Associate Professor Lisa Wood, School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 33.

[22]      Mr Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, National Shelter, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 43.

[23]      Mr Michael Myers, Managing Director, National Affordable Housing consortium, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 47.

[24]      Mr Michael Myers, Managing Director, National Affordable Housing consortium, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 48.

[25]      Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[26]      Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Estimates Committee Hansard, 25 October 2017, pp. 143–144.

[27]      Hon Scott Morrison MP, Address to CEDA, 24 October 2017, accessed via http://sjm.ministers.treasury.gov.au/speech/026-2017/

[28]      Joint submission by the Governments of VIC, NSW, QLD, WA, TAS, ACT & NT,Submission 15, p. 2.

[29]      Queensland Government, Additional Document tabled by the Committee Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, accessed via https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/HomelessnessBill2017/Additional_Documents

[30]      Local Government Association of Queensland, Additional Document tabled by the Committee Chair at a public hearing in Melbourne on 29 January 2018, accessed via https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/HomelessnessBill2017/Additional_Documents

[31]      Mr Michael Brennan, Deputy Secretary, Fiscal Group, The Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, pp. 56–57.

[32]      Answers to questions on notice – The Treasury, accessed via https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/HomelessnessBill2017/Additional_Documents

[33]      Op cit, p. 2.

[34]      National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 3.

[35]      Homelessness Australia, Submission 4, p. 3.

[36]      Melbourne City Mission, Submission 24, p. 2.

[37]      Mr. David Martine, Secretary, Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 9.

[38]      Mr Michael Lennon, Chair, Community Housing Industry Association; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 28.

[39]      Mr Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, National Shelter; Proof Committee Hansard, p. 41.

[40]      Ms Peta Wanzar, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 31.

[41]      Mr Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, National Shelter; Proof Committee Hansard, pp. 43–44.

[42]      Op cit, pp. 45–46.

[43]      Ms Jenny Smith, Council to Homeless Persons; Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, pp. 20–21.

[44]      The Treasury and Department of Social Services, Submission 22, p. 13.

Additional comments by the Australian Greens

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p.16

[2]        Ms Amity Durham, Deputy Secretary, Strategy and Planning, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 11.

[3]        Mr Jeff Fiedler, National Development Worker, Housing for the Aged Action Group Inc., Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 17.

[4]        Ms Jenny Smith, Chair, Homelessness Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 26.

[5]        Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 26.

[6]        Mr Adrian Pisarski, Executive Officer, National Shelter, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 46.

[7]        Mr Michael Myers, Managing Director, National Affordable Housing Consortium, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, pp. 51–52.

[8]        National Shelter, Submission 5, p. 3.

[9]        Ms Amity Durham, Deputy Secretary, Strategy and Planning, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, Proof Committee Hansard, 29 January 2018, p. 11.