Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 45, 22 August 2011, p. 1322.

CHAPTER 2 - Disability Employment Services

[1]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 1.

[2]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 26. There are also over 155 000 people with a disability receiving support through Job Services Australia.

[3]        Throughout this report DES will refer to Disability Employment Services – Disability Management Service and Disability Employment Services – Employment Support Services. When one branch of the Disability Employment Services program is being referred to, this report will use DES-DMS and DES-ESS respectively. 

[4]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 2.

[5]        Senator the Hon Mark Arbib, Government unveils new $1.2 billion Disability Employment Service, 9 December 2009, available from: < http://ministers.deewr.gov.au/arbib/government-unveils-new-12-billion-disability-employment-service>, (accessed: 4/11/2011).

[6]        Ann Nevile and Rosemary Lohmann, "It is like they just don't trust us": Balancing trust and control in the provision of disability employment services, June 2011, p. 12.

[7]        Australian Government, Disability Employment Services: your guide to the Disability Employment Services, available from: <http://www.deewr.gov.au/Employment/Programs/DES/Transition/Documents/YourGuideDESFS.pdf> (accessed 14 November 2011).

[8]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 2.

[9]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 2.

[10]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 8.

[11]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Disability Employment Services Performance Framework Fact Sheet, available from: < http://www.deewr.gov.au/Employment/Programs/DES/PerfFramework/Documents/FactsheetProviders.pdf>, (accessed 4 November 2011).

[12]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Disability Employment Services Performance Framework Fact Sheet.

[13]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 12.

[14]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Disability Employment Services Industry Information Paper, October 2011, p. 2.

[15]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 4.

[16]      Ms Sally Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, National Employment Services Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 2.

[17]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 28.

[18]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 28.

[19]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 27.

[20]      Mr Paul Cain, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 32.

[21]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, pp 2–3.

[22]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 3.

[23]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Disability Employment Services Industry Information Paper, October 2011, p. 3. For a list and maps of Remote ESAs see http://www.deewr.gov.au/lmip/default.aspx?LMIP/EmploymentData .

[24]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 6.

CHAPTER 3 - Key Issues

[1]        Ms Sandra Parker, Deputy Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 52.

[2]        Mr David Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 38.

[3]        Mr Paul Cain, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 33.

[4]        National Council on Intellectual Disability, Submission 58, p. 9.

[5]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 3.

[6]        National Employment Service Association, Submission 37, p. 3.

[7]        Mr David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 38.

[8]        Ms Lynette May, Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 18.

[9]        Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 44.

[10]      Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 27.

[11]      Mr Paul Cain, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 35.

[12]      Productivity Commission, Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector, January 2010, p. 325.

[13]      Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 46.

[14]      National Council on Intellectual Disability, Submission 58, p. 9.

[15]      Mr David Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 38.

[16]      Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 45.

[17]      Mr George Giuliani, Chief Executive Officer, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 26.

[18]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 55.

[19]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 52.

[20]      Mr Vivian Gugger, Advanced Personnel Management, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 12.

[21]      Ms Lynette May, Disability Employment Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 19.

[22]      Mr Paul Cain, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 34.

[23]      Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 24.

[24]      National Disability Services, Submission 42, p. 6.

[25]      National Disability Services, Submission 42, p. 7.

[26]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 9.

[27]      Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Building Australia's Future Workforce – Supporting Australians with Disability into Work, available from: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/about/publicationsarticles/corp/BudgetPAES/budget11_12/Documents/FaHCSIA_DSP_web.htm (13 November 2011). See also Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011).

[28]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Estimates Hansard, 19 October 2011, p. 104.

[29]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 9.

[30]      Kimberly Personnel, Submission 52, p. 4.

[31]      Ms Sally Sinclair, National Employment Services Association, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 4.

[32]      Anglicare Tasmania, Submission 54, p. 15.

[33]      BIZLINK, Submission 46, p. 8.

[34]      Federation of Deaf Societies, Submission 79, pp 6–7.

[35]      Mr Vivian Gugger, Advanced Personnel Management, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 14.

[36]      Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 27.

[37]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 37, p. 4.

[38]      Key Employment Association, Submission 5, p. [2].

[39]      Ms Jennifer Kitchin, General Manager Transition and Development, EDGE Employment Solutions, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[40]      Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 45; Good Samaritan Industries, Submission 49, p. 2.

[41]      Royal Society for the Blind, Submission 82, p. 4.

[42]      Dr Ann Nevile, Submission 51, p. 3.

[43]      Mr David Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 40.

[44]      EDGE Employment Solutions, Submission 7, p. 2.

[45]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 6.

[46]      Personnel Employment, Submission 32, p. [10].

[47]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 8.

[48]      Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive Officer, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 42.

[49]      Dr Ken Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 42.

[50]      Dr Ken Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 42.

[51]      Tabled document 1, Disability Employment Australia, Melbourne, 27 October 2011, p. [1].

[52]      Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 25.

[53]      Ms Lynette May, Disability Employment Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 18.

[54]      Dr Ken Baker, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 42.

[55]      Ms Jennifer Kitchin, EDGE Employment Solutions, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[56]      Good Samaritan Industries, Submission 49, p. 2.

[57]      Mr Vivian Gugger, Advanced Personnel Management, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 16.

[58]      Ms Eloise Cadogan, National Manager – Compliance, Quality and Practice, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 6.

[59]      Mr Paul Cain, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 32.

[60]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 37, p. 4.

[61]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, pp. 9–10.

[62]      Mr Geoffrey Bassett, Submission 9, p. [1].

[63]      Federation of Deaf Societies, Submission 79, p.5.

[64]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 10.

[65]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 37, p. 4.

[66]      Ms Jennifer Kitchin, EDGE Employment Solutions, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[67]      Greenacres Disability Services, Submission 36, p. 3.

[68]      Kimberly Personnel, Submission 52, p. 5.

CHAPTER 4 - The Performance Framework

[1]        Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 4.

[2]        Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 13.

[3]        Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 13.

[4]        Mr David Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 39.

[5]        Dr Ken Baker, Chief Executive Officer, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 43.

[6]        Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 57

[7]        Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 57.

[8]        Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011. p. 24.

[9]        Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011. p. 25.

[10]      People with Disabilities Australia, Submission 63, p. 12.

[11]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Evaluation of Disability Employment Services Interim Report, June 2011, p. 23.

[12]      People with Disabilities Australia, Submission 63, p. 9.

[13]      Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 11.

[14]      Ms Lynette May, Disability Employment Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 20.

[15]      Ms Jennifer Kitchin, EDGE Employment Solutions, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[16]      Mr George Giuliani, Heidelberg Training and Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011. p. 24.

[17]      Key Employment Association, Submission 5, p. [3].

[18]      Key Employment Association, Submission 5, p. [1].

[19]      Ms Jennifer Kitchin, EDGE Employment Solutions, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[20]      Wage subsidies are recognised as a legitimate means of providing incentives to employers to employ people with disabilities. The allegations of churning concern positions that are not anticipated to be sustainable and often heavily subsidised by providers.

[21]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011), p. 7. 

[22]      Ms Kylee Bates, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 8.

[23]      Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 44.

[24]      Mr Rick Kane, Board Director, and Ms May, Disability Employment Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 21.

[25]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 53.

[26]      Ms Eloise Cadogan, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 9.

[27]      Mr Craig Harrison, National Disability Services, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 44.

[28]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011), p. 6. 

[29]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011), p. 6. 

[30]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 66.

[31]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 60.

[32]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011), p. 2. 

[33]      The Department has reported receiving two complaints that relate to churning: these have been investigated and the Department will release its findings shortly.

[34]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011), pp. 5–8. 

[35]      Ms Sandra Parker, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 54.

GOVERNMENT SENATORS' MINORITY REPORT

[1]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 20.

[2]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 10.

[3]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 47, p. 9.

[4]        Ms Jennifer Kitchin, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2011, p. 28.

[5]        Disability Employment Australia, Submission 72, p. 9.

[6]        Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, answer to question on notice (received 11 November 2011),  p. 4.

[7]        Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, answer to question on notice, 27 October 2011 (received 11 November 2011).