Footnotes

CHAPTER 1

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013, pp 245–246.

[2]        Votes and Proceedings, 2013, p. 106.

[3]        House of Representatives, Hansard, 20 November 2013, p. 8.

[4]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[5]        Bills digest Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, p. 28.

[6]        Department of Human Services, Student start-up scholarship, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/student-start-up-scholarship, (accessed 10 November 2013).

[7]        Senate Economics Legislation Committee, Answers to Questions on Notice, Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Portfolio, Supplementary Budget Estimates 2012-13, Question SI-127, 17 October 2012

[8]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[9]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[10]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[11]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 63.

[12]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 63.

[13]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 63.

[14]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 15.

[15]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 20.

[16]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 15.

[17]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, p. 15.

[18]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[19]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[20]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[21]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[22]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[23]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[24]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, pp 20–21.

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, p. 5.

[26]      Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 8/13, p. 47.

CHAPTER 2 - Schedule 6 – Student start-up loans

[1]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 26.

[2]        See for example: National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 1; Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, Submission 3.

[3]        A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdour, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Bills digest, 29, 2013–14, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 10 December  2013,  p. 24, accessed  November 2013.  

[4]        Bradley Review, Recommendation 5, p. xix, available at: http://www.innovation.gov.au/HigherEducation/Documents/Review/PDF/Higher%20Education%20Review_Executive%20summary%20Recommendations%20and%20findings.pdf accessed 10 December 2013.

[5]        Department of Human Services website, Student Start-up Scholarship, http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/student-start-up-scholarship#a5 accessed 10 December 2013.

[6]        National Union of Students, Submission 4, p. 2.

[7]        Emerson, C. (Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research), Statement, media release, 13 April 2013, accessed  10 December 2013.

[8]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 25.

[9]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 5.

[10]      A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdour, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Bills digest, 29, 2013–14, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 10 December  2013,  p. 25, accessed  November 2013.

[11]      National Union of Students, Submission 4, p. 2.

[12]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 29.

[13]      National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 1, p. 2.

[14]      Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education,  The Demand Driven System: Undergraduate Applications and Offers, February 2013, p. 4. Available at: http://www.innovation.gov.au/highereducation/ResourcesAndPublications/HigherEducationPublications/HigherEducationReports/Documents/UndergraduateApplicationsOffers2013.pdf, accessed 11 December 2013. 

[15]      Journals of the Senate, 2013, pp 245–246.

[16]      A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdour, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Bills digest, 29, 2013–14, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 10 December  2013,  p. 31, accessed  November 2013.

[17]      A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdour, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Bills digest, 29, 2013–14, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 10 December  2013,  p. 31, accessed  November 2013.

[18]      A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdour, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Bills digest, 29, 2013–14, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 10 December  2013,  p. 31, accessed  November 2013.

[19]      Revised Explanatory Memorandum, p. 63.

[20]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

[21]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

[22]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

[23]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

[24]      Ms Diana Lindenmeyer, Acting Branch Manager, Department of  Social Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 9 December 2013, p. 17.

[25]      Mr Philip Brown, Branch Manager, Department of Social Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 9 December 2013, p. 17.

[26]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

[27]      Department of Education, answer to questions on notice, 9 December 2013 (received 10 December 2013)

LABOR SENATORS’ DISSENTING REPORT - Introduction

[1]        National Union of Students, Supplementary Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Mr Sharangan Maheswaran, Policy and Research advisor, Council of Postgraduate Associations, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 3.

[3]        Mr Sharangan Maheswaran, Policy and Research advisor, Council of Postgraduate Associations, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 2.

[4]        Mr Sharangan Maheswaran, Policy and Research advisor, Council of Postgraduate Associations, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 2.

[5]        Mt Murray Kimber, Branch Manager, Payment Integrity and Performance Information, Department of Social Services, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 15.

[6]        Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[7]        Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[8]        Ms Jackie Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Early Childhood Education and Care, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 9.

[9]        Ms Jackie Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Early Childhood Education and Care, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 11.

[10]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[11]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[12]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[13]      Ms Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 6.

[14]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[15]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[16]      Ms Samantha Page, Chief Executive Officer, Early Childhood Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 6.

[17]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[18]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[19]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[20]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[21]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

[22]      Mrs Gwynneth Bridge, President, Australian Childcare Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 5.

AUSTRALIAN GREENS' DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        See for example: National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 1; Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, Submission 3.

[2]        National Union of Students, Submission 4, p. 4.