Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 6, 20 November 2013, p.106.

[2]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 10, 4 December 2013, p. 164.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 7, 5 December 2013, p. 258.

[4]        Journals of the Senate, No. 7, 5 December 2013, pp 245-246. Note: The provisions of Schedules 6 and 9 were referred to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee and the remaining provisions were referred to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 1. See Item 1 of Schedule 2 of the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 (Bill).

[6]        EM, p. 1.

CHAPTER 2 - Background and committee view

[1]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 67, available at: http://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/indigenous-australians/publications-articles/evaluation-research/cape-york-welfare-reform-cywr-evaluation-report-2012 (accessed 5 December 2013).

[2]        The Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for Social Services, second reading speech, House Hansard, 20 November 2013, p. 9.

[3]        Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 1.

[4]        Family Responsibilities Commission, About the Commission, available at: http://www.frcq.org.au/?q=content/about-commission (accessed 6 December 2013).

[5]        Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 71.

[6]        Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 71.

[7]        The Hon Anna Bligh MP, Queensland Premier, second reading speech for the Family Responsibilities Commission Bill, Queensland Parliament Record of Proceedings (Hansard), 26 February 2008, p. 333.

[8]        Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and KMPG, Implementation Review of the Family Responsibilities Commission: Final Report, September 2010, p. 12.

[9]        Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 187.

[10]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 73.

[11]      See Department of Human Services website, About the BasicsCard, available at: http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/centrelink/income-management/basicscard (accessed 9 December 2013).

[12]      The Hon Anna Bligh MP, Queensland Premier, second reading speech for the Family Responsibilities Commission Bill, Queensland Parliament Record of Proceedings (Hansard), 26 February 2008, p. 333.

[13]      Queensland Government, Submission 3, p. 1.

[14]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 2.

[15]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 5.

[16]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 2.

[17]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 2.

[18]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 5.

[19]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 6.

[20]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 3.

[21]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 15.

[22]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 34.

[23]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 34.

[24]      Income management was extended for 12 months from 1 January 2012 and 12 months from 1 January 2013. See A Biggs, L Buckmaster, C Ey and M Klapdor, Bills Digest: Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013, Digest No. 29, 2013-14, 10 December 2013, p. 14.

[25]      See, for example, St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 2, pp 2-4.

[26]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 7.

[27]      Cape York Welfare Reform Evaluation, p. 34.

[28]      Queensland Government, Submission 3, p. 1.

Australian Greens Dissenting Report

[1]        Australian Government, Cape York welfare reform evaluation, FaHCSIA, 2013, p 2.

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

[3]        Australian Government, Cape York welfare reform evaluation, FaHCSIA, 2013.

[4]        Ibid., p. 34.

[5]        Ibid.

[6]        Ibid.

[7]        Ibid., pp. 3-5.

[8]        I Katz and M Raven, ‘Evaluation of the Cape York Welfare Reform Trial’, Indigenous Law Bulletin, 8(7), July 2013, p.19.

[9]        St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 2, p. 3.

[10]      Finance and Public Administration Legislative Committee, Majority Report on Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill, 2013, Section 2.26.

[11]      J Rawlins and S Kim, ‘Government cuts funding to Cape York welfare trial’, ABC News, 27 March 2013.

[12]      Australian Government, Cape York welfare reform evaluation, FaHCSIA, 2013, p. 34.

[13]      Rob Bray et al, (Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Australian National University and Australian Institute of Family Studies), Evaluating New Income Management in the Northern Territory: First Evaluation Report, 2012, pp. xviii-xix.

[14]      Joint Standing Committee on Human Rights, Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012 and related legislation, 2013, section 1.223.

[15]      Brimblecombe, J et.al. Impact of Income Management on Store Sales in the Northern Territory, Medical Journal Australia, 192(10), 2010, p.549 – 554.

[16]      Equality Rights Alliance, Women’s Experience of Income Management in the Northern Territory, 2011, p.22.