Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, 9 November 2016, pp 319-320.

[2]        Journals of Senate, 9 February 2017, p. 880.

[3]        House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3279.

[4]        Ms Lisa Foreman, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 21.

[5]        Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson and Assistant Minister for Defence, the Hon Stuart Robert MP, 'Veterans and ADF members exempt from changes to workers' compensation legislation', Media release, 25 March 2015.

Chapter 2 - Overview of the bill

[1]        House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3279.

[2]        EM, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 5, p. 6.

Chapter 3 - Key issues

[1]        Submission 5, p. 1.

[2]        Submission 5, p. 2.

[3]        Submission 1, p. 1.

[4]        Submission 1, p. 4.

[5]        Submission 4, p. 9.

[6]        Submission 4, p. 18.

[7]        Submission 4, p. 17.

[8]        DVA, responses to questions on notice, p. 7.

[9]        Ms Carolyn Spiers, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 30.

[10]      DVA, response to question on notice, 'Correspondence from Ms Liz Cosson AM CSC, Acting Secretary, DVA, dated 17 March 2017', p. 1.

[11]      House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3280.

[12]      Submission 5, p. 1.

[13]      Ms Carolyn Spiers, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, pp 25-26.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2015, p. 3.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2015, p. 8.

[16]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[17]      DVA, responses to questions on notice, p. 4.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, pp 27-28.

[19]      Submission 5, p. 3.

[20]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[22]      Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 27.

[23]      DVA, responses to questions on notice, p. 15.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 15.

[25]      EM, p. 14.

[26]      Submission 5, p. 1.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 29.

[28]      DVA, responses to questions on notice, p. 1.

[29]      DVA responses to questions on notice, p. 2.

[30]      Submission 4, p. 9.

[31]      For example, Mr Peter Thornton, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 4.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 7.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 22.

[34]      Senate Standing Order 24.

[35]      Senate Standing Committee on the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 9/16, 23 November 2016, p. 10.

[36]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[37]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[38]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 2.

[40]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[41]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[42]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[43]      House of Representatives Hansard, 9 November 2016, p. 3279.

[44]      DVA responses to questions on notice, 'DRCA Bill: Ex-Service Organisation Round Table (ESORT) Consultation' and 'Information sheet: Proposed Amendments to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SCRA)'.

[45]      Ms Lisa Foreman, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 21; DVA, Vetaffairs, Vol. 31, Autumn, 2015, p. 4.

[46]      Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 25.

[47]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 3.

[48]      Submission 1, p. 3.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 17.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 18

[51]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[52]      Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 25.

[53]      DVA, responses to questions on notice, p. 3.

Chapter 4 - Conclusion and recommendations

[1]        Senate Standing Order 23(3).

[2]        For example, see Scrutiny of Legislation Committee (Queensland), The use of "Henry VIII Clauses" in Queensland Legislation, January 1997, pp 38-56, available at http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/committees/SLC/1997/Report003.pdf (accessed 16 March 2017)

[3]        Submission 5, p. 2.

Labor senators' additional comments

[1]        Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 28.

[2]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Eighth report of 2016, 9 November 2016, pp 504-516. 

Senator Jacqui Lambie's additional comments concurring in part and dissenting in part from the committee's report

[1]        Submission 6, p. 1.

[2]        It should be noted, that the Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL), with a membership of over 240,000 is the largest service and ex-service organisation, and is a member of ESORT, did not make any public submission in reference to the inquiry nor did it appear as a witness at the committee hearing. (See http://rslnational.org/) The RSL weighing in on future inquiries such as this may serve to assist lawmakers in understanding important issues and draft legislation affecting the Defence and Veterans communities.

[3]        Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 25

[4]        It is suggested that the review be independent in nature due to the noted 'perception that DVA has an adversarial relationship with some veterans' advocates groups and lawyers acting on behalf of veterans' noted in the committee's report.

[5]        Explanatory memorandum (EM), p. 15.

[6]        EM, p. 15.

[7]        Mr Brian Briggs, Slater and Gordon Lawyers, Submission 4, p. 17.

[8]        Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 30.

[9]        Ms Carolyn Spiers, DVA, Committee Hansard, 15 March 2017, p. 22.