Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 November 2016, p. 4316.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 19, 24 November 2016, p. 590.

[3]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 10 of 2016, p. 3.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016, p. 1.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016, p. 3.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016, p. 1.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016, p. 1.

[8]        Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2016, 30 November 2016, pp 29­–30.

[9]        Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 30.

[10]      Scrutiny of Bills Committee, Alert Digest No. 10 of 2016, 30 November 2016, p. 30.

[11]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 17.

[12]      The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Correspondence to the Scrutiny of Bills Committee, tabled at public hearing on 16 February 2017.

[13]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Report 1 of 2017, February 2017, p. 54.

Chapter 2 - Issues raised in evidence

[1]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 1.

[2]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 5.

[3]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 2.

[4]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 1 and 5.

[5]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 2 and 3.

[6]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 4.

[7]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 3.

[8]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 4.

[9]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 6.

[10]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 4.

[11]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 3–4.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016, pp 9–10.

[13]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 5.

[14]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 5.

[15]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 4.

[16]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 4.

[17]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 3.

[18]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 4.

[19]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, p. 3.

[20]      ABC News, Centrelink staff 'bearing the brunt' of debt recovery system backlash, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-10/centrelink-staff-facing-perfect-storm-amid-debt-recovery-trouble/8172208 (accessed 1 February 2017).

[21]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, pp 3–4.

[22]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, p. 3.

[23]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 7.

[24]      For example: Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2; Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3; Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 4; War Widows' Guild of Australia, Submission 5.

[25]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 3.

[26]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3, pp 3–5.

[27]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3, pp 3–5.

[28]      Commonwealth Ombudsman, Submission 3, p. 3.

[29]      War Widows' Guild of Australia, Submission 5, p. 1.

[30]      Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 4, p. 1.

[31]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 7.

[32]      Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 3.

[33]      Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Privacy Act, https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy-law/privacy-act/ (accessed 1 February 2017).

[34]      International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,  New York, 16 December 1966 , entry into force 13 November 1980, [1980] ATS 23, Part III, Article 17.

[35]      Veterans' Affairs Amendment Bill 2016, s. 409A, 151B, 131A.

[36]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 7–9.

[37]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 8.

[38]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, pp 5–6.

[39]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, p. 13.

[40]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, pp 12–14.

[41]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 1–5.

[42]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 11.

[43]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 7.

[44]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 9.

[45]      Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, pp 2–3.

[46]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 10.

[47]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 9–10.

[48]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 11.

[49]      Ms Lisa Foreman, First Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation and Support, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 7.

[50]      Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 3.

[51]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 13.

[52]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 12–13.

[53]      Veterans Advice & Social Centre Hervey Bay, Submission 6, p. 6.

[54]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, p. 10.

[55]      Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association, Submission 1, pp 10–11.

[56]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 12.

[57]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 12.

[58]      The Hon Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 November 2016, p. 4317.

[59]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 12.

[60]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, pp 11–12.

[61]      Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 13.

Additional Comments by Labor Senators - Public Interest Disclosure

[1]        Department of Veteran's Affairs, Submission 2, p. 8.

[2]        Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 4.

[3]        Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 4.

[4]        Ms Doris Gibb, Acting Deputy Ombudsman, Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 4.

[5]        Mr Timothy Pilgrim PSM, Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 4.

[6]        Ms Carolyn Spiers, Principal Legal Adviser, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 4.

Additional Comments from the

[1]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 5.

[2]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 5.

[3]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 February 2017, p. 8.