Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]           Submission No.67, pp.3-5. The Communique released by the National Seminar is at Appendix 1 to this submission.

Chapter 2 - Current and future dental care needs

[1]           Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.97.

[2]           National Health Strategy, Improving Dental Health in Australia, Background Paper No. 9, 1992, p.11.

[3]           Submission No.131, p.2.

[4]           AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit, Dental Care for Adults in Australia, AIHW, 1993, p.1.

[5]           Submission No.51, p.1.

[6]           Submission No.88, p.1.

[7]           Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.40.

[8]           Submission No.87, p.1.

[9]           Submissions No.95, p.1 and No.128, p.3.

[10]         For example Submissions No.37, p.2; No.76, p.1; No.97, p.10; and No.133, p.8.

[11]         Committee Hansard, 23.03.98, p.119.

[12]         AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit, Commonwealth Dental Health Program Baseline Evaluation Report 1994, AIHW, 1995, p.1.

[13]         Submission No.127, p.5.

[14]         AIHW Dental Research and Research Unit, Commonwealth Dental Health Program Evaluation Report 1994-1996, AIHW, 1997, p.ix.

[15]         Submission No.41, p.2.

[16]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.100.

[17]         Those surveyed were divided into five groups, or quintiles, by level of income.

[18]         AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit and Social and Preventive Dentistry at the University of Adelaide, A Research Database on Dental Care in Australia: Final Report, April 1993, p.50.

[19]         Research Database report, p.5.

[20]         Research Database report, pp.174-175.

[21]         AIHW, Australia’s Health 1996: Fifth Biennial Health Report of the AIHW, AGPS, Canberra, 1996, p.177.

[22]         Submission No.120, pp.2-3.

[23]         Submission No.87, p.1.

[24]         Submission No.105, Appendix C, pp.1-2.

[25]         Submission No.107, pp.2-3.

[26]         Submission No.54, p.2.

[27]         Submission No.76, p.2. The Association quoted J.M.Lewis, Interests, Inequity and Inertia: Dental Health Policy and Politics in Australia, University of Melbourne, 1997.

[28]         Submission No.100, p.2.

[29]         Submission No.85, p.3.

[30]         Submission No.85, p.3.

[31]         Submission No.80, p.1.

[32]         Submissions No.85, pp. 5-6; No. 87, p.2; No.50, p.1.

[33]         Submission No.125, p.6.

[34]         Submissions No.67, p.8 and No.92, pp.2-4. See also Submission No.27 which quoted statistics from the AIHW.

[35]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, pp.130-131.

[36]         Submission No.85, p.2.

[37]         Submission No.67, p.8.

[38]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.89.

[39]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.112.

[40]         Submission No.127, p.9.

[41]         Submission No.49, pp.1-2.

[42]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.116.

[43]         Submission No.8, p.1.

[44]         Submission No.10, p.1.

[45]         Submission No.34, p.1.

[46]         Submission No.59, p.3.

[47]         Submission No.127, p.7.

[48]         Submissions No.41, p.5 and No.91, p.2.

[49]         AIHW, Australia’s Health 1996, p.79.

[50]         Submission No.64, p.1.

[51]         Submission No.97, p.5.

[52]         Submission No.51, p.3.

[53]         Submission No.97, pp.1-2.

[54]         Submission No.64, p.1.

[55]         Submission No.64, p.2.

[56]         Submission No.127, p.21.

[57]         Submission No.59, p.5.

[58]         Submission No.41, p.5.

[59]         Submission No.127, p.21.

[60]         Submission No.127, p.21.

[61]         Submission No.62, p.2.

[62]         Submission No.90, p.2.

[63]         Submission No.120, p.3. ACOSS cited AIHW, Dental Practitioner Statistics Australia, 1994.

[64]         Submission No.128, p.3.

[65]         Submission No.129, p.4.

[66]         Submission No.128, p.13.

[67]         Submission No.51, p.3.

[68]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.34, 56.

[69]         Submission No.129, p.3.

[70]         Submission No.128, p.4.

[71]         Submission No.67, p.11.

[72]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.57.

[73]         AIHW, Australia’s Health 1996, p.28.

[74]         Submission No.78, pp.2-3.

[75]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.66.

[76]         Submission No.133, pp.2-5.

[77]         Submission No.133, p.2.

[78]         Submission No.78, p.5.

[79]         Submission No.78, p.6.

[80]         Submission No.133, pp.3-4.

[81]         Submission No.61A, p.2.

[82]         AIHW, Australia’s Health 1996, pp.28-29.

[83]         AIHW, Australia’s Health 1996, pp. 178-179.

[84]         Submission No.59, p.3.

[85]         Non dental pathology and systemic diseases with oral symptoms, List tabled at hearing on 23.3.98 (DHSV).

[86]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.36.

[87]         Submission No.124, p.2.

[88]         Submission No.124, pp.3-5.

[89]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.34.

[90]         Submission No.74, p.2.

[91]         Submission No.48, p.4.

[92]         Submission No.48, pp.2, 5.

[93]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.41.

[94]         Submission No.48, p.6.

[95]         Submission No.11, p.1.

[96]         Submission No.11, p.2.

[97]         Submission No.91, p.4.

[98]         Submission No.91, p.3.

[99]         Submission No.61A, pp.3-4. These results are from the analysis of data collected during 1994-96.

[100]       Submission No.72, pp.1-2.

[101]       Submission No.97, p.16.

[102]       Submission No.98, p.2.

[103]       Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.97.

[104]       Submission No.61, Attachment, Policy Options for Public Funded Dental Care, p.2.

[105]       Submission No.61, Attachment, p.3.

[106]       Submission No.86, p.26.

Chapter 3 - Commonwealth dental health program

[1]           AIHW Dental Statistics and Research Unit, Commonwealth Dental Health Program Evaluation Report 1994-96, AIHW, 1997, pp.5-6.

[2]           AIHW study , p.1.

[3]           Submission No.121, p.2.

[4]           AIHW study, p.72.

[5]           Submission No.121, p.3.

[6]           Submission No.121, p.1.

[7]           Submission No.121, p.2.

[8]           Submission No.121, p.2. DHFS stated that the 1.5 million figure strictly relates to occasions of service, rather than to individuals as a number of clients received more than one service under the Program. See Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.16.

[9]           Submissions No.120, p.6; No.61, p.7; No.38, p.4; No.53, p.4; No.85, p.7; No.107, p.5; No.63, p.3. See also Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.18.

[10]         Submission No.120, p.6.

[11]         Submission No.63, p.3.

[12]         These surveys included information from the wider community via annual national telephone interview surveys with an associated postal survey of satisfaction with care received; from eligible card holders who received publicly funded care; and about publicly funded services provided to card holders. See AIHW study, p.1.

[13]         AIHW study, p.4.

[14]         AIHW study, pp.1-2, 73.

[15]         See Submissions No.63, p.3; No.77, p.2; No.120, p.6.

[16]         AIHW study, p.2.

[17]         Submission No.67, p.14. See also Submission No.51, p.5.

[18]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.18.

[19]         Submission No.51, p.5.

[20]         Submission No.130, p.3.

[21]         Submission No.133, p.6.

[22]         AIHW study, p.2.

[23]         AIHW study, p.2.

[24]         Submission No.51, p.5.

[25]         AIHW study, p.84.

[26]         AIHW study, p.3.

[27]         Submission No.121, p.4.

[28]         Submission No.121, pp.4-5.

[29]         AIHW study, p.84.

[30]         Submission No.121, p.6.

[31]         AIHW study, p.3.

[32]         Submission No.51, p.10.

[33]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.22.

[34]         Submissions No.51, p.10; and No.73, p.3; AIHW study, p.3.

[35]         Submission No.51, p.10.

[36]         Submission No.51, p.10.

[37]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.22.

[38]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.22-23.

[39]         AIHW study, p.3.

[40]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.22.

[41]         AIHW study, p.3.

[42]         AIHW study, p.2.

[43]         Submission No.51, p.5.

[44]         Submission No.73, p.3.

[45]         Submissions No.51, p.5; No.67, p.15; No.120, p.6; No.103, p.5;  No.125, p.7.

[46]         Submission No.67, p.15.

[47]         Submission No.51, p.5.

[48]         Submission No.120, p.6.

[49]         House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs, Concessions – WhoBenefits? Report on Concession Card Availability and Eligibility for Concessions, October 1997, p.79.

[50]         Submission No.131, p.11.

[51]         Submission No.91, p.6.

[52]         Submission No.127, p.10.

[53]         Submission No.86, pp.11-14.

[54]         Submissions No.41, p.2; No.77, p.3; No.130, p.3.

[55]         Submissions No.86, p.14; No.91, pp.6-8; No.120, p.6.

[56]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.19.

[57]         Submission No.53, p.3.

[58]         Submission No.127, p.10.

[59]         Submission No.86, p.15.

[60]         Submission No.91, p.8.

[61]         Submission No.67, p.16.

[62]         Submissions No.130, p.3; No.131, p.8; No.133, p.6.

[63]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.44.

[64]         Submission No.133, p.6.

[65]         Submission No.14, p.1.

[66]         Submission No.27, p.1.

[67]         Submission No.26, p.1.

[68]         Submissions No.120, p.6; No.85, pp.3-5; No.53, p.3.

[69]         Submission No.97, p.8.

[70]         Submission No.105, pp.1-5. See also Submission No.107, pp.4 -6.

[71]         Submission No.67, p.18.

[72]         Submission No.128, pp.2, 5-6.

[73]         Submission No.131, p.11.

[74]         Submission No.131, p.9.

[75]         Submission No.86, p.8.

[76]         Submission No.77, p.3; Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.83-85.

[77]         Submission No.133, p.6.

[78]         Submission No.130, p.4.

[79]         Submission No.131, p.13.

[80]         Submission No.127, p.10.

[81]         Submission No.128, p.5.

[82]         Submissions No.120, p.6; No.53, p.3; No.97, pp.7-8.

[83]         Submissions No.97, pp.7-9; No.49, p.2; No.83, p.3. See also Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, pp.112-18.

[84]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.112.

[85]         Submission No.49, p.2.

[86]         Submission No.59, pp.5-6 and Submission No.97, p.7.

[87]         Submission No.49, p.2.

[88]         Submission No.40, p.1 and Submission No.129, p.6. See also Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.56-65.

[89]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.58.

[90]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.58.

[91]         Submission No.40, p.1.

[92]         Submissions No.78, pp.5-7 and No.23, pp.7-11. See also Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.66-78.

[93]         Submission No.78, p.6.

[94]         Submission No.133, pp.5-6.

[95]         Submission No.23, p.10.

[96]         Submission No.23, p.9.

[97]         Submission No.78, p.6.

[98]         Submission No.91, pp.4, 9; Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.34-38.

[99]         Submission No.59, p.3.

[100]       Submission No.59, p.3.

[101]       Submission No.59, p.6.

[102]       Submission No.48, p.5.

[103]       Submission No.48, p.4.

[104]       Submission No.45, p.1.

[105]       Submission No.45, p.1 and Submission No.11, pp.1-2.

[106]       Submission No.124, pp.1-5 and Submission No.119, pp.1-6. See also Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.37-38.

[107]       Submission No.124, p.1.

Chapter 4 - Commonwealth's reponsibility for the provision of dental services

[1]           Letter from the Attorney-General, the Hon Daryl Williams to the Committee Chairman, Senator Mark Bishop, 10.12.97.

[2]           Submission No.67, p.21.

[3]           Submission No.36, p.2 and Submission No.67, pp.21-2.

[4]           Submission No.97, p.11.

[5]           Submission No.36, pp.2-3.

[6]           John McMillan, Senior Lecturer in Law, ANU, Commonwealth Constitutional Power over Health, pp.42-45. McMillan’s comments are summarised in Submission No.125, p.9.

[7]           Submission No.86, p.18. See also Submissions No.57, p.2; No.76, p.2; No.98, p.6; No.107, p.6; No.120, p.5; and No.133, p.7.

[8]           Submissions No.36, p.3; No.48, p.7; No.67, p.22; and No.86, p.18.

[9]           Submission No.36, p.3.

[10]         McMillan, op.cit., pp.11-15.

[11]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.16.

[12]         Submission No.128, p.7.

[13]         Submission No.125, p.9.

[14]         Submission No.36, p.3.

[15]         Submissions No.67, p.23 and No.127, p.12.

[16]         Submission No.131, pp.4-5. See also Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.4-5 and 23.3.98, p.128.

[17]         Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Notes for Local Dental Officers and LDO Fees Bulletin – Effective 1 January 1998.

[18]         Submission No.19, p.1.

[19]         Australian National Audit Office, Australian Defence Force Health Services, Audit Report No.34 1996-97, pp.71-72.

[20]         Submission No.127, p.12.

Chapter 5 - Options for the future

[1]           For example, Submissions No.44, p.2; No.54, p.2; and No.6, p.1.

[2]           Submission No.107, p.7. See also Submissions No.19, p.2 and No.125, pp.12-14.

[3]           Submission No.97, p.15.

[4]           Submission No.125, p.2.

[5]           ‘Role of the Commonwealth in the Provision of Dental Services for the Disadvantaged’ National Seminar Communique, 16 January 1998, p.5.

[6]           For example, Submissions No. 50, p.1; No. 125, p.12; No.107, p.8; No. 105, p.4; No. 83, p.4; No. 85, p.8; No. 100, p.3; No. 98, p.2 and No. 97, p.16.

[7]           Submission No.68, p.1.

[8]           Submission No.59, p.7.

[9]           Submission No.74, p.2.

[10]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.3.

[11]         Submission No.83, p.4.

[12]         Submission No.67, p.41.

[13]         Submission No.47, p.1.

[14]         Submission No.109, p.2.

[15]         Submission No.130, p.5.

[16]         Submission No.51, p.1.

[17]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.101.

[18]         Submission No.130, p.2.

[19]         Submission No.77, p.3.

[20]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.81.

[21]         Committee Hansard, 23.03.98, pp.122-23, 137; and Submission No.67, Additional Information, p.2.

[22]         Submission No.132, p.2.

[23]         Submission No.61, Attachment, Policy Options for Public Funded Dental Care, p.8-10.

[24]         Submission No.130, p.5.

[25]         Submission No.109, p.2.

[26]         Submission No.61, Attachment, Policy Options for Public Funded Dental Care, p.5.

[27]         Submission No.100, p.3.

[28]         Submission No.76, p.4.

[29]         National Seminar Communique, p.4.

[30]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.48.

[31]         Submission No.128, p.15.

[32]         Submissions No.52, pp.1-11 and No.67, pp.39-40.

[33]         Submission No.52, p.2 and Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.28-29.

[34]         For example, Submissions No.47, p.1; No.51, p.11; No.53, p.7; No.67, pp.39-40; No.85, p.8; No.120, p.7; No.127, pp. 23-24; and No. 128, p.13.

[35]         Submission No.52, p.7.

[36]         Submission No.53, p. 7.

[37]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.51.

[38]         Submission No.76, p.3.

[39]         Submission No.76, pp.3-4.

[40]         Submission No.109, p.1.

[41]         Submission No.97, p.14.

[42]         Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, p.26.

[43]         Submission No.118, p.2.

[44]         Submission No.127, p.22.

[45]         Submissions No.49, p.3 and No. 86, p.24.

[46]         Submission No.78, pp.8-9.

[47]         Submission No.97, p.16.

[48]         Submission No.98, p.2.

[49]         Submission No.125, p.11.

[50]         Submission No.38, pp.7-8.

[51]         For example, Submissions No.120, p.7; No.114, p.3; and No.111, p.3.

[52]         Submissions No.110, p.1 and No.92, p.4.

[53]         For example, Submissions No.78, p.9; No.87, p.9 and National Seminar Communique, p.4.

[54]         For example, Submissions No.128, p.13; No. 129, p.5 and No. 78, p.9.

[55]         Submission No.51, pp.4-5, 10. See also Submissions No.129, p.4 and No.78, p.8.

[56]         Submission No.65, p.2.

[57]         For example, Submissions No.41, pp.4-6; No.49, p.3; No.50, p.1; No.51, p.8; No.63, p.4; No.67, pp.27-38; No.76, Attachment p.4; No.80, p.2; No.85, p.7; No.86, p.23; and No.96, p.5.

[58]         Submission No.91, p.4.

[59]         Submission No. 51, p.4.

[60]         Submission No.67, p.27-39. See also Submissions No.41, pp.4-6 and No.87, pp.5-8.

[61]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, pp.121-22.

[62]         Submission No.95, p.7.

[63]         Submission No.45, p.1. See also, for example, National Seminar Communique, pp.2-5; Submissions No.49, p.3; No.51, pp.7-8; No.125, p.9.

[64]         Submission No.46, p.7.

[65]         National Seminar Communique, pp.3-4. See also Submissions No.48, p.8; No.53, p.4; No.80, p.2; No.86, p.12; No.96, p.4; No.125, p.10; No.128, p.7; No.131, p.12; and No.133, p.9.

[66]         This proposal was supported by, among others, Submissions No.51, p.7; No.53, p.1; No.63, p.4; No.75, p.1; No.86, p.20; No.120, p.7; and No.133, p.8.

[67]         Committee Hansard, 23.3.98, p.95.

[68]         Submission No.128, p.10.

[69]         For example, Submissions No.38, p.6; No.95, p.7; No.120. p.8; and No.128, pp.15-16.

[70]         Submission No.121, p.8.

[71]         In particular Committee Hansard, 6.3.98, pp.9-10.

[72]         Submission No.128, p.10.

[73]         Submission No.51, p.11.

[74]         Submission No.61, p.4.

[75]         Submission No. 61, p.2.

[76]         For example, Submissions No.38, p.6; No.68, p.2; No.95, p.10; and No.111, p.4.

[77]         Submission No.51, p.7.

[78]         Submission No.71, p.7.

[79]         Submission No.75, p.1.