Appendix 1Tabled Documents
Social Services portfolio
14 February 2024
Services Australia, responses to Senators Maria Kovacic and Janet Rice, request for information.
Senator Janet Rice, The Guardian article: Centrelink staff claim toilet breaks are being timed by management in crackdown.
Senator Janet Rice, The Guardian article: Jobseeker ensured 11 weeks without Centrelink payments but was still forced to attend job agency appointments.
Senator Janet Rice, X post: Calls to disability phone line.
Senator the Hon Don Farrell, opening statement.
Senator Hollie Hughes, The Australian article: Australian in the dark over secret NDIS modelling and budget savings.
Department of Social Services, information on all payments.
Health and Aged Care portfolio
15 February 2024
Department of Health and Aged Care, response to Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, request for information.
Department of Health and Aged Care, Chief Health Economist role description.
Cancer Australia, opening statement.
Department of Health and Aged Care, Aged Care Taskforce Communiques.
Department of Health and Aged Care, GP non-referred attendances – bulk billing change from October to December to show the impact of tripling the BBI in November.
Social Services portfolio
18 March 2024
Senator Janet Rice, The Guardian Article: Homeless Australians are dying at age 44 on average in hidden crisis.
Senator Janet Rice, The Guardian Article: Rough sleepers dying 'alarmingly' premature deaths, Sydney homeless data shows.
Senator Janet Rice, The Guardian Article: What do we know about homelessness deaths in Australia - and why nobody is tracking them.
National Disability Insurance Agency, opening statement.