Chapter 1 - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018

[1]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Treasurer of Australia and Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann, Minister for Finance, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2017–18, December 2017, p. 179; The Hon. Dan Tehan MP, Minister for Social Services (Minister), Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, pp. 1, 3.

[2]        A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 4 cl. 3; Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, ss. 42, 43.

[3]        Department of Human Services, A guide to Australian Government payments – 1 July–19 September 2018, p. 2 https://www.humanservices.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018/06/co029-1807.pdf (accessed 10 July 2018) (Payments Guide).

[4]        A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1, cl. 1.

[5]        Payments Guide, p. 3.

[6]        A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1 cl. 28.

[7]        A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 4 cls. 1, 7.

[8]        Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.

[9]        A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1 cl. 38A.

[10]      Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 3.

[11]      Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.

[12]      A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, sch. 1 cl. 28B.

[13]      Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 3.

[14]      Bill, sch. 1 cl. 1.

[15]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 4.

[16]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 37.

[17]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 39.

[18]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 39.

[19]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 41.

[20]      Bill, sch. 1 items 3–4.

[21]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, ss. 115AE(5), 115EC.

[22]      Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, s. 115CJ.

[23]      Minister, Explanatory Memorandum—Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018, p. 1.

[24]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Scrutiny Digest No. 6 of 2018 (20 June 2018), p. 54.

[25]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report No. 5 of 2018 (19 June 2018), p. 53.

[26]      House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 109, 10 May 2018, p. 1520.

[27]      Journals of the Senate, No. 101, 21 June 2018, pp. 3242–3243.

[28]      Journals of the Senate, No. 107, 14 August 2018, p. 3442; Journals of the Senate, No. 111, 21 August 2018, p. 3555; Journals of the Senate, No. 120, 19 September 2018, p. 3823; Journals of the Senate, No. 124, 17 October 2018, p. 3963.

[29]      Mr Shane Bennett, Group Manager, Payments Policy, Department of Social Services (Department), Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018, p. 28; Department, Submission 3, p. 3.

[30]      Department, Submission 3, p. 3.

[31]      Mr Bennett, Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018, p. 28; Department, Submission 3, p. 2.

[32]      Mr Bennett, Committee Hansard, 31 May 2018, p. 28; Department, Submission 3, p. 2.

[33]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, [pp. 1–2]; National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2, p. 5.

[34]      National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2 p. 5.

[35]      National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2, p. 5. The results of survey on what families spent their family payments on can be found on page 4 of the submission.

[36]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 1].

[37]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, [p. 2].

[38]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2018, p. 3643.

[39]      Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 10 May 2018, p. 3644.

[40]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 2].

[41]      Department, Submission 3, p. 1. The income limit for FTB B was reduced from $150 000 to $100 000 in 2015.

[42]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, [p. 2].

[43]      Department, Submission 3, p. 1.

Additional Comments by Labor Party Senators

[1]        St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 5, p. 2.

[2]        National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, pp. 1, 2; National Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 2, p. 5.

[3]        St Vincent de Paul Society National Council, Submission 5, p. 2.

Dissenting Report by the Australian Greens

[1]        Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Answers to Questions on Notice, Social Services Portfolio, Additional Estimates 2017-18, Question SQ18-000035.

[2]        National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission 2, p. 1.

[3]        National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 1.

[4]        National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 1.

[5]        National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission 2, p. 1.

[6]        National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission 2, p. 2.

[7]        National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 2.

[8]        National Council for Single Mothers and their Children Inc., Submission 2, p. 1.

[9]        National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 3.

[10]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[11]      National Social Security Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 2.

[12]      Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Revised Explanatory Memorandum—Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016, p. 199.

[13]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.

[14]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, pp. 1–2.

[15]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.

[16]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 4, p. 1.