Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Votes and Proceedings, No. 11, 13 October 2016, p. 212.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 15, 10 November 2016, p. 448.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 16, 21 November 2016, p. 494.

[4]        Submissions are available from the committee's website: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Education_and_Employment/YouthJobsPath.

[5]        Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[6]        Statement of Compatibility with Human Rights, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 9.

[7]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human rights scrutiny report, Report 8 of 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 55.

[8]        Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Index of Bills Considered by the Committee 2016, 9 November 2016, p. 7.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[10]      Commonwealth of Australia, 2016-17 Budget, Budget Paper No. 2, 3 May 2016, p. 85. For further information, see Chapter 2, paragraph 2.2.

Chapter 2 - Provisions of the bill

[1]        Commonwealth of Australia, 2016-17 Budget, Budget Overview, Budget Paper No.1, 3 May 2016, p. 1.

[2]        Department of Employment, Employability Skills Training – Consultation Paper, 18 August 2016, p. 2.

[3]        Commonwealth of Australia, 2016-17 Budget, Budget Paper No. 2, 3 May 2016, p. 85.

[4]        Department of Employment, Employability Skills Training – Consultation Paper, 18 August 2016, p. 3.

[5]        Department of Employment, Employability Skills Training – Consultation Paper, 18 August 2016, p. 2.

[6]        Department of Employment, Submission 14, pp. 4–5.

[7]        www.employment.gov.au/youth-jobs-path (accessed 20 November 2016).

[8]        www.employment.gov.au/youth-jobs-path (accessed 20 November 2016).

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 1–2.

[10]      The bill amends the Social Security Act 1991, the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, and the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

[11]      See Item 1 and Item 2 of Schedule 1, which respectively ensure that internship payments made to participants in the PaTH program are not treated as income under the Social Security Act 1991 and the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

[12]      Items 1 and 2, Schedule 1.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[14]      Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest no. 37 of 2016-17, 10 November 2016, p. 3.

[15]      Proposed section 95C of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

[16]      Proposed subsection 95C(1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Chapter 3 - Issues raised by submitters

[1]        Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 5, p. 1.

[2]        Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 5, p. 1.

[3]        Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 9, p. 1.

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

[5]        Interns Australia, Submission 1, pp. 1–2.

[6]        UnitingCare Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[7]        UnitingCare Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[8]        Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 8.

[9]        Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 8.

[10]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 8.

[11]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 6.

[12]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 6.

[13]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 6.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[15]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[16]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 3.

[17]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[18]      Youth Action, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Youth Coalition of the ACT, Youth Affairs Network Queensland, Youth Network of Tasmania, Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia and the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia, Joint Submission 7, pp. 3–4.

[19]      Youth Action, Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria, Youth Coalition of the ACT, Youth Affairs Network Queensland, Youth Network of Tasmania, Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia and the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia, Joint Submission 7, p. 3.

[20]      Department of Employment, Submission 14.

[21]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[22]      Per Capital, Submission 2, p. 1.

[23]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[24]      Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Submission 5, p. 2.

[25]      Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 9, p. 1.

[26]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 7.

[27]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 7.

[28]      Anglicare Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[29]      Per Capita, Submission 2, p. 1.

[30]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 9.

[31]      Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 9.

Labor Senators’ Dissenting Report

[1]        Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 6.

[2]        Department of Employment, Submission 14, p. 6.

[3]        Youth Action, Submission 7, pp. 3–4.

[4]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[5]        Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[6]        ACTU, Submission 10, p. 2.

[7]        Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[8]        Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 3.

[9]        Per Capita, Submission 2, p. 1.

[10]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

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

[12]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.

[13]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[14]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 6.

[15]      Uniting Care Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[16]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.

[17]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[18]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[19]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[20]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[21]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[22]      Per Capita, Submission 2, p. 1.

[23]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 13, p. 2.

[24]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[25]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 6.

[26]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[27]      Anglicare Australia, Submission 6, p. 2.

[28]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[29]      Children and Young People with Disability, Submission 8, p. 5.

[30]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 4.

[31]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[32]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 6.

[33]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 6.

[34]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[35]      Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network, Submission 12, p. 3.

[36]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[37]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, pp. 3–4.

[38]      Uniting Care Australia. Submission 4, p. 7.

[39]      Uniting Care Australia, Submission 4, p. 6.

[40]      Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network, Submission 12, p. 3.

[41]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, pp. 1–2.

[42]      Uniting Care Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[43]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 5.

[44]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[45]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 4.

[46]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 13, p. 3.

[47]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 6.

[48]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 1.

[49]      Youth Action, Submission 7, p. 3.

[50]      Australian Unemployed Workers Union, Submission 3, pp. 3–4.

[51]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, pp. 3–4.

[52]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[53]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 13, p. 5.

[54]      National Employment Services Association, Submission 13, p. 6.

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

[1]        Anglicare Australia, Submission 6, p. 3.

[2]        Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[3]        Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[5]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.

[6]        Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[7]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[8]        Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[9]        Anglicare Australia, Submission 6, p. 3

[10]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 3.

[11]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

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

[13]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, pp. 4–5.

[14]      UnitingCare Australia, Submission 4, p. 6.

[15]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.

[16]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.

[17]      Jobs Australia, Submission 11, p. 5.

[18]      Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia and the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia, Submission 12, pp. 2–3.

[19]      Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 10, p. 2.

[20]      Interns Australia, Submission 1, p. 3

[21]      Australian Council of Social Service, Submission 15, p. 5.