Footnotes

Report

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 150 — 19 April 2016, pp 4128-4129.

[2]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016, available at: www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-03-30/doorstop-penrith.

[3]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[4]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[5]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[6]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[7]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[8]        See Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Statement on Federation, 30 March 2016, available at: www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-03-30/statement-federation.

[9]        Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Statement on Federation, 30 March 2016.

[10]      Prime Minister the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Interview with Fran Kelly, ABC RN Breakfast, 31 March 2016, available at: http://www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-03-31/interview-fran-kelly-abc-rn-breakfast.

[11]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, pp 1-2.

[12]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 2.

[13]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1.

[14]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1.

[15]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1.

[16]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1.

[17]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 4.

[21]      Mr Luke Yeaman, First Assistant Secretary, Economic Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[22]      See Ms Alison Larkins, Acting Deputy Secretary, Social Policy, PM&C and Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 11.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 18.

[24]      Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[25]      See Ms Alison Larkins, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp 14-15.

[27]      See Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, and Mr Roger Brake, Acting Deputy Secretary, Revenue Group, Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 16.

[28]      See Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[29]      Answer to question on notice number 1 from 27 April 2016 hearing, received from Treasury on 29 April 2016.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 15.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp 16-17.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 16.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[34]      See Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 16.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 16.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 16.

[37]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 19.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 19.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 19.

[40]      See Mr Luke Yeaman, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[41]      Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Statement on Federation, 30 March 2016. See also Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016, where the Prime Minister stated: 'there would be no increase in income tax from a taxpayers' point of view, he or she would pay the same amount of income tax...from the Federal Budget's point of view, the outcome would be, would net off, so that we would not be, we would be making fewer grants to the states but we would be receiving less income tax ourselves, the states would be receiving the income tax to cover those responsibilities'.

[42]      Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 24.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 24.

[45]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 25.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 25.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 26.

[48]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 30.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp 21-22.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 August 2016, p. 22.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 August 2016, p. 22 – 23.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 18.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 18.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 23.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 12.

[57]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 12.

[58]      See Ms Alison Larkins, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 13.

[59]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 15.

[60]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 15.

[61]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 15.

[62]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 23.

[63]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[64]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 17.

[65]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 23.

[66]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 23.

[67]      COAG Communiqué, 1 April 2016, p. 1. See also, Dan Conifer, 'Tasmania, South Australia reject Turnbull's plan for state-set income taxes', ABC News, 31 March 2016.

[68]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 1.

[69]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 2.

[70]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 2.

[71]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 2.

[72]      2014-15 Budget Overview, p. 7, 13 May 2014 available at: http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/overview/download/Budget_Overview.pdf.

[73]      2014-15 Budget Paper No. 2, p. 126, available at http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-14.htm

[74]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 7.

[75]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 7.

[76]      Prime Minister, the Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Doorstop Interview, Penrith, 30 March 2016, available at: www.pm.gov.au/media/2016-03-30/doorstop-penrith.

[77]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[78]      Submission 7, p. 1.

[79]      Submission 2, p. 2. 

[80]      Submission 1, p. 2.

[81]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[82]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[83]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[84]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[85]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 28.

[86]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[87]      Submission 2, pp 1-2. 

[88]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 7.

[89]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 9.

[90]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 7.

[91]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 8.

[92]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education, Address to the Sydney Institute, 'A future fair for all – School funding in Australia', 15 April 2010.

[93]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education, Address to the Sydney Institute, 'A future fair for all – School funding in Australia', 15 April 2010.

[94]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education, Address to the Sydney Institute, 'A future fair for all – School funding in Australia', 15 April 2010.

[95]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Better Schools: A national plan for school improvement', 3 September 2012.

[96]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Better Schools: A national plan for school improvement', 3 September 2012.

[97]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Better Schools: A national plan for school improvement', 3 September 2012.

[98]      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Better Schools: A national plan for school improvement', 3 September 2012.

[99]      Senate Select Committee on School Funding, Equity and excellence in Australian Schools, July 2014, p. 57.

[100]    The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Budget 2013-14: A fairer funding plan for all Australian schools', 14 May 2013.

[101]    The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, and The Hon Peter Garrett MP, Minister for School Education, Media Release, 'Budget 2013-14: A fairer funding plan for all Australian schools', 14 May 2013.

[102]    Parliamentary Library, Research Paper No. 3, 2012-13, Budget Review 2013-14, School education: the National Plan for School Improvement, Marilyn Harrington, p. 111.

[103]    The Coalition's Policy for Schools: Students First, August 2013. p. 2.

[104]    Senate Select Committee on School Funding, Equity and excellence in Australian Schools, July 2014, p. 88.

[105]    Senate Select Committee on School Funding, Equity and excellence in Australian Schools, July 2014, p. 88.

[106]    Senate Select Committee on School Funding, Equity and excellence in Australian Schools, July 2014, p. 89.

[107]    See, Treasurer the Hon Scott Morrison MP interview with Leigh Sales, 7.30, 31 March 2016, and Anna Henderson, 'Public school funding: Labor declares Federal Government plan 'outlandish' and divisive', ABC News, 1 April 2016.

[108]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp 31-32.

[109]    Draft Reform of the Federation Discussion Paper, p. 62, available at: https://federation.dpmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/reform_of_the_federation_discussion_paper.pdf.

[110]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, pp 31-32.

[111]    Mr Luke Yeaman and Ms Alison Larkins, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 32.

[112]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 33.

[113]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 33.

[114]    Ms Alison Larkins, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 31.

[115]    Ms Alison Larkins, PM&C, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 31.

[116]    Answer to question on notice number 13 from 27 April 2016 hearing, received from PM&C on 29 April 2016 and revised on 4 May 2016.

[117]    Mr Roger Brake, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 37.

[118]    Answer to question on notice from 27 April 2016 hearing, received from the Treasury on 29 April 2016.

[119]    Francis Keany, 'Treasurer Scott Morrison says modelled changes to GST 'no secret', done at request of states', ABC News, 9 December 2015.

[120]    The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Transcript of interview with Fran Kelly, ABC RN Breakfast, 31 March 2016.

[121]    See 730 Report, Transcript of interview with the Hon Scot Morrison MO, Treasurer, 30 March 2016; Anna Henderson and Stephanie Anderson, 'Tax reforms: Turnbull confirms radical proposal to allow states, territories to levy income taxes', ABC News, 30 March 2016.

[122]    Jane Lee and Julia Medew, ' Hospital funding 'could help fund federal health reforms' – draft COAG agreement', The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 March 2016.

[123]    Ms Larkins, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 April 2016, p. 31.

Coalition Senators' Dissenting Report

[1] COAG Communique, 11 December 2015, p.1.