Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[2]        Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 357, 358.

[3]        Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, s. 359.

[4]        Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 224.

[5]        Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Review of Veteran and Military Compensation, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2003, as quoted in Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 224.

[6]        Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 247.

[7]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 6-7.

[8]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.

[9]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.

[10]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.

[11]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 8.

[12]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 7-8.

[13]      Ms Lisa Foreman, First Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation and Support Division, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 26; Mr Neil Bayles, Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation, Case Escalation and MRCA Review, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 27.

[14]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 9.

Chapter 2 - Consideration of Schedule 2 of the bill

[1]        Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, pp 5-6.

[2]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.

[3]        Mr Simon Lewis, Chair , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, Statement, tabled by Department of Veterans Affairs, Canberra, 17 September 2015.

[4]        KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 2.

[5]        Mr Greg Isolani, Partner, KCI Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 7.

[6]        Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, pp 2-3.

[7]        Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 3.

[8]        Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.

[9]        Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.

[10]      Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.

[11]      Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.

[12]      CMDR John Hodges RAN (Rtd.), National President, Returned & Services League of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 11.

[13]      Veterans' Review Board, Submission 4, p. 2.

[14]      Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 357, 358.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[16]      Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, s. 359.

[17]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.

[18]      Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 17; Slater &Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8,
pp 4, 6-7, and 10; Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission 15, p. 2; KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, pp 2-3; Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 4.

[19]      CMDR John Hodges, Returned and Service League of Australia (RSL), Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, pp 11-12.

[20]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 10-11.

[21]      Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 16; Mr Greg Niven, Submission 3, p. 1; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 5, pp 2-3; Legacy Australia, Submission 6, p. 2; Returned & Services League of Australia, Supplementary Submission 7.1, p. 1; Slater &Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8; Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission 15, pp 2-3;
Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Submission 12;  Mr Nathan Mark, Submission 14; KCI Lawyers, Submission 18; Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, pp 3-4.

[22]      Defence Force Welfare Association, Supplementary Submission 15.1, p. 1.

[23]      Returned & Services League of Australia, Supplementary Submission 7.1, p. 1.

[24]      Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 4.

[25]      Mr Greg Niven, Submission 3, p. 1.

[26]      KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 2.

[27]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 3.

[28]      Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.

[29]      Some of these were from previous years.

[30]      Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.

[31]      Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 18; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 5,
p. 2; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, pp 11-12; Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2; Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission 15, p. 2; Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission 16, p. 5;
KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, pp 9-10; Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 4;
Mr Bill Marklew, Submission 21, p1 1-2.   

[32]      Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 2.

[33]      Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services, 1 July 2015, B-3.

[34]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17 September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).  

[35]      Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8; KCI Lawyers, Submission 18; Mr Bill Marklew, Submission 21, p. 1.

[36]      Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 2.

[37]      Jensen and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission [2014] AATA 807
(30 October 2014).

[38]      KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 3.

[39]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17 September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).

[40]      Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 5; Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 2; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 3; Australian Peacekeeper & Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission 11, p. 2; Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2; David Tones, Submission 13, p. 2; Mr Nathan Mark, Submission 14; Mr Rod Thompson,
Submission 19, p. 4; Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 3.

[41]      Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 2.

[42]      Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 3.

[43]      Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17 September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).