Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, pp 1–2.

[2]        On 13 May 2015 the Senate passed a resolution that the provisions of all bills introduced into the House of Representatives after 14 May 2015 and up to and including 4 June 2015 that contain substantive provisions commencing on or before 1 July 2015 (together with the provisions of any related bill), are referred to committees for inquiry and report by 15 June 2015. See: Journals of the Senate, No. 93–13 May 2015, p. 2585.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 95–15 June 2015, p. 2644.

[4]        Budget 2015, 'Statement 1: Budget Overview,' Budget Paper 1: Budget Strategy and Overview, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/bp1/html/bp1_bs1-04.htm (accessed 12 June 2015).

[5]        Journals of the Senate, No. 61–28 October 2014, p. 1639.

[6]        House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 2.

[7]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2.

[8]        EM, p. 1.

[9]        EM, p. 9.

[10]      EM, p. 9.

[11]      House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 2.

[12]      EM, p. 1.

[13]      EM, p. 16.

[14]      EM, p. 1.

[15]      EM, p. 23.

[16]      EM, p. 27.

[17]      EM, p. 2.

[18]      EM, p. 1.

[19]      EM, p. 2.

[20]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Human Rights Scrutiny Report: Twenty‑fourth report of the 44^th  Parliament, 23 June 2015, pp 12–19.

[21]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 6 of 2015, 17 June 2015, pp 55–56.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Department of Social Services (DSS), Submission 2, p. 1.

[2]        See: Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), Submission 5; Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL), Submission 7; National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 6, UnitingCare, Submission 4; National Council for Single Mothers and their Children, Submission 8; Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation, Submission 9; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10; Orygen, Submission 12.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2; Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 107.

[4]        See: ACOSS, Submission 5; BSL, Submission 7; NWRN, Submission 6, UnitingCare, Submission 4; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10; Mr David Pigott, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 8.

[5]        Ms Margaret Kidd, Group Manager, Labour Market Strategy Group, Department of Employment, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 47.

[6]        Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of Social Services, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 47. In response to questions on notice, DoE and DSS provided the committee with the number of job seekers expected to participate in the 'Growing Jobs and Small Business' measures. See: DoE, answer to question on notice, 5 August 2015 (received 7 August 2015); and DSS, answer to question on notice, 5 August 2015 (received 10 August 2015).

[7]        See: NWRN, Submission 6, pp 7–8; Mr David Pigott, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 August 2015, p. 7; Ms Kate Beaumont, President, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 40.

[8]        Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 47.

[9]        Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 46.

[10]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 46.

[11]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 45.

[12]      Australian Government, Budget 2015: Growing Jobs and Small Business, 'Moving job seekers into work,' http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/glossy/sml_bus/html/sml_bus-15.htm (accessed 9 June 2015). 

[13]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 42.

[14]      The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 1.

[15]      Ms Margaret Kidd, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 42.

[16]      Department of Employment, answer to question on notice, 5 August 2015 (received 7 August 2015).

[17]      See: EM, p. 16.

[18]      Ms Margaret Kidd, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[19]      Mr Finn Pratt, Secretary, Department of Social Services, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 109.

[20]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[21]      See: AASW, Submission 1, p. 3; NUS, Submission 3, p. 7; UnitingCare, Submission 4, p. 3.

[22]      Ms Kate Beaumont, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 41.

[23]      The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 28 May 2015, p. 2. During Budget Estimates, DSS confirmed the payment would be spend over three years from 1 January 2016. See: Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy, Estimates Hansard, 4 June 2015, p. 108.

[24]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 45.

[25]      NCSMC, Submission 9, p. 2.

[26]      See: ACOSS, Submission 5; NWRN, Submission 6; Headspace, Submission 9; Orygen, Submission 12; NCSMC, Submission 9.

[27]      Ms Terese Edwards, CEO, NCSMC Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 23.

[28]      Headspace, Submission 9, p. 3.

[29]      DSS, answer to question on notice, 5 August 2015 (received 10 August 2015).

[30]      See: ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 2; NWRN, Submission 6, p. 14; UnitingCare, Submission 4, p. 2; Anglicare, Submission 10, p. 5.

[31]      See: ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 2; NWRN, Submission 6, p. 14.

[32]      Ms Amie Meers, Executive Officer, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 39.

[33]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 2.

[34]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 2.

[35]      See: ACOSS, Submission 5; AASW, Submission 1; NUS, Submission 3; NWRN, Submission 6; BSL, Submission 7; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10.

[36]      See: ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 2; NWRN, Submission 6, pp 16–17; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10, p. 6.

[37]      NWRN, Submission 6, p. 3.

[38]      See: Ms Margaret Quixley, Young Opportunities Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 August 2015, p. 32; Ms Rose Steele, President, National Union of Students, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 5 August 2015, p. 33.

[39]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 2.

[40]      See: ACOSS Submission 5, p. 7; NWRN, Submission 6, p. 18; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10, p. 8.

[41]      Ms Rose Steele, President, NUS, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 33.

[42]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 4.

[43]      ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 6.

[44]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 3–4.

[45]      DSS, Submission 2, p. 4.

Dissenting Report from Labor Senators

[1]        ACTU, Submission 11, p. 5.

[2]        ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 1.

[3]        Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 1, p. 2.

[4]        ACTU, Submission 11, p. 5.

[5]        Mr David Pigott, General Manager, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p.7.

[6]        Ms Kate Beaumont, President, National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 35.

[7]        ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 2.

[8]        UnitingCare Australia, Submission 4 p. 4.

[9]        National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, p. 13.

[10]      Statements of compatibility with human rights.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum.

[12]      Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 1, p. 3.

[13]      UnitingCare Australia, Submission 4, p. 4.

[14]      Orygen, Submission12, p. 8.

[15]      ACTU, Submission 11, p. 3.

[16]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, p. 5.

[17]      UnitingCare, Submission 4, p. 3.

[18]      Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of Social Services, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[19]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[20]      Ms Cath Halbert, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[21]      Brotherhood of St Laurence, Submission 7, p. 1.

[22]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 6, p. 3.

[23]      Dr Cassandra Goldie, Chief Executive Officer, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 1.

[24]      Ms Kate Beaumont, President, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 35.

[25]      National Union of Students, Submission 3, p. 6.

[26]      Orygen, Submission 12, p. 9.

[27]      Headspace, Submission 8, p. 3.

[28]      Headspace, Submission 8, p. 2.

[29]      ACTU, Submission 11, p. 3.

[30]      Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 1, p. 3.

[31]      Ms Margaret Quixley, Founding Director, Young Opportunities Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 30.

[32]      ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 4.

[33]      Anglicare Australia, Submission 10, p. 8.

[34]      ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 7.

[35]      ACOSS, Submission 5, p. 7.

[36]      Ms Michelle Waterford, Research and Policy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, page 8.

[37]      Ms Kate Beaumont, President, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, page 35.

Dissenting Report – Australian Greens

[1]        Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Advisor, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 3.

[2]        See: National Welfare Rights Network submission to the committee's inquiry into the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 and Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014, Submission 60, p. 20.

[3]        Mr Peter Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 4.

[4]        Ms Rose Steele, President, National Union of Students (NUS), Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p.32.

[5]        Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 3.

[6]        Ms Michelle Waterford, Research and Policy Director, Anglicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 14.

[7]        Mr David Pigott, General Manager, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p.13.

[8]        Mr Len Baglow, Policy Advocate, Australian Association of Social Workers, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 19.

[9]        Mr Len Baglow, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 19.

[10]      Ms Margaret Quixley, Founding Director, Young Opportunities Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 30.

[11]      Ms Margaret Quixley, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 30.

[12]      Ms Carolyn Watts, Vocation and Education Specialist, headspace National Youth Mental Health, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 21.

[13]      Ms Michelle Waterford, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 12.

[14]      Ms Rose Steele, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 33.

[15]      Ms Michelle Waterford, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p .8.