Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Journals
of the Senate, No. 134—3 December 2015, p. 3625.
[2]
Selection of Bills Committee, Report
No. 16 of 2015, 3 December 2015, Appendix 17.
[3]
See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_
Affairs/Family_Payments_No_2.
[4]
The Hon Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Job for
Families child care package delivers choice for families', Media Release, 10
May 2015, http://www.formerministers.dss.gov.au/15859/job-for-families-child-care-package-delivers-choice-for-families/
(accessed 23 November 2015).
[5]
The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House
of Representatives Hansard, 2 December 2015, p. 14425.
[6]
The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of
Representatives Hansard, 2 December 2015, p. 14426.
[7]
House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 162–26
November 2015, p. 1750.
[8]
See:https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/
familypayments.
[9]
Family Tax Benefit (FTB) is an income tested two part payment from the
Australian Government to help families with the cost of raising children. FTB
Part A is a per child payment made to eligible families and FTB Part B gives
extra help to single parents and families with one main income.
[10]
Youth Allowance
provides financial help for people aged 16 to 24
years who are studying full time, undertaking a full time Australian
Apprenticeship, training, looking for work or sick, with payment rates
determined by age and circumstance.
[11]
Disability Support
Pension provides financial support for people who
have a physical, intellectual or psychiatric condition that stops them from
working or people who are permanently blind, with payment rates determined by
age and circumstance.
[12]
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural
Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2015, Explanatory
Memorandum (EM), p. 1.
[13]
EM, p. 2.
[14]
EM, p. 6.
[15]
EM, p. 8.
[16]
See Chapter two for further detail on previously proposed amendments to
FTB payment rates.
[17]
EM, p. 1.
[18]
EM, p. 9.
[19]
EM, pp 9–10.
[20]
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural
Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2015, Statements
of Compatibility with Human Rights (Statements), pp 1-4.
[21]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Thirty-third report of
the 44th Parliament, 2 February 2016, p. 3.
[22]
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Thirtieth report of the
44th Parliament, 10 November 2015, pp 53–60.
[23]
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert
Digest No. 1 of 2016, 3 February 2016, p. 40.
[24]
EM, p. 2.
Chapter 2 - Key issues
[1]
The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, House of
Representatives Hansard, 21 October 2015, p. 11 919.
[2]
See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/
Community_Affairs/ Family_Payments.
[3]
House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, No. 162—26
November 2015, p. 1750.
[4]
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural
Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015, Revised
Explanatory Memorandum, (Revised EM), p. 1.
[5]
Revised EM, p. 1.
[6]
See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/
Family_Payments.
[7]
Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of
Social Services (Department), Proof
Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 42.
[8]
Shop Distributive and Allied Employees' Association (SDAE Association) Submission
2, p. 2. The majority of submissions also raised concerns with the impact
these measures would have on low income families.
[9]
Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Submission 3, p. 3.
[10]
Ms Jacqueline Phillips, Director of Policy, Australian Council of Social
Service (ACOSS), Proof
Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 2.
[11]
National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 7, p. [4].
[12]
Submission 15, p. 1.
[13]
National Council of Women of Australia, Submission 8, p. 6. This
was also recommended by Mr Brian Lawrence of the Australian Catholic Council
for Employment Relations. See: Proof Committee Hansard , 18 February
2016, p. 21.
[14]
Submission 7, p. [4].
[15]
The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Submission 4, p. 3. The
impact on sole parent families was also raised by the ACTU, Submission 3,
p.4; Salvation Army Australia, Submission 9, p. 2, and Welfare Right
Centre NSW, Submission 18, p. 2.
[16]
Ms Amanda McKenzie, Submission 14, p. [1].
[17]
Australian Catholic Commission for Employment Relations (ACCER), Submission
17, p. 9.
[18]
Submission 5, p. [3].
[19]
Submission 5, p. [4].
[20]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 22.
[21]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 37.
[22]
CDA, Submission 12, p. 5.
[23]
CDA, Submission 12, p. 7.
[24]
Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Submission 19,
p. 2.
[25]
Ms Cath Halbert, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 44.
[26]
CECFW, Submission 19, p 3.
[27]
Department, Answers
to Questions taken on Notice during 18 February public hearing,
received from the department, 23 February 2016.
[28]
SDAE Association, Submission 2, p.2. See also Salvation Army, Submission
9, p. 3; Anglicare Australia, Submission 10, p. 3 and ACOSS, Submission
11 Attachment 1, p. 4.
[29]
Submission 6, p. 5.
[30]
Submission 7, p. [6].
[31]
Submission 7, p. [8].
[32]
National Council of Women, Submission 8, p. 3.
[33]
CDA, Submission 12, pp 6–7.
[34]
Ms Cath Halbert Department of Social Services responded to these concerns
in evidence presented to the committee, and stated Proof Committee Hansard,
18 February 2016, p. 42.
[35]
Submission 9, p. 1. See also Anglicare Australia, Submission 10,
p. 3.
[36]
Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 13, p. 1.
[37]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 6.
[38]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 23.
[39]
Ms Cath Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of
Social Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 42.
[40]
Submission 3, p. 4. See also CPSU, Submission 4, p. 1.
[41]
NCSMC, Submission 6, p. 5.
[42]
CPSU, Submission 4, p. 2. See also NCSMC, Submission 6, p. 5
and Refugee Council of Australia, Submission 13, p. 2.
[43]
Submission 11, p. 3. See also Salvation Army, Submission 9,
p. 3.
[44]
House
of Representatives Hansard, 2 December 2015, pp. 14426-14427.
[45]
House of Representatives Hansard, 2 December 2015, p. 14426.
[46]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 17.
[47]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 18.
[48]
Submission 11 Attachment 1, p. 5.
[49]
Ms Lin Hatfield-Dodds, National Director, UnitingCare Australia, Proof
Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 11.
[50]
Submission 4, p. 2.
[51]
Submission 4, p. 2.
[52]
Submission 6, p. 5.
[53]
Ms Kerry Arch, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 6.
[54]
Ms Cath Halbert, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 46.
[55]
Ms Cath Halbert, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 46.
[56]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 7.
[57]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 7.
[58]
NCSMC, Submission 6, p. 2.
[59]
Submission 12, p. 7. See also NWRN, Submission 7, p. [5];
Salvation Army, Submission 9, p. 3; Anglicare Australia, Submission
10, p. 3; ACCER, Submission 17, p. 2 and CECFW, Submission 19,
p. 3.
[60]
Ms Cath Halbert, Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 46.
[61]
Support for the increases to FTB payments rates included: Salvation Army, Submission
9, p. 3 and Anglicare Australia, Submission 10, p. 3.
[62]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 24.
[63]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 29.
[64]
Submission 4, p. 1. See also Submission 2, p.5.
[65]
Submission 7, p. [9]. See also Submission 18, p. 5.
[66]
Submission 9, p. 1.
[67]
Submission 11, p. 3.
[68]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 47.
Labor Senator's Dissenting Report
[1]
Australian Council of Trade Unions, Submission 3, p.4.
[2]
Community and Public Sector Union, Submission 4, p. 2.
[3]
The Parenthood, Submission 15, p.1.
[4]
Salvation Army, Submission 9, p 5.
[5]
Children with Disability Australia, Submission 12, p. 5.
[6]
National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 7, p. 1.
Australian Greens Senators' Dissenting Report
[1]
Australian Greens dissenting report, in Senate Community Affairs
Legislation Committee, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family
Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015, 30
November 2016, pp 15-17.
[2]
Parliamentary Library, Bills
Digest no. 65, 19 January 2016, p. 7.
[3]
Proof Committee Hansard, 18 February 2016, p. 2.
[4]
Australian Greens dissenting report, Social Services Legislation
Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill
2015, pp 15-17.
[5]
Department of Social Services, Answers to Questions taken on Notice
during 18 February public hearing, 23 February 2016.
[6]
Australian Council of Social Service , Submission 11, p. 6.