Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 90—26 March 2015, pp. 2458-2459. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Chamber_documents/Senate_chamber_documents/Journals_of_the_Senate

[2]        Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015, Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_LEGislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5442

[3]        EM, p. [3].

[4]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3353. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard?wc=23/03/2015

[5]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3353, and Department of Social Services, Submission No. 8, p. [2].

[6]        EM, p. [3].

[7]        Submission No. 8, p. [2].

[8]        See Social Security Act 1991, s. 1158. http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2015C00217/Html/Volume_1

[9]        Submission No. 8, p. [2].

[10]      See Social Security and Veterans' Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1986 s. 51 http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2004A03347

[11]      Social Security Act 1991, ss. 23(9), http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2015C00217

[12]      Ms Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of Social Services, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 33.

[13]      FCAFC 436 (20 December 2002), http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2002/436.html

[14]      EM, p. [3]

[15]      Submission 8, p. [2].

[16]      EM, p. 2.

[17]      EM, p. 6.

[18]      Social Security Act 1991, ss. 23(9).

[19]      EM, p. 5.

[20]      EM, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 8, p. [3] and Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015 p. 34.

[22]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 5 of 2015, p. 29. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Scrutiny_of_Bills/Alerts_Digests/2015/index

[23]      Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-second Report of the 44^th Parliament, p. 105.

[24]      EM, pp. [11-13]

[25]      For example: the objective of the measure and the connection between the limitation on rights and achieving the objective.

[26]      See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/ Social_Services_2015.

[27]      See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/ Social_Services_2015/Public_Hearings.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        EM, p. [3].

[2]        EM, p. 2.

[3]        Submission No. 8, p. [3].

[4]        National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 3. The majority of submissions agreed with this view.

[5]        Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Submission 17, p. 2.

[6]        Law Institute of Australia, Submission 6, p. 4.

[7]        Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015 p. 34.

[8]        Social Security Act 1991, s1158.

[9]        Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 34.

[10]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 40.

[11]      Mr McGee, Coordinator, Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 22.

[12]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 39.

[13]      Office of the Public Advocate (Qld), Submission 7, p.12.

[14]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 38.

[15]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 34.

[16]      Submission No. 6, pp. 6-7.

[17]      Mental Health Review Tribunal, Submission 3, p.2. See also Submission 6, p. 6.

[18]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 33.

[19]      EM, p. [12].

[20]      Queensland Government Department of Health, Submission 28, p. 7.

[21]      Submission 8, p. [2].

[22]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 37.

[23]      Submission 28, p. 7.

[24]      The potential for negative impacts on the therapeutic process was a key concern of most submissions.

[25]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 37.

[26]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 36.

[27]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 40.

[28]      Patients who have committed serious offences involving personal harm are likely to have a long period of detention prior to undertaking any rehabilitation activities that involve leave from the institution, both due to the seriousness of the mental health condition and the community safety concerns. Therefore the removal of payments would likely have much less impact on the clinical treatment of this particular group of patients than on the general cohort of mental health patients.

[29]      EM, p. 5.

[31]      This position was proposed by Mental Health Australia, National Mental Health Commission, Australian Council of Social Service and National Welfare Rights Network.

[32]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 37.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 38. The consultation list is available via the Inquiry website at: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/ Community_Affairs/Social_Services_2015/Additional_Documents

Labor Senators' Dissenting Report

[1]        The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3353. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard?wc=23/03/2015

[2]        Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health , Submission 15, Attachment 2 p. 5.

[3]        Queensland Government, Submission 28, p. 1.

[4]        National Mental Health Commission, Submission 13, p. 2.

[5]        Mr Lawrence, Principal Lawyer, Welfare Rights Centre, National Welfare Rights Network, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 28.

[6]        Mrs Xamon, President of the Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 21.

[7]        Mrs Xamon, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 21.

[8]        Impact on rehabilitation is explored below.

[9]        Mental Health Review Tribunal, Submission 3, p. 13.

[10]      Ms Halbert, Group Manager, Payments Policy Group, Department of Social Services, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 37.

[11]      National Mental Health Commission, Submission 13, p. 3.

[12]      The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2015, p. 3353.

[13]      Submission 13, p. 2.

[14]      Submission 28, p. 5.

[15]      Victorian Government, Submission 24, p. 1.

[16]      Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Submission 15, p. 3.

[17]      Mental Health Commission of New South Wales, Submission 5, p.1.

[18]      See paragraph 2.26 of the Majority Report.

[19]      See paragraph 2.26 of the Majority Report.

[20]      New South Wales Government, Submission 29, p. 3.

[21]      National Welfare Rights Network, Submission 1, p. 4.

[22]      Submission 15, p. 3.

[23]      Mr Dalton, Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 14. Mr McGee, Coordinator, Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 22. Dr Brayley, Public Advocate, Office of the Public Advocate, South Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 25.

[24]      Law Institute of Victoria, Victoria Legal Aid, the Hallmark Disability Research Initiative, Western Australian Mental Health Association, Office of the Public Advocate (SA), NSW Government, Queensland Government, Australian Association of Social workers and the Australian Guardianship and Administration Council.

[25]      Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p. 38.

Australian Greens' Dissenting Report

[1]        Mental Health Review Tribunal, Submission 3, p.3.

[2]        Submission 3, p.3.

[3]        Submission 3, p.3.

[4]        Australian Guardianship and Administration Council 2015, cited in Submission 23, pp [3-4].

[5]        Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p.38-39.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p.34.

[7]        Ms Halbert, Committee Hansard, 21 May 2015, p.34.

[8]        NSW Government, Submission 29, p3.

[9]        Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission 27, p.1.

[10]      Mental Health Commission of New South Wales, Submission 5, p.1.

[11]      Western Australian Associations for Mental Health, Submission 17, p.4.

[12]      Submission 17, p.2.

[13]      Submission 17, p.4-5.

[14]      Submission 17, p.2.

[15]      Submission 17, p.2.