Footnotes


Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Budget 2016-17, 'Simplifying Student Payments', Budget Measures – Budget Paper No. 2, p. 145.  

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016 (EM), p.1.

[3]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 856.

[4]        EM, pp.1­–3.

[5]        EM, p.2.

[6]        EM, p.2.

[7]        EM, p.1.

[8]        Journals of the Senate, No. 11–13 October 2016, p. 326.

[9]        Senate Standing Committee for Selection of Bills, Report No. 7 of 2016, Appendix 7.

[10]      See: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/StudentPayments

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 1, p. 1.

[2]        The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 856.

[3]        NWRN submit these would include recipients partnered to pensioners with significant assets.

[4]        NWRN, Submission 1, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Submission 2, p. [1]

[6]        NWRN, Submission 1, p. 2.

[7]        ACOSS, Submission 2, p. [1], NWRN, Submission 1, p. 3.

[8]        NWRN, Submission 1, p. 3.

[9]        The Hon Christian Porter MP ,Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 856.

[10]      ACOSS, Submission 2, p. [1], NWRN, Submission 1, p. 3.

[11]      NWRN, Submission 1, p. 4.

[12]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 857.

[13]      NWRN, Submission 1, p. 4.

[14]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 858.

[15]      The Hon Christian Porter MP, Minister for Social Services, 'Second Reading Speech: Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016', House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, 14 September 2016, p. 858.