Submissions received by the Committee


The adequacy of the allowance payment system for jobseekers and others, the appropriateness of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market

Submissions received by the Committee

Sub No.

1Name Withheld (PDF 11KB) 
2Mr Mark Jeffery (PDF 26KB) 
3Mr Doug Howard (PDF 32KB) 
4Mr Don Stokes (PDF 60KB) 
5Name Withheld (PDF 78KB) 
6Name Withheld (PDF 22KB) 
7Gosnells Community Legal Centre (PDF 193KB) 
8Name Withheld (PDF 33KB) 
10Name Withheld (PDF 440KB) 
11A/Prof Philip Mendes, Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit, Monash University (PDF 37KB) 
12UnitingCare Tasmania (PDF 153KB) 
13Good Shepherd Youth and Family Service and Community Information and Support Victoria (PDF 375KB) 
14Macarthur Future Food Forum (PDF 328KB) 
15Name Withheld (PDF 58KB) 
16Australian Lawyers Alliance (PDF 361KB) 
17VincentCare Victoria (PDF 106KB) 
18Ms Leonie Ramsay (PDF 287KB) 
19Barwon Community Legal Service (PDF 481KB) 
20Financial Counsellors' Association of Queensland (FCAQ) (PDF 178KB) 
21ANGLICARE Sydney (PDF 987KB) 
22Welfare Rights Centre Qld (PDF 351KB) 
23The Benevolent Society (PDF 345KB) Attachment 1(PDF 342KB) 
24Name Withheld (PDF 42KB) 
25The Salvation Army, Australia Southern and Eastern Territories (PDF 581KB) 
26St Vincent de Paul Society (PDF 456KB) 
27Jesuit Social Services (PDF 1018KB) 
28The Australia Institute (PDF 461KB) Attachment 1(PDF 436KB) Attachment 2(PDF 506KB) 
29Newcastle University Students' Association Inc. (NUSA) (PDF 355KB) 
30Shelter NSW (PDF 213KB) 
31Homelessness Australia (PDF 1042KB) 
32Catholic Social Justice Commission (PDF 75KB) 
33Mission Australia (PDF 562KB) 
34Australian Association of Social Workers (PDF 510KB) 
35Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) (PDF 436KB) 
36Name Withheld (PDF 32KB) 
37Women's Equity Think Tank (WETTANK) (PDF 119KB) 
38Joint agency submission (DEEWR, DHS, FaHCSIA, DIISRTE) (PDF 5586KB) 
381 Supplementary Submission(PDF 322KB) 
39Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) (PDF 256KB) 
40Name Withheld (PDF 1748KB) 
41Unions NSW (PDF 351KB) 
42National Employment Services Association (NESA) (PDF 578KB) 
43Australian Human Rights Commission (PDF 412KB) 
44Consumer Action Law Centre and the Consumer Credit Legal Centre NSW (PDF 181KB) 
45Sydney Food Fairness Alliance (PDF 282KB) 
46Business Council of Australia (PDF 165KB) 
47St Kilda Community Housing (PDF 422KB) 
48South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts (PDF 99KB) 
49United Voice (PDF 288KB) 
50University of Sydney Students' Representative Council (PDF 676KB) 
51Carers Australia (PDF 365KB) 
52Name Withheld (PDF 295KB) 
53Informing You (PDF 2152KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 52KB) 
54Hon. Wilson Tuckey (PDF 6KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 8KB) 
55National Council of Single Mothers and their Children (NCSMC) (PDF 265KB) 
56Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC) (PDF 684KB) 
57Mr Marcus L'Estrange (PDF 11502KB) 
58COTA Australia (PDF 121KB) 
59Council of Single Mothers and their Children, Vic (PDF 213KB) 
60Prof Peter Whiteford (PDF 199KB) 
61Catholic Social Services Australia (PDF 597KB) 
Supplementary Submission(PDF 618KB) 
62Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) (PDF 1369KB) 
63Western Australian Council of Social Service Inc. (WACOSS) (PDF 528KB) 
64Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (PDF 1100KB) Attachment 1(PDF 1155KB) Attachment 2(PDF 322KB) 
641 Supplementary Submission(PDF 255KB) 
65Brotherhood of St Laurence (PDF 394KB) 
66UnitingCare Australia (PDF 411KB) 
67Jobs Australia (PDF 1067KB) 
68National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN) (PDF 861KB) 
69Ms Susan Barclay (PDF 170KB) 
70Anglicare Australia (PDF 561KB) 
701 Supplementary Submission(PDF 1907KB) 
702 Supplementary Submission(PDF 1787KB) 
71Professor Andrew Podger (PDF 13KB) Attachment 1(PDF 2955KB) Attachment 2(PDF 3534KB) Attachment 3(PDF 5458KB) 
72Name Withheld (PDF 163KB) 
73Name Withheld (PDF 113KB) 
74Mr Lee Bolger (PDF 119KB) 
75Name Withheld (PDF 61KB) 
76Mr Ronald Knowles (PDF 5363KB) 
77Confidential
78The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) (PDF 744KB) 


Additional Information Received

1Additional information provided by National Welfare Rights Network on 21 August, 2012.(PDF 1861KB) 
2Document tabled by Jobs Australia on 27 August, 2012.(PDF 1546KB) 
3Document tabled by Anglicare Australia, Catholic Social Services Australia, The Salvation Army and UnitingCare Australia on 28 August, 2012.(PDF 618KB) 
4Additional information provided by ACOSS on 5 September, 2012.(PDF 2526KB) 
5Additional information provided by Australian Human Rights Commission on 24 October, 2012.(PDF 422KB) 
6Additional information provided by DEEWR on 24 October, 2012.(PDF 278KB) 
7Additional information provided by National Welfare Rights Network on 1 November, 2012.(PDF 288KB) 

Answers to Questions on Notice

1Answers to questions on notice from The Australia Institute received 28 August, 2012.(PDF 1097KB) 
2Answers to questions on notice from Anglicare Australia received 30 August, 2012.(PDF 692KB) 
3Answers to questions on notice from St Vincent de Paul Society received 31 August, 2012.(PDF 711KB) 
4Answers to questions on notice from Jobs Australia received 3 September, 2012.(PDF 13325KB) 
5Answers to questions on notice from St Vincent de Paul Society received 7 September, 2012.(PDF 209KB) 
6Answers to questions on notice from Mission Australia received 12 September, 2012.(PDF 393KB) 
7Answers to questions on notice from CPSA received 12 September, 2012.(PDF 7KB) 
8Answers to questions on notice from Carers Australia received 12 September, 2012.(PDF 129KB) 
9Answers to questions on notice from Jesuit Social Services received 12 September, 2012.(PDF 222KB) 
10Answers to questions on notice from Catholic Social Services Australia received 13 September, 2012.(PDF 244KB) 
11Answers to questions on notice from ACTU received 13 September, 2012.(PDF 320KB) 
12Answers to questions on notice from DEEWR received 13 September, 2012.(PDF 7KB) 
13Answers to questions on notice from ACOSS received 14 September, 2012.(PDF 654KB) 
14Answers to questions on notice from Informing You received 14 September, 2012.(PDF 67KB) 
15Answers to questions on notice from AYAC received 17 September, 2012.(PDF 121KB) 
16Answers to questions on notice from NWRN received 21 September, 2012.(PDF 423KB) 
17Answers to questions on notice from DEEWR received 24 October, 2012.(PDF 317KB) 
18Answers to questions on notice provided by Mr Dennis Trewin from Academy of Social Sciences Australia. Received 1 November, 2012.(PDF 846KB) 
19Answers to questions on notice from DEEWR received 14 November, 2012.(PDF 27KB) 
20Answers to questions on notice provided by DEEWR from 17 September 2012 public hearing. Received 14 November, 2012.(PDF 294KB) 
21Answers to questions on notice provided by DEEWR from 24 October 2012 public hearing. Received 14 November, 2012.(PDF 209KB) 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:+61 2 6277 3521
Fax:+61 2 6277 5706
Email:eewr.sen@aph.gov.au