Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 21 March 2013, p. 3866.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 14 May 2013, p. 3884.

[3]        Luke Buckmaster and Paula Pyburne, 'Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2012', Bill Digest, 17 August 2012, pp. 2–3.

[4]        'About DVA Compensation Payments', Guide to Social Security Law, section 4.3.5, http://guidesacts.fahcsia.gov.au/guides_acts/ssg/ssguide-4/ssguide-4.3/ssguide-4.3.5/ssguide-4.3.5.60.html (accessed 13 May 2013).

[5]        Government Response to the Review of Military Compensation Arrangements (Government response), p. 3.

[6]        The Hon Alan Griffin MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 'Government moves to review military compensation', Media Release, 8 April 2009, p. 1.

[7]        Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA), Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 1, February 2011, pp. 61–62.

[8]        The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 'Military Compensation Review Report Released', Media Release, 18 March 2011, p. 1.

[9]        The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 'Military Compensation Review Report Released', Media Release, 18 March 2011, p. 1.

[10]      DVA, Submission 5, p. 1.

[11]      The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 'Improving our military rehabilitation and compensation', Media Release, 8 May 2012, pp. 1–2.

[12]      DVA, 'Review of Military Compensation Arrangements', http://www.dva.gov.au/pensions_and_compensation/Military%20Compensation%20Review/Pages/index.aspx (accessed 13 May 2013).

Chapter 2 - Provisions of the bill and other issues

[1]        EM, p. ii.

[2]        EM, p. 1.

[3]        DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 58.

[4]        Submission 10, p. 2.

[5]        Submission 10, p. 3.

[6]        EM, p. 6.

[7]        Government response, p. 15.

[8]        Submission 9, p. 3.

[9]        Submission 9, p. 3.

[10]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 1.

[11]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 1.

[12]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 1.

[13]      EM, p. 6.

[14]      EM, pp. 7–8.

[15]      Submission 10, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 10, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 10, p. 5 (emphasis in original).

[18]      EM, p. 12.

[19]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 5.

[20]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 1, February 2011, p. 48.

[21]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 97.

[22]      Senate Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[23]      EM, p. 19.

[24]      EM, p. 19.

[25]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 100.

[26]      Government response, p. 17.

[27]      EM, p. 20.

[28]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 2.

[29]      EM, p. 21.

[30]      Senate Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[31]      DVA, Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 9.

[32]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 1, February 2011, p. 48.

[33]      Government response, p. 18.

[34]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 104.

[35]      DVA, Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 9.

[36]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[37]      Submission 6, p. 2.

[38]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 3.

[39]      The current rate effective 20 March 2013 is $1238.20, DVA, 'New pension rates', https://myaccount.dva.gov.au/new-pension-rates.html (accessed 8 May 2013).

[40]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 135.

[41]      EM, p. 26.

[42]      EM, p. 26.

[43]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 143.

[44]      Government response, p. 34.

[45]      EM, p. 26.

[46]      Senate Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[47]      DVA, Submission 5, Attachment B, pp. 10–11.

[48]      EM, p. 26.

[49]      Submission 10, p. 6.

[50]      EM, p. 29.

[51]      Senate Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[52]      Government response, p. 20.

[53]      DVA, Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 12.

[54]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[55]      Government response, p. 20.

[56]      Submission 4, p. 4.

[57]      Submission 3, p. 4.

[58]      Submission 3, p. 5.

[59]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[60]      Submission 10, p. 6 (emphasis in original).

[61]      DVA, answers to question on notice, p. 4.

[62]      DVA, answers to question on notice, p. 4.

[63]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 14.

[64]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 14.

[65]      EM, p. 37.

[66]      EM, p. 38.

[67]      Government response, p. 25.

[68]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[69]      Submission 2, p. 1.

[70]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 4.

[71]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[72]      Senate Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[73]      EM, p. 40.

[74]      DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 256.

[75]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 16.

[76]      EM, p. 41.

[77]      EM, p. 41.

[78]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 17.

[79]      Government response, p. 28.

[80]      Submission 9, p. 4.

[81]      Submission 10, p. 7.

[82]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, pp. 4–5.

[83]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 5.

[84]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 6.

[85]      Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 19.

[86]      EM, p. 47.

[87]      EM, p. vi.

[88]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[89]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 7.

[90]      Submission 10, p. 8.

[91]      Submission 7, pp. 1–2 (emphasis in original).

[92]      EM, p. 55.

[93]      Submission 8, p. 2.

[94]      Submission 8, p. 3.

[95]      Submission 8, p. 4.

[96]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 7.

[97]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 7.

[98]      DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 8.

[99]      EM, p. 57.

[100]    Government response, p. 32.

[101]    EM, p. 59.

[102]    Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 22.

[103]    EM, p. 59.

[104]    Submission 10, p. 9.

[105]    EM, p. 63.

[106]    Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 22.

[107]    EM, p. 65.

[108]    EM, p. 65.

[109]    Submission 5, Attachment B, p. 24.

[110]    Submission 8, p. 1.

[111]    EM, p. 69.

[112]    EM, p. 69.

[113]    For example, Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 2, p. 1.

[114]    Submission 1, p. 1.

[115]    Submission 4, p. 4.

[116]    Submission 5, p. 2.

[117]    Submission 3, p. 2.

[118]    Submission 3, p. 2.

[119]    Submission 10, p. 2.

[120]    Submission 10, p. 2.

[121]    DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 8.

[122]    DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 86.

[123]    Government response, p. 13.

[124]    Submission 9, p. 2.

[125]    Submission 3, pp. 2–3.

[126]    Submission 9A, p. 1.

[127]    Submission 9, pp. 1–2.

[128]    Mr Peter Hank QC, 'Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Review', Report, February 2013, p. 163.

[129]    Submission 9A, p. 1.

[130]    Government response, pp. 22–24.

[131]    DVA, Review of Military Compensation Arrangements, Volume 2, February 2011, p. 218.

Chapter 3 - Committee view and recommendation

[1]        Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission 4, p. 4.

[2]        DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 3.

[3]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013, 15 May 2013, p. 54.

[4]        DVA, answers to written questions on notice, p. 3.

[5]        The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, 'Statement on ABC 7.30 Report mental health story', Media Release, 6 June 2013, http://minister.dva.gov.au/media_releases/2013/jun/va052.htm (accessed on 7 June 2013).