Footnotes
Chapter 1
[1]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[2]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 357, 358.
[3]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, s. 359.
[4]
Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 224.
[5]
Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Review of
Veteran and Military Compensation, Committee Hansard, 26 September 2003,
as quoted in Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 224.
[6]
Review of Military Compensation Arrangements Report, 2011, p. 247.
[7]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 6-7.
[8]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.
[9]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.
[10]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.
[11]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 8.
[12]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 7-8.
[13]
Ms Lisa Foreman, First Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation and Support
Division, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17
September 2015, p. 26; Mr Neil Bayles, Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation,
Case Escalation and MRCA Review, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee
Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 27.
[14]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 9.
Chapter 2 - Consideration of Schedule 2 of the bill
[1]
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, pp 5-6.
[2]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.
[3]
Mr Simon Lewis, Chair , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation
Commission, Statement, tabled by Department of Veterans Affairs,
Canberra, 17 September 2015.
[4]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 2.
[5]
Mr Greg Isolani, Partner, KCI Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 17
September 2015, p. 7.
[6]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, pp 2-3.
[7]
Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee
Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 3.
[8]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.
[9]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, p. 7.
[10]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.
[11]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs,
Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.
[12]
CMDR John Hodges RAN (Rtd.), National President, Returned & Services
League of Australia, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 11.
[13]
Veterans' Review Board, Submission 4, p. 2.
[14]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 357, 358.
[15]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[16]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, s. 359.
[17]
Explanatory Memorandum, p. 8.
[18]
Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 17; Slater &Gordon
Lawyers, Submission 8,
pp 4, 6-7, and 10; Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission 15, p.
2; KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, pp 2-3; Law Council of Australia, Submission
20, p. 4.
[19]
CMDR John Hodges, Returned and Service League of Australia (RSL), Committee
Hansard, 17 September 2015, pp 11-12.
[20]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 17, pp 10-11.
[21]
Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 16; Mr Greg Niven, Submission
3, p. 1; Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 5, pp 2-3; Legacy
Australia, Submission 6, p. 2; Returned & Services League of
Australia, Supplementary Submission 7.1, p. 1; Slater &Gordon
Lawyers, Submission 8; Defence Force Welfare Association, Submission
15, pp 2-3;
Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Submission 12; Mr Nathan
Mark, Submission 14; KCI Lawyers, Submission 18; Law Council of
Australia, Submission 20, pp 3-4.
[22]
Defence Force Welfare Association, Supplementary Submission 15.1,
p. 1.
[23]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Supplementary Submission
7.1, p. 1.
[24]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 4.
[25]
Mr Greg Niven, Submission 3, p. 1.
[26]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 2.
[27]
Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p. 3.
[28]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.
[29]
Some of these were from previous years.
[30]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 17 September 2015, p. 21.
[31]
Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 18; Australian Lawyers
Alliance, Submission 5,
p. 2; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, pp 11-12; Vietnam
Veterans' Federation of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2; Defence Force
Welfare Association, Submission 15, p. 2; Australian Families of the
Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission 16, p. 5;
KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, pp 9-10; Law Council of Australia, Submission
20, p. 4;
Mr Bill Marklew, Submission 21, p1 1-2.
[32]
Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee
Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 2.
[33]
Council of Australian Governments, National Partnership Agreement on
Legal Assistance Services, 1 July 2015, B-3.
[34]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17
September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).
[35]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8; KCI Lawyers, Submission
18; Mr Bill Marklew, Submission 21, p. 1.
[36]
Ms Rachael James, General Manager, Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Committee
Hansard,
17 September 2015, p. 2.
[37]
Jensen and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
[2014] AATA 807
(30 October 2014).
[38]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 18, p. 3.
[39]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17
September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).
[40]
Australian Lawyers Alliance, Submission 5; Veterans' Support Centre, Submission
2, p. 2; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 3; Australian
Peacekeeper & Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission 11, p. 2;
Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Submission 12, p. 2; David
Tones, Submission 13, p. 2; Mr Nathan Mark, Submission 14; Mr Rod
Thompson,
Submission 19, p. 4; Law Council of Australia, Submission 20, p.
3.
[41]
Veterans' Support Centre, Submission 2, p. 2.
[42]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 8, p. 3.
[43]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 17
September 2015
(received 21 September 2015).