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Chapter 1 Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2011

[1] http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/socialsecurity/tor.htm

[2] http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/socialsecurity/tor.htm

[3] http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ee/socialsecurity/tor.htm

[4] Professor Julian Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 37.

[5] National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN), Submission 14, p. 12.

[6] Mission Australia, Submission 9, p. 3.

[7] Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 28.

[8] Mr David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 4

[9] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 29.

[10] Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 2.

[11] Dr Prins Ralston, Executive Leader – Employment Solutions, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 66.

[12] Mr Derek Stiller, Branch Manager, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 10.

[13] House of Representatives Hansard, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill, Wed 23 March 2011 per the Hon. Kate Ellis, p. 10.

[14] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 5.

[15] Ms Marsha Milliken, Group Manager, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 12.

[16] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 12.

[17] Report of the Independent Review, Impacts of the new Job Seeker Compliance Framework, September 2010, p. 40.

[18] Ms Kate Hay, National Manager, Employment and Participation Programs, Department of Human Services (DHS), Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 19.

[19] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 13.

[20] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 14.

[21] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 20.

[22] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 14.

[23] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 4.

[24] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 18.

[25] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 9.

[26] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 13.

[27] Dr Ralston, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 66.

[28] Ms Lisa Newman, Deputy National President, Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 58.

[29] Dr Ralston, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 65.

[30] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 45.

[31] Ms Newman, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 62.

[32] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 18.

[33] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 20.

[34] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 42.

[35] Dr. Ralston, Mission Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 65.

[36] NWRN, Submission 14, p. 14.

[37] House of Representatives Hansard, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill, Wed 23 March 2011 per the Hon. Kate Ellis, p. 10.

[38] See, for example, Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 6; NWRN, Submission 14, p. 8.

[39] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 25.

[40] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 17.

[41] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 18.

[42] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 36.

[43] DEEWR, Job Seeker Compliance Data, http://www.deewr.gov.au/Employment/ResearchStatistics/JobSeekerComplianceData/ComplianceData/Pages/home.aspx.

[44] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 40.

[45] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 41.

[46] Mr Michael Horn, Senior Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 26.

[47] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 5.

[48] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 3.

[49] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 5.

[50] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 34.

[51] Mr Horn, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee Hansard, 14 April 2011, p. 21.

[52] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 40.

[53] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 36.

[54] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 11.

[55] St Vincent de Paul Society, Submission 15, p. 2.

[56] NWRN, Submission 14, p. 10.

[57] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 3.

[58] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 4.

[59] CPSU, Submission 10, p. 5.

[60] See, for example, NWRN, Submission 14, pp. 10-11; Mission Australia, Submission 9, p. 2-3; Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 3.

[61] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 9.

[62] DEEWR, Email Correspondence, 28 April 2011.

[63] Mr Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 4.

[64] NWRN, Submission 14, p. 10.

[65] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 17.

[66] Ms Newman, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, pp. 58-59.

[67] Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 4.

[68] Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 4.

[69] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 11.

[70] As explained by Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 12.

[71] Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, Submission 7, p. 4.

[72] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 4.

[73] Mr Stiller, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 10.

[74] Ms Sally Sinclair, Chief Executive Officer, National Employment Services Association, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 40.

[75] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 44.

[76] Ms Milliken, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 12.

[77] Mr Gary Dunn, Chief Executive Officer, Families, Employment and People, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2010, p. 20.

[78] Ms Newman, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 57-58.

[79] Ms Patricia Ann Tilley, Section Councillor, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 60.

[80] Ms Newman, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 58.

[81] Mr Stephen Dexter Cocker, Governing Councillor, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 61.

[82] Mr Cocker, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 61.

[83] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 37.

[84] Mr Cocker, CPSU, Committee Hansard, 18 April, pp. 60-61.

[85] CPSU, Submission 10, p. 9.

[86] CPSU, Submission 10, pp. 9-10.

[87] Ms Hay, DHS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 20.

[88] Queensland Welfare Rights Centre (QWRC), Submission 4, p. 4.

[89] QWRC, Submission 4, p. 5.

[90] NWRN, Submission 14, p. 5.

[91] NWRN, Submission 14, p. 6.

[92] Ms Maree O’Halloran, President, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 49-50.

[93] DEEWR, Email Correspondence, 28 April 2011.

[94] DEEWR, Email Correspondence, 21 April 2011.

[95] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 39.

[96] ACOSS, Submission 2, p. 3.

[97] Ms O’Halloran, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 50.

[98] DEEWR, Email Correspondence, 21 April 2011.

[99] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 27.

[100] See, for example, NWRN, Submission 14, pp. 17-18; Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 27; Mr Horn, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 25.

[101] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 27.

[102] Mr Gerard Thomas, Policy and Media Officer, NWRN, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 53.

[103] Prof. Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 41.

The Australian Greens’ dissenting report

[1] ACOSS, Submission 2; NWRN, Submission 14; UnitingCare, Submission 5; Anglicare Australia, Submission 13; Jobs Australia, Submission 3; Melbourne Citymission and The Brotherhood of St Lawrence, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011.

[2] Mr David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p.2.

[3] Mr Thompson, Jobs Australia, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p.2 and Mr Peter Davidson, Senior Policy Officer, Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 33.

[4] House of Representatives Hansard, Social Security Legislation Amendment (Job Seeker Compliance) Bill, Wed 23 March 2011 per the Hon. Kate Ellis, p. 10.

[5] Mr Michael Horn, Senior Manager, Research and Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 20.

[6] Professor Julian Disney, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 38-39.

[7] Dr Yi-Ping Tseng, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 15.

[8] Mr Horn, Brotherhood of St Laurence, Committee Hansard, 13 April 2011, p. 26.

[9] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 27.

[10] Mr Davidson, ACOSS, Committee Hansard, 18 April 2011, p. 31.