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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 04/06/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : [Senate Estimates]

CHAIR —I thank Dr Rosalky and the various officers who have spent so much time trying to give us a set of figures that we can understand this time around. I look forward to hearing your explanation for the expansion we are now seeing in the presentation of the figures.
Date: 04/06/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/s0000409.sgm/0035 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 02/06/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : [Senate Estimates]

CHAIR —I declare open this public hearing of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee considering the budget estimates. On 14 May 1998 the Senate referred to this committee the particulars of proposed expenditure for the year ending on 30 June 1999 for the portfolios of Social Security and Health and
Date: 02/06/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/s0000407.sgm/0003 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 2—Income security for people with a disability and for carers : Subprogram 2.1—Disability support pension : [Senate Estimates]

Senator WEST —Program 1 would have been pulled back if I had got the answer that I received last night more than three days ago. The reference is CA 177, which was one from Senator Neal that was put on notice on 12 November. It related to the copy of
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0007 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 2—Income security for people with a disability and for carers : Subprogram 2.5—Mobility allowance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW —On mobility allowance, can you confirm that the 3,000 people who currently receive mobility allowance, and who are in training that is not of a vocational nature, will not lose their entitlement to the payment, following the government's announcement that attendance at independent living school centres does actually
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0009 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 2—Income security for people with a disability and for carers : Subprogram 2.6—Child disability allowance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator WEST —Will any children lose their entitlement to the CDA as a result of the current round of reviews that are under way and prior to the introduction of the new tables in June of 1998, this year? Mr Herscovitch —Yes, they will. We estimate about eight per cent
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0011 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 3—Income security for the unemployed : Subprogram 3.1—Newstart allowance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW —Can you confirm that only recipients of the social security pension can attract the job placement fee of $250? Mr Powlay —No, that is not the case. There are two other groups who can attract the job placement fee under the new arrangements that come into effect from
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0014 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 4—Income security for families with children : Subprogram 4.4—Parenting allowance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW —Firstly, can you confirm for me that there are some 158 sole parent pensioners who are being paid as a single parent because their partners are in gaol, in treatment for a psychiatric illness or are ill? Ms Wilson —There is a small group—and I would have to
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0019 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 5—Housing : Subprogram 5.2—Rent assistance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator WEST —Can I go back to a question that was first asked by Senator Faulkner in the June estimates of last year and I asked it again on page 45 of Hansard on 18 August. Have we got somebody coming for this one. They might want to keep away
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0022 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 7—Corporate : Subprogram 7.2—Compliance and recovery : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW —Has there been any survey research or other forms of information gathering conducted on cancellations resulting from data matching activities? Mr Wadeson —Survey work on this goes on continuously on many levels in Centrelink, so it is not quite so straightforward to provide an answer. Mr Bain —In
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0026 - Source: SENATE
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Community Affairs Legislation Committee : 25/02/98 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 7—Corporate : Subprogram 7.3—Corporate infrastructure : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW —Could you tell me what the average cost is per person to process an appeal through the SSAT and the AAT? Mr Sassella —For the SSAT, the average cost per appeal is something like $621. I do not actually have the up[hyphen]to[hyphen]date figure with me for the Administrative
Date: 25/02/1998 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/c0000156.sgm/0028 - Source: SENATE
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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 18/08/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : [Senate Estimates]

CHAIR --I declare open this supplementary hearing of the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee considering the budget estimates for the portfolio of Social Security. The committee has before it a list of the subprograms relating to matters which senators have indicated that they wish to raise at this hearing. In accordance with the standing
Date: 18/08/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd970818a_sca.out/0003 - Source: SENATE
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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 18/08/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 1--Income Security for the Retired : Subprogram 1.1--Age pension : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW --Can I just follow up some questions that were actually asked by Senator Harradine. Senator Harradine asked a question regarding the number of people that the department expected to claim the cash bonus and defer the receipt of age or service pension in the next five years, and how much income tax
Date: 18/08/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd970818a_sca.out/0006 - Source: SENATE
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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 18/08/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 3--Income security for the unemployed : Subprogram 3.1--Newstart allowance : [Senate Estimates]

Senator WOODLEY --I have got questions under 3.1 and 4.5, but they are the same, and I may need to seek some guidance. They are to do with the announcement by the government that they will be using private investigators to investigate social security fraud. Senator FORSHAW --Just before there is a response
Date: 18/08/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd970818a_sca.out/0014 - Source: SENATE
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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 18/08/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 5--Housing : [Senate Estimates]

Senator WEST --My favourite subject is rent assistance for sharers. It came in on 1 July 1997. Do we have any idea of the number of people this has been impacting upon? Mr Jordan --We do not have details of the numbers at this point, no. Senator WEST --Why not? Mr Jordan --We
Date: 18/08/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd970818a_sca.out/0016 - Source: SENATE
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COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE : 18/08/1997 : DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY : Program 7--Corporate : [Senate Estimates]

Senator FORSHAW --Information has previously been provided through the estimates process on consultancies. According to my records, the information was provided in response to some questions on notice from Senator Faulkner relating to the name of consultants, the company, the nature of the consultancy, the duration and the cost. The material is as at 6
Date: 18/08/1997 - Collection: Committees - ID: committees/estimate/ecomd970818a_sca.out/0018 - Source: SENATE

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