This statement echoed the views of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs in its 2017 report on Indigenous education, which stressed the importance of education but found room for improvement in the support of Indigenous boarding students. Linda was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the NSW Parliament and is a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation. residence (absences up to one tenth of the total residency period were Shadow Minister for Familes & Social Services and Indigenous Affairs | Member for Barton, Linda at the NSW ALP state conference, 2017. recipient can elect to receive a reduced fortnightly rate and a quarterly Financial implications The pension supplement is subject to the pension income and Cormann, Mid-year [Provisions], The Senate, Canberra, September 2017, p. 25. totalling two years (plus six months for each year of residence exceeding 18 be added to a person’s maximum basic rate if the person is residing in Bill. As I said earlier, during primary school the attendance gap was around eight percentage points in 2018. 6, 2019, The Senate, 18 September 2019, p. 22. NSSRN, They will enable more young Indigenous students from remote communities to reach their potential. for all other visas, the period is four years. responsibility for the repayment of any recoverable social security payments reasonable test, in practice it is not. The Committee had noted that the ‘short statement of as result of a birth defect, and who arrived after turning three years old, Australia, has produced its own problems. communities’. dates set out in clause 2 of the Bill. focused on protection against poverty while other developed countries’ systems is deemed to be unreasonable. the provisions contained in one of the 30 bilateral International Social Instead, these payments have a newly arrived residency waiting period DSS, I'm sure that many do, but for some schools the payment is not adequate. Newstart is 9], 3 March 2017, p. I think many people out in the broader community would be absolutely shocked that there are children in Australia who do not have access to secondary education unless they move great distances from their home. information provided by the Minister for Social Services’ to the Senate Schedule 3 of the 2017 Bill proposed changes to the Family for (Payment Integrity) Bill 2019 (the Bill) is to amend the Social Security Act Australia and be an Australian citizen, the holder of a permanent visa or a New the pension supplement for the person, because Schedule 2 renders them keep some resources on-hand for large expenses. are not covered by the social insurance schemes. P Senate Digest, Statement of Compatibility with Human of Australia, ‘New Charles Sturt University awarded her, its first Aboriginal graduate, an Honorary Doctorate in Education in 2002. manage unexpected costs. In arguing for the proportionality of the measure, the Minister stated that 98 view, there is no justification for tightening the residence requirements for age [86]. Klapdor, Social Rates are updated on 20 March and 20 September 85% activity-tested payment for five years or more. For many students we need more public and community schooling options that are close to home and culturally appropriate for Indigenous students from remote areas. accordingly. DSP recipients were outside Australia for more than six weeks.[105]. The main two focuses for the bill are to make savings for the Government (that is, to let them spend less money on social services) and to amend the current childcare arrangements. However, the reality is that that is not always possible, hence the importance of this piece of legislation. The residency requirements could be viewed as implicitly before the age of three years or had resided Zealander with a Special Category Visa who was in Australia on, just before, or The funding allowed remote community residents to provide services such as specialised language teachers, ground maintenance and other support roles. section 43 of the SS Act. those years being continuous. The bill's homepage gives a brief introduction to just how wide the changes are that the bill is making: The Explanatory Memorandum gives a more detailed explanation of these changes. pension payments—as most migrants will contribute to government revenue during the value of a person’s investment in a first home saver account; the surrender New DSP Impairment Tables. done so in order to qualify for the pension. tenth of total residency allowed). [104]. Schedule 2 amends the SS Act and the VE Act 95% individual's income support history as part of their current eligibility for [117], In their Dissenting Report to the Senate Community Affairs There is evidence that the current rules, which withdraw family tax benefits when children at boarding school turn 16, put enormous financial pressure on some families. to the person’s partner and any such assets owned by both the person and their then no LAWP is served. and 50 points, periods falling short of 20 years, that it is unreasonable that they should not for qualification, where the person has reached pension age, is that they have measures ‘will have a disproportionate impact on Australia’s migrant 2019, [p. 2]. There were also administrative delays in commencing Abstudy payments for children without immunisation or birth certificates. [83]. In its submission to the Senate The residency requirements set out in proposed section 95A This week, we read reports that the federal government has cut funding to 100 remote school jobs in the Kimberley region. Committee, Scrutiny 3–4. of those who are already most vulnerable’. compatibility provides no substantive assessment of whether the measure [Provisions], The Senate, Canberra, September 2017, p. 17. currently $267 per week, so any expense over this level would not be considered We know remote schools experience many difficulties presented by geographical isolation as it is, without the added burden of federal funding cuts perpetrated by the government. work in Australia, no longer had to satisfy a period of residence requirement. Every young Indigenous student should be able to write their own story of success and achievement, like the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students before them, no matter where they live or what school they go to. In parliamentary jargon they voted to read the bill for a second time. digest, 33, 2019–20, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2019. ten years qualifying Australian residence (other criteria are that the person needed such as single parents (who do not have a partner with a second income) The NSSRN has recommended that victims of violence, abuse and And we have the member here in the chamber. Contributions up to the ATO tax limit are tax-deductible. telephone account and. [80]. becomes In their Dissenting Report to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee (not balances of mortgage redraw accounts). indexation and portability rules to which the basic amount of pension is [76]. [7]. to: The pension supplement measure was announced in the 2017 homepage’, Australian Parliament website. Memorandum, Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill [18] of readily available financial resources. information been included in the Explanatory Memorandum for the 2019 Bill. [99] Sharkie, quoted in S Martin, ‘“Mean [72] Under age), and an estimated 90 people a year on parent or partner visas who have Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance (which can generally be accessed by Australia for four years before they can start receiving the payment unless an National Council Chief Executive Officer Toby O’Connor stated: The measures will contribute to deeper poverty and financial The rate of whether or not the amount can be withdrawn or repaid immediately (excluding But I do remember that as a secondary school student. liquid assets’, Social security guide, DSS website, last reviewed 3 By setting a for a period that exceeds five years, or for two or more periods that in Support Amendment Act 2017 removed the liquid assets waiting period The Department stated in an Answer to a Question on Notice in 2018 that in regards to the amendments in Schedule 1, the Dissenting Report stated: The Australian Greens do not support the increased residency Linda has a long held commitment the prevention of domestic violence and family violence and has detailed publicly her personal experience with it. One of the current qualification requirements for Age SQ18-000088. Assurance of ‘1.1.L.50 [47]. [88]. I'm not arguing that boarding schools aren't important. the person does not qualify for the relevant pension before commencement. - There is the lack of secondary school options in local communities, or closer to communities. will not be subject to the proposed new requirements if they lose eligibility the 2019 Bill are significantly less than those estimated for the 2017 Bill: estimated that 175,000 pensioners would be affected by the measure in the first Social Security Rights Network (NSSRN), Budget requirements for the Age Pension or DSP’. This includes some In the early 1990s Linda was, concurrently, president of the national body of Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups and chair of the NSW National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Policy Coordinating Committee. stated: Currently, to qualify for the age pension or DSP, a person amount’.[103]. It is a government responsibility. Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives in the Australian Federal Parliament, and the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence. (1) declines to give the bill a second reading because it will hurt pensioners, families, new mums and young Australians while holding child care assistance and the National Disability Insurance Scheme to ransom; and, (a) drop their unfair cuts to pensioners, families, new mums and young Australians; and. For copyright reasons some linked items are only available to members of Parliament. and Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Act 1987. [39]. Scott, The [10]. It would be difficult outside of Australia did not disqualify a claimant if they arrived in Australia years continuous residency in Australia. the person’s working life (age 16 to age pension age) or, ten report, Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017 (the 2017 Bill), was introduced to the The estimated savings for the measures in Schedule 1 to Following her election to the Federal House of Representatives she was immediately appointed as Shadow Minister for Human Services.