Tanya Plibersek
Sydney · Australian Labor Party · Australia
“The Redress Scheme has, since 2018, received 80,000 applications and disbursed over $2 billion in redress payments to survivors. Thousands have received apologies or counselling that have changed their lives. That acknowledgement has changed their lives.”
“The scheme's operating expenses are met by taxpayers, who also step in as a funder of last resort for compensation payments, so the financial impacts obviously go beyond the victim-survivors themselves.”
“I want to take the opportunity to note recent media reports, particularly those in the Australian Financial Review , which said: Edmund Rice Education was created in 2007 and now operates dozens of schools affiliated with the Christian Brothers. … The split created a new organisation with the bulk of the Christian Brothers assets.”
“And of course they are also part of the larger group of people that are eligible now, because we've increased thresholds. Thanks to our changes, families now get around $30,000 of paid parental leave. That's more than double what it was when we came to government. But it's not just about paid parental leave.”
“The federal government is gravely concerned about the Christian Brothers Oceania Province's 22 June 2026 announcement that it would seek creditor and court approval for a creditors scheme of arrangement and a moratorium on all current and future civil proceedings in connection with child sexual abuse claims.”
“Thanks so much to the member for Cunningham. I know that she is out and about in her electorate all the time, and she knows that over 1,800 parents benefited from paid parental leave in her electorate just last year. Last week, I met Baby Zoe and her mum and dad. Baby Zoe is number three in a family of three children.”
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“I think we will all remember where we were on the evening of 14 December, and I certainly will. I was at the Newtown Synagogue's Chanukah in the Park event. I want to acknowledge that Rabbi Eli Feldman, who organised that event with his beautiful wife, Rebbetzin Elka Feldman, is here in the gallery with us today. I was at that Newtown Synagogue event, Chanukah in the Park, in Hollis Park in Newtown.”
“More than a million small debts will be waived from next March, with the new threshold indexed into the future. Special circumstances debt waivers will be available to more victims-survivors of domestic violence, particularly where there has been financial abuse and coercion, and an important ministerial power will be available for the cancellation of payments in highly prescribed circumstances. I commend the bill to the House. Question agreed to.”
“I move: That the amendments be agreed to. I want to thank the Senate for its consideration of this bill. The government supports the amendments the Senate has made. For the benefit of the House, the Senate amendments give full effect to our policy intent by providing for the automatic waiving of future small debts below the new threshold of $250 before those amounts are required to be formally raised as debts by Services Australia. The amendments ensure that the small debt waiver regime provides for these waivers consistently under the Social Security Act 1991 and the Student Assistance Act 1973. More broadly, the passage of this bill marks an important step forward in social security reform. The income apportionment resolution scheme will now be established.”
“We'll continue to work, and I know those opposite share our belief that every single one of us has a responsibility to act.”
“We've legislated 10 days paid domestic violence leave and we've made it illegal to sack someone because they're a victim of family or domestic violence. We've reformed the family law system to make the family law system safer, simpler and more accessible for victims of family and domestic violence. And, very importantly, we're working with the states and territories to improve responses to victims of sexual violence. It's one of the areas of crime that continues to rise in a completely unacceptable way. Of course, these investments are beginning to make a difference. We have to acknowledge success when we see it. But do we think we've done enough? Not ever. Not while there is one victim of family, domestic or sexual violence will this government rest.”
“That is a 3000 per cent increase on the first year that we established 1800RESPECT, 15 years ago. This government, the Albanese government, has invested more than any previous government in addressing family, domestic and sexual violence, including through measures like making the leaving violence payment permanent, introducing legislation to make sure our social security system isn't weaponised against survivors of family and domestic violence and funding programs that intervene earlier with men, adolescent boys and children and particularly those men who want to change their behaviour. We have invested $1.2 billion in emergency and transitional housing to help make it safe for women and children fleeing violence. We've invested a record $3.9 billion in legal services, including $800 million extra for family violence legal services.”
“I want to thank the member for Boothby for her question. She will be leading a very important inquiry with her social policy and legal affairs committee shortly into the intersection between family, domestic and sexual violence and suicide. I thank her and the committee for that work. Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and I want to start by acknowledging every victim-survivor, every frontline worker who has assisted them and, most sadly, those who we have lost in recent years and decades. Today, the Albanese Labor government announced a 40 per cent funding boost for 1800RESPECT. This is a really important investment in a service that began under a former Labor government, during the Gillard years, with 11,000 calls in one year. Last financial year, this service had 342,000 contacts.”
“Instead, we had these blokes trying to hijack the debate, implying that women would get pregnant and have a late-term abortion to receive an entitlement to paid parental leave. While the Liberals and Nationals continue to be divided on paid parental leave, on this side of the House we are absolutely clear: we support families, we support new mums, we support those families with their beautiful new babies and, if a family has that terrible tragedy of stillbirth, we will support them too.”
“But, of course, those opposite have always been deeply divided on paid parental leave, from the days of Treasurer Hockey calling mums getting their paid parental leave 'double dippers' and the former prime minister Scott Morrison calling them 'rorters'—'double dippers,' by the way, was on Mother's Day, in a stunning act of timing!—to, more recently, the member for Goldstein saying to me: 'PPL is a very bad scheme. It's not my choice that women have children—it's genetic.' Of course, if that's not enough, we've had the members for New England, Bowman, Barker and Canning try and hijack the debate on Baby Priya's bill. To her credit, the Leader of the Opposition properly supported that bill and, indeed, it should have been above politics.”
“They're getting more money, with higher payments, and paid parental leave will be getting superannuation for the first time. So, in retirement, those people will be $4½ thousand dollars better off. They're getting more flexibility, with parents able to take more time off together, and more people are eligible than ever before. Of course, when those parents get back to work, they also benefit from cheaper child care—thousands of dollars off the cost of child care.”
“I want to thank the member for Holt for her question and welcome her back with Baby Ilia. Congratulations. I know that she is a big supporter of paid parental leave. It's hard to imagine that, before the Rudd and Gillard governments, Australia was one of the very few developed countries that didn't have a paid parental leave scheme. It was Labor that first introduced the scheme, and it's this Labor government that has expanded it. In fact, under this Prime Minister, Australians receiving paid parental leave are about $12,000 better off. In fact, we've almost doubled the paid parental leave entitlement, and about 180,000 families are benefiting every year. Those families are getting more time—an extra two weeks this year and an extra two weeks next year.”
“I say to the current leadership of ACON, under the absolutely marvellous Michael Woodhouse, that I know that ACON will continue to be a voice for compassion and courage in our community and will continue to deliver, because it's pride, not prejudice, that will guide our future.”
“The launch of the Ending HIV campaign in 2013 and ACON's leadership on PrEP rapid testing and U=U—that's undetectable equals untransmissible—were campaigns I was proud to back, and they've brought us within reach of eliminating HIV transmissions entirely in Australia, something I am convinced that we can achieve as a nation. Over the years, ACON's had lots of great programs: Fun & Esteem, one of the world's first peer education initiatives for gay men; Pride in Diversity; and Pride in Sport; the Red Ribbon Appeal in 2008. All of these were organised and pursued by incredible volunteers, like the late Betty Hounslow, and those volunteers from 1985 who met fear with courage. As health minister, I was proud to support the efforts of ACON. I know that this parliament has long recognised that inclusive health policy saves lives.”
“From organising the Make AZT Available rally to helping draft Australians first national AIDS strategy, ACON made sure the community had a voice on the table, while, on the ground, volunteers distributed safe-sex packs from Oxford Street bars and established one of the first community-run counselling services for people living with HIV. Through the 1990s, as antiretroviral therapies offered hope for the first time, ACON adapted its services to support people living longer with HIV and to address new health challenges: mental health, addiction and community safety.”
“Forty years ago, in the midst of a health crisis, a group of volunteers came together to fight for their lives and the lives of others. It was the beginning of ACON, the AIDS Council of NSW, formed in 1985 under the banner Fighting for Our Lives. From that meeting at the New South Wales Teachers Federation hall grew a movement that would defined Australia's HIV responsible decades to come. Back then HIV was devastating our community. There was fear, stigma and silence, but ACON spoke up. They educated, they cared and they campaigned. They saved lives. Within two years, ACON of opened its first office in Surrey Hills and established branches in the Hunter, Illawarra and Northern Rivers to reach regional communities.”
“This minister is to obtain advice from Services Australia about any dependents a person has prior to issuing a notice. These are carefully considered amendments and, should the parliament support them, will be carefully put into practice. It's common sense. It's in line with community expectations that taxpayer funded support should not go into someone's bank account if they're running from the law, accused of serious, violent or sexual offences. Question agreed to. Bill, as amended, agreed to.”
“A written request to cancel the individual's payments and/or concession card from an appropriately senior member of the Australian Federal Police or a state or territory police force will be required. Prior to the issuing of a benefit restriction notice, consideration will be given to the extent to which a person is likely to be a threat or danger to the community. Prior to the issuing of a benefit restriction notice, consideration will be given to the extent to which the person is likely to be a threat or danger to the community and the impact that the cancellation of the person's payments and/or concession card may have on any dependents the individual may have. The power to issue a notice will be given to the minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979. That minister is currently the Minister for Home Affairs.”
“This change will uphold the integrity of our social security system and ensure that those who are accused of serious violent or sexual crimes and are evading police cannot benefit from it. These people are accused of serious violent or sexual crime, there is an arrest warrant for them, they are evading police and they are considered to be a potential threat to the community. These are very high barriers. The amendment will provide for a benefit restriction notice to be issued in the name of an individual while a warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence within the meaning of the Criminal Code Act 1995 is out for their arrest and they are on the run.”
“But our reasoning is clear: fugitives suspected of committing serious violent or sexual offences should not be receiving taxpayer funded income support payments, and it should be possible to cancel those payments. This amendment provides for a person's payments from Services Australia or their social security concession cards to be able to be cancelled when they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence and are evading police. The cancellation decision will also consider the extent to which an individual is likely to be a threat or danger to the community. It includes all social security payments, like jobseeker and age pension payments, family assistance payments and paid parental leave. It also applies to concession cards like the pensioner concession card and the low-income healthcare card.”
“We are also proposing a new schedule 5, which provides for the use of benefit restriction notices to ensure people who are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence can no longer be supported through the social security and family payment system. I have to reiterate that this is for people who are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence. There's currently no lawful authority to cancel a person's payments or concessions in these circumstances. We propose this new power to be used only in the most serious circumstances, and only following a thorough and considered decision-making process.”
“The government's amendments also reinforce the application of compliance measures relating to the small debt waiver by clarifying that the secretary may take appropriate action where a person is seen to be manipulating the waiver or perpetrating fraud. Fraud represents a small minority of debts. We know that people generally engage with the social security system honestly and in good faith, but the small debt waiver is not for those involved in significant noncompliance or fraud. The government will continue to take appropriate action, including prosecution, in the most serious cases where individuals have illegally manipulated the waiver or committed fraud.”
“The government's amendments clarify that this expanded eligibility for the waiver means that it applies in all cases of coercion or financial abuse, including failures to comply with the law. We have had significant interest in this element of the bill. We also heard some harrowing accounts in this place from members whose previous careers gave them real personal insight into the need for this provision. I want to particularly thank the members for Bonner, Barton, Maribyrnong, Curtin and Wentworth for their contributions. I want to assure all members that this text provides for the Services Australia decision-maker to be able to take a person's full situation into account and apply the waiver when coercion or abuse are present.”
“They clarify the intent behind the suite of amendments provided for in schedule 2, which reform debt and waiver arrangements. The government is also proposing new schedule 5 for the bill, which provides for the use of benefit restriction notices to cease social security payments and concessions in certain circumstances relating to alleged offenders of serious violent or sexual offences who are evading arrest. In relation to schedule 2, the amendments are minor and technical in nature and are intended to remove any doubt behind the circumstances in which the broad and special circumstances waiver may apply. The changes delivered through this bill give Services Australia extended powers to waive social security debts that have been incurred because of coercion or financial abuse.”
“77 Transitional A security notice that was: (a) given under section 278C of the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (as in force before the commencement of this item); and (b) in force immediately before that commencement; continues in force (and may be dealt with) at and after that commencement as if it were a benefit restriction notice given under that section as amended by this Part. With this bill, the government is delivering a fairer, more efficient social security system. We heard from members of this House on Monday and again just now about the importance of these changes for people right across our country. The amendments I'm moving today make generally technical changes to provide for more effective debt administration and service delivery.”
“72 Section 278GA Omit "the Home Affairs Minister must consider whether to revoke a security notice", substitute "the Minister who gave a benefit restriction notice must consider whether to revoke the benefit restriction notice". 73 Paragraph 278GA(b) Omit "the Home Affairs", substitute "that". 74 Section 278H (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 75 Subsection 278 H( 1) Repeal the subsection, substitute: (1) If the AFP Minister or the ASIO Minister has given a benefit restriction notice, that Minister may, by written notice given to the Minister, revoke the benefit restriction notice. 76 Application The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to arrest warrants issued before, on or after the commencement of this item.”
“64 Section 278C (heading) Repeal the heading, substitute: 278C Benefit restriction notice from ASIO Minister 65 Section 278C Omit "Home Affairs" (wherever occurring), substitute "ASIO". 66 Section 278D Omit "Home Affairs", substitute "ASIO". 67 Section 278F (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 68 Section 278F Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 69 Section 278G (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 70 Section 278G Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 71 Section 278GA (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“Considerations for giving a notice (3) Before giving a notice under this section, the AFP Minister must have regard to the following: (a) the extent to which the person is likely to be a threat or danger to the community while the person is not arrested under the warrant; (b) the likely effect of the operation of section 278B on the person's dependants, if the AFP Minister is aware of those dependants. (4) The Secretary of the Department administered by the AFP Minister must: (a) seek the advice of the Human Services Secretary in relation to paragraph (3)(b); and (b) inform the AFP Minister of that advice. (5) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters to which regard may be had.”
“Cancellation requests (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), a cancellation request has been made for the person if a request to cancel the person's parental leave pay (however expressed) has been made, in writing: (a) by a senior AFP member or a member of a State or Territory police force whose rank is equivalent to the rank of a senior AFP member; and (b) to any of the following: (i) the AFP Minister; (ii) the Minister; (iii) the Minister administering the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 ; (iv) the Department; (v) the Human Services Department.”
“63 After section 278B Insert: 278BA Benefit restriction notice from AFP Minister (1) The AFP Minister may give the Minister a written notice requiring that this Division apply in relation to a specified person if: (a) the person is the subject of an arrest warrant issued in Australia in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence (within the meaning of Division 395 of the Criminal Code ); and (b) the person has not been arrested under the warrant; and (c) a cancellation request for the person has been made as mentioned in subsection (2).”
“58 Section 278A Repeal the section, substitute: 278A Simplified outline of this Division Persons may lose parental leave pay if they: (a) are the subject of an arrest warrant in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence; or (b) might prejudice the security of Australia or a foreign country. 59 Section 278B (heading) Omit "on security grounds". 60 Subsection 278 B( 1) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 61 Subsection 278 B( 1) (note) Repeal the note, substitute: Note: A benefit restriction notice is a notice under section 278BA or 278C. 62 Subsections 278 B( 3) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“Part 3 — Paid Parental Leave Act amendments Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 54 Section 6 Insert: AFP Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 . ASIO Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 . benefit restriction notice means a notice under section 278BA or 278C. senior AFP member has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code . 55 Section 6 (definition of Home Affairs Minister ) Repeal the definition. 56 Section 6 (definition of security notice ) Repeal the definition. 57 Division 5 of Part 6-1 (heading) Omit "on security grounds".”
“51 Paragraph 57GO(4)(b) Omit "Home Affairs Minister revokes the security notice", substitute "AFP Minister or ASIO Minister revokes the benefit restriction notice". 52 Application The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to arrest warrants issued before, on or after the commencement of this item. 53 Transitional A security notice that was: (a) given under section 57GJ of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 (as in force before the commencement of this item); and (b) in force immediately before that commencement; continues in force (and may be dealt with) at and after that commencement as if it were a benefit restriction notice given under that section as amended by this Part.”
“45 Sections 57GN Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 46 Section 57GNA (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 47 Section 57GNA Omit "the Home Affairs Minister must consider whether to revoke a security notice", substitute "the Minister who gave a benefit restriction notice must consider whether to revoke the benefit restriction notice". 48 Paragraph 57GNA(b) Omit "the Home Affairs", substitute "that". 49 Section 57GO (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 50 Subsection 57 GO( 1) Repeal the subsection, substitute: (1) If the AFP Minister or the ASIO Minister has given a benefit restriction notice, that Minister may, by written notice given to the Minister, revoke the benefit restriction notice.”
“(5) The Secretary of the Department administered by the AFP Minister must: (a) seek the advice of the Human Services Secretary in relation to paragraph (4)(b); and (b) inform the AFP Minister of that advice. (6) Subsection (4) does not limit the matters to which regard may be had. 39 Section 57GJ (heading) Repeal the heading, substitute: 57GJ Benefit restriction notice from ASIO Minister 40 Section 57GJ Omit "Home Affairs" (wherever occurring), substitute "ASIO". 41 Section 57GK Omit "Home Affairs", substitute "ASIO". 42 Section 57GM (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 43 Sections 57GM Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 44 Section 57GN (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“Notice may recommend payments to payment nominee (3) A notice under this section may recommend that payments of family assistance of the individual, to the extent set out in the notice, be paid to a payment nominee of the individual under Part 8B of the Family Assistance Administration Act. Considerations for giving a notice (4) Before giving a notice under this section, the AFP Minister must have regard to the following: (a) the extent to which the individual is likely to be a threat or danger to the community while the individual is not arrested under the warrant; (b) the likely effect of the operation of section 57GI on the individual's dependants, if the AFP Minister is aware of those dependants.”
“Cancellation requests (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), a cancellation request has been made for the individual if a request to cancel the individual's family assistance (however expressed) has been made, in writing: (a) by a senior AFP member or a member of a State or Territory police force whose rank is equivalent to the rank of a senior AFP member; and (b) to any of the following: (i) the AFP Minister; (ii) the Minister; (iii) the Minister administering the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 ; (iv) the Department; (v) the Human Services Department.”
“38 After section 57GI Insert: 57GIA Benefit restriction notice from AFP Minister (1) The AFP Minister may give the Minister a written notice requiring that this Division apply in relation to a specified individual if: (a) the individual is the subject of an arrest warrant issued in Australia in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence (within the meaning of Division 395 of the Criminal Code ); and (b) the individual has not been arrested under the warrant; and (c) a cancellation request for the individual has been made as mentioned in subsection (2).”
“33 Subsection 57 GI( 1) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 34 Section 57GI (note 1) Repeal the note, substitute: Note 1: A benefit restriction notice is a notice under section 57GIA or 57GJ. 35 Subsections 57 GI( 2) to (4) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 36 Subsection 57 GI( 7) (heading) Omit " Security notice ", substitute " Benefit restriction notice ". 37 Paragraph 57GI(7)(a) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“benefit restriction notice means a notice under section 57GIA or 57GJ. senior AFP member has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code . 27 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Home Affairs Minister ) Repeal the definition. 28 Subsection 3(1) (definition of security notice ) Repeal the definition. 29 Division 7 of Part 3 (heading) Omit "on security grounds". 30 Section 57GH Repeal the section, substitute: 57GH Simplified outline of this Division Individuals may lose family assistance if they: (a) are the subject of an arrest warrant in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence; or (b) might prejudice the security of Australia or a foreign country. 31 Section 57GI (heading) Omit "on security grounds". 32 Subsection 57 GI( 1) (heading) Omit " Security notice ", substitute " Benefit restriction notice ".”
“24 Application The amendments made by this Part apply in relation to arrest warrants issued before, on or after the commencement of this item. 25 Transitional A security notice that was: (a) given under section 38N of the Social Security Act 1991 (as in force before the commencement of this item); and (b) in force immediately before that commencement; continues in force (and may be dealt with) at and after that commencement as if it were a benefit restriction notice given under that section as amended by this Part. Part 2 — Family Assistance Act amendments A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 26 Subsection 3(1) Insert: AFP Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 . ASIO Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 .”
“19 Section 38SA Omit "the Home Affairs Minister must consider whether to revoke a security notice", substitute "the Minister who gave a benefit restriction notice must consider whether to revoke the benefit restriction notice". 20 Paragraph 38SA(b) Omit "the Home Affairs", substitute "that". 21 Section 38T (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 22 Subsection 38 T( 1) Repeal the subsection, substitute: (1) If the AFP Minister or the ASIO Minister has given a benefit restriction notice, that Minister may, by written notice given to the Minister, revoke the benefit restriction notice. 23 Paragraph 38T(4)(b) Omit "Home Affairs Minister revokes the security notice", substitute "AFP Minister or ASIO Minister revokes the benefit restriction notice".”
“11 Section 38N (heading) Repeal the heading, substitute: 38N Benefit restriction notice from ASIO Minister 12 Section 38N Omit "Home Affairs" (wherever occurring), substitute "ASIO". 13 Section 38P Omit "Home Affairs", substitute "ASIO". 14 Section 38R (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 15 Section 38R Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 16 Section 38S (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 17 Section 38S Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 18 Section 38SA (heading) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“Considerations for giving a notice (3) Before giving a notice under this section, the AFP Minister must have regard to the following: (a) the extent to which the person is likely to be a threat or danger to the community while the person is not arrested under the warrant; (b) the likely effect of the operation of section 38M on the person's dependants, if the AFP Minister is aware of those dependants. (4) The Secretary of the Department administered by the AFP Minister must: (a) seek the advice of the Human Services Secretary in relation to paragraph (3)(b); and (b) inform the AFP Minister of that advice. (5) Subsection (3) does not limit the matters to which regard may be had.”
“Cancellation requests (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), a cancellation request has been made for the person if a request to cancel the person's social security payments or concession card (however expressed) has been made, in writing: (a) by a senior AFP member or a member of a State or Territory police force whose rank is equivalent to the rank of a senior AFP member; and (b) to any of the following: (i) the AFP Minister; (ii) the Minister; (iii) the Minister administering the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997 ; (iv) the Department; (v) the Human Services Department.”
“10 After section 38M Insert: 38MA Benefit restriction notice from AFP Minister (1) The AFP Minister may give the Minister a written notice requiring that this Part apply in relation to a specified person if: (a) the person is the subject of an arrest warrant issued in Australia in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence (within the meaning of Division 395 of the Criminal Code ); and (b) the person has not been arrested under the warrant; and (c) a cancellation request for the person has been made as mentioned in subsection (2).”
“5 Section 38L Repeal the section, substitute: 38L Simplified outline of this Part Persons may lose social security payments or concession cards if they: (a) are the subject of an arrest warrant in respect of a serious violent or sexual offence; or (b) might prejudice the security of Australia or a foreign country. 6 Section 38M (heading) Omit "on security grounds". 7 Subsection 38 M( 1) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice". 8 Subsection 38 M( 1) (note) Repeal the note, substitute: Note: A benefit restriction notice is a notice under section 38MA or 38N. 9 Subsections 38 M( 2) to (4) Omit "security notice", substitute "benefit restriction notice".”
“(25) Page 37 (after line 11), at the end of the Bill, add: Schedule 5 — Benefit restriction notices Part 1 — Social Security Act amendments Social Security Act 1991 1 Subsection 23(1) Insert: AFP Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 . ASIO Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 . benefit restriction notice means a notice under section 38MA or 38N. senior AFP member has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code . 2 Subsection 23(1) (definition of Home Affairs Minister ) Repeal the definition. 3 Subsection 23(1) (definition of security notice ) Repeal the definition. 4 Part 1.3B (heading) Omit "on security grounds".”
“(22) Schedule 2, item 11, page 27 (after line 19), at the end of section 1237AAA, add: Note 3: If the Secretary suspects that there may have been fraud or serious non-compliance in relation to a debt waived under this section, the waiver does not prevent the Secretary from taking further appropriate action against the debtor or any other person. (23) Schedule 2, item 12, page 28 (line 8), omit "Note", substitute "Note 1". (24) Schedule 2, item 12, page 28 (after line 10), at the end of section 43D, add: Note 2: If the Secretary suspects that there may have been fraud or serious non-compliance in relation to a debt waived under this section, the waiver does not prevent the Secretary from taking further appropriate action against the debtor or any other person.”
“(19) Schedule 2, item 6, page 26 (after line 13), at the end of section 99, add: Note 2: If the Secretary suspects that there may have been fraud or serious non-compliance in relation to a debt waived under this section, the waiver does not prevent the Secretary from taking further appropriate action against the debtor or any other person. (20) Schedule 2, item 7, page 26 (line 21), omit "Note", substitute "Note 1". (21) Schedule 2, item 7, page 26 (after line 23), at the end of section 197, add: Note 2: If the Secretary suspects that there may have been fraud or serious non-compliance in relation to a debt waived under this section, the waiver does not prevent the Secretary from taking further appropriate action against the debtor or any other person.”
“(9) Schedule 2, item 2, page 23 (line 24), after "act", insert ", failure". (10) Schedule 2, item 3, page 24 (line 3), after "act", insert ", failure". (11) Schedule 2, item 3, page 24 (line 9), after "act", insert ", failure". (12) Schedule 2, item 3, page 24 (line 15), after "act", insert ", failure". (13) Schedule 2, item 3, page 24 (line 17), after "act", insert ", failure". (14) Schedule 2, item 4, page 24 (line 29), after "act", insert ", failure". (15) Schedule 2, item 4, page 24 (line 35), after "act", insert ", failure". (16) Schedule 2, item 4, page 25 (line 2), after "act", insert ", failure". (17) Schedule 2, item 4, page 25 (line 4), after "act", insert ", failure". (18) Schedule 2, item 6, page 26 (line 11), omit "Note", substitute "Note 1".”