Responses to Government inquiries
These reports provide our response to parliamentary inquiries relating to our work.
2024
- Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report - Inquiry into the purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension
- Australian Government response to the Community Affairs References Committee report: Inquiry into adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia
- Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report - Review of legislative instruments made under Part 3AA or Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 – Review 1
2023
- Australian Government response to the inquiry of the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System
- Australian Government response for the Inquiry into the Capability and Culture of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
- Australian Government response to the Second Interim Report of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme
- Australian Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s report on the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) 2022
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) report: NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
- The Australian Government Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report: Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence
- The Australian Government Response to the Joint Standing Commission on the National Disability Insurance Scheme report: Inquiry into Independent Assessments
- Australian Government response to the report: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) report: Current Scheme Implementation and Forecasting for the NDIS
- Australian Government response to the Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children in the Northern Territory
- Australian Government response to the Senate, Community Affairs Legislation Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2021
2022
- Australian Government response to the Senate Select Committee on Autism
- Australian Government responses to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee Inquiry into Centrelink’s Compliance Program Fifth Interim Report and Final Report, Accountability and justice: Why we need a Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Australian Government response to the Inquiry into homelessness in Australia Final Report
2021
- Australian Government response to the Productivity Commission’s Expenditure on Children in the Northern Territory final report
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) report: General Issues 2021
- Australian Government Response to the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme First Interim Report
- Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into Centrelink’s Compliance Program Second Interim Report
- Australian Government Response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) final report: Inquiry into NDIS Planning
2020
- The Australian Government Response to the Living on the Edge: Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence
- Australian Government response to the Joint Select Committee on oversight of the implementation of redress related recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse report
- Government response - Review of Financial Counselling Services – Support for people in financial hardship beyond the coronavirus pandemic
2019
- Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs report, Breaking barriers: a national adoption framework for Australian children
- Australian Government Response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) report: Provision of Assistive Technology under the NDIS
2018
- Australian Government response to the Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children in the Northern Territory
- Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report: Inquiry into the delivery of outcomes under the National Disability Strategy 2010–2020 to build inclusive and accessible communities
- Australian Government Response to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Report: Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No.2) 2015
- Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee report: Inquiry into the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 [Provisions] and the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017 [Provisions]
- Australian Government response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee report: Delivery of National Outcome 4 of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children (1800RESPECT)
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme inquiry: Transitional Arrangements for the NDIS
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme interim report: Provision of hearing services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme
2017
- Commonwealth Government Response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report: Out-of-home care
- Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including the gender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability
- Australian Government response to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme report: Accommodation for people with disabilities and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- COAG response to the independent Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
2016
- Government response to 'From conflict to cooperation – Inquiry into the Child Support Program' (August 2016)
- Government Response to the 2015 Review of the Impact of Illegal Offshore Wagering
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