Senate debates

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008

In Committee

6:43 pm

Photo of Ursula StephensUrsula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition (Social and Community Affairs)) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the clarification. Let’s take the homelands out of it. In relation to a current CDEP provider—and there are many successful providers who are underpinning the social and community services in those communities—is it an effect of this legislation, given your explanation to Senator Siewert, that some of those CDEP providers could lose the assets that are within their organisations, thereby preventing them from successfully meeting the tendering requirements for other programs such as Work for the Dole?

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