Senate debates Bills
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017; In Committee
Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Jobs and Innovation
6:23 pm
In terms of the examples of vulnerable circumstances, one of the examples I gave was 'is a recent humanitarian entrant to Australia'. But the point of your question goes to the reason why DHS is actually getting discretion. It is so that they will be able to determine on a case-by-case basis whether a claimant is in vulnerable circumstances and unable to provide documents with the claim. The example you've given would fall directly into the determination on a case-by-case basis.
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