{"id":"F2007L04460","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory area – Nganmarriyanga or Palumpa) Determination 2007","slug":"social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":70820,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L04460-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory area – Nganmarriyanga or Palumpa) Determination 2007","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared\n\nrelevant Northern Territory area — Nganmarriyanga or Palumpa) Determination 2007\n\n \n\nSocial Security (Administration) Act 1999\n\nI, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under subsection 123TE (1) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the Act), and on behalf of the Minister for Education, Science and Training and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, determine that the place known as Nganmarriyanga or Palumpa is a declared relevant Northern Territory area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.\n\nThis Determination commences on 26 November 2007.\n\nThis Determination expires on 20 November 2008.\n\nDated 22 November      2007\n\nMal Brough\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1444},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains the narrow, specific scope intended by the enabling legislation (section 123TE) — to declare particular geographic areas for income management purposes. It does not expand beyond this simple administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision declaring one geographic location","No definitions section (relies entirely on parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","One-page instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination declared the remote Northern Territory community of **Nganmarriyanga** (also known as **Palumpa**) as an area subject to compulsory income management.\n\n**What this means:**\nUnder Part 3B of the *Social Security (Administration) Act 1999*, declaring an area as a \"relevant Northern Territory area\" triggered welfare quarantining measures. People receiving certain Centrelink payments in this area had a portion of their income \"managed\" — meaning it could only be spent on priority items like food, rent, and clothing through a special debit card or payment system, rather than received as unrestricted cash.\n\n**Duration:**\nThe determination took effect on 26 November 2007 and automatically expired on 20 November 2008.\n\nThis was part of the broader Northern Territory Emergency Response (often called \"the Intervention\"), a suite of measures affecting Indigenous communities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-area-nganmarriyanga-or-palumpa-d/documents"}}