{"id":"F2008L01176","name":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 14)) Determination 2008","slug":"social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":73394,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L01176-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant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 areas — Various (No. 14)) Determination 2008","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Administration) (Declared\n\nrelevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 14)) Determination 2008\n\nSocial Security (Administration) Act 1999\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, 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 and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, determine that each of those places listed in the Schedule is a declared relevant Northern Territory area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.\n\nThis Determination commences on 29 April 2008.\n\nThis Determination expires on 22 April 2009.\n\nDated 21 April 2008\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs\n\n  \nSchedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas\n\nAMATJATPALK also known as AMALJATPALK, AMADJI BALK, GOULBURN ISLAND, SOUTH GOULBURN, AMADJIBAL, AMADJIBALK\n\nARLA\n\nINJILATPARRI also known as INJALATPARRI, INJALAPARRA, SOUTH GOULBURN\n\nNGIPIN also known as NGIJBIN, SOUTH GOULBURN, NGIJIPIN\n\nWARRUWI also known as GOULBURN ISLAND\n\nWIGU also known as GOULBURN ISLAND, SOUTH GOULBURN","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1716},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination is strictly limited to its original purpose of listing specific geographic areas to be declared under section 123TE(1) of the Act. It contains no substantive expansion beyond the minister's power to declare relevant Northern Territory areas."},"complexity_factors":["No defined terms or interpretive provisions","Single operative clause referencing the empowering provision","Simple schedule listing geographic locations with alternative names","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislative schemes"],"plain_english_summary":"This short-lived determination declared six specific Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory — mostly around the Goulburn Islands (Warruwi) — as **declared relevant Northern Territory areas**.\n\nUnder Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, this designation meant that people living in these communities could have their Centrelink payments **income managed**. This is a system where a portion of welfare payments is quarantined (restricted) so it can only be spent on essential goods and services — like food, clothing, and rent — using a BasicsCard or similar payment mechanism.\n\nThe communities covered include:\n* **Goulburn Island** (also known as Warruwi, Amatjarpalk/Amadjibalk, and other variations)\n* **South Goulburn** (covering outstations including Injilatparri, Ngipin, and Wigu)\n* **Arla**\n\nThis measure was part of broader welfare reforms in the Northern Territory and applied for a 12-month period in 2008–2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio","history":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-administration-declared-relevant-northern-territory-areas-various-no-14-determinatio/documents"}}