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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 1)) Determination 2007

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This order designated 48 remote Northern Territory Aboriginal communities where, between Nov 2007 and Nov 2008, 50% of Centrelink payments were compulsorily quarantined onto BasicsCards. Quarantined funds could only be spent on essentials (food, rent, medicine) and were barred for alcohol, tobacco, gambling or pornography. It marked Australia’s first large-scale compulsory income management, stripping financial autonomy from welfare recipients in targeted Indigenous communities and sparking major controversy.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 1)) Determination 2007

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, 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 each of those places listed in the Schedule is a declared relevant Northern Territory area for the purposes of Part 3B of the Act.

This Determination commences on 19 November 2007.

This Determination expires on 13 November 2008.

Dated 15/11 2007

Mal Brough

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas

ALKNGARRINTJA

ARKANAPUTA

ARMSTRONGS

CAMEL'S HUMP

EIGHT MILE

FIVE MILE

GILBERT SPRINGS

HERMANNSBURG

ILKARRALALAMA

ILPURLA

IMPORTNA

INTJARTNAMA

IPALALA

IPOLERA

IYNGIYNYALA

KAPORILYA

KATJUTARI

KULPITHARRA

KWALA

LABRAPUNTJA

LILTJERA

LTIRA

LUNTHARRA

MBALKANAKA

MERRAL NTARRAKALA

MOTNA'S

NATJITNAMA

NTAKARRA

OLD STATION

PALM PADDOCK

RARANGANTJUTA

RED SANDHILL

RODNA

RUTJINGKA

SUGAR CREEK

TJAMANGKURRA

TJUWANPA

TNAWURTA

TNYIMIPURTA

ULPUNDA

UNDANDITA

UNDURANA 1C

UNDURANA 2A

WEST WATERHOUSE

YAKALA

YATEMAN'S BORE

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