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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas - Various (No. 19)) Determination 2008

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This instrument declared 13 remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities as "declared relevant Northern Territory areas" under the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, triggering income‑management (welfare quarantining) rules that restrict portions of Centrelink payments to essentials. It affected people living in those communities by changing how some welfare was paid.

The measure was temporary, operating from 2 June 2008 to 26 May 2009 as part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas - Various (No. 19)) Determination 2008

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 19)) Determination 2008

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, 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.

This Determination commences on 2 June 2008.

This Determination expires on 26 May 2009.

Dated 28 May 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas

BOROGOMARRA also known as DJAKALAJIRAPURRA, DJAKALAJIRIPURRA, MANGBIRR, MANGBIRRI

BUNDATHARRI also known as BUNDADHARRI

GALAWDJAPIN also known as GALADJAPIN, GALATJAPAN

GARANYDJIRR

GATJI also known as GADJI, GARTJI

GILIRRI also known as GALERRA, GELERRI

LANGARRA also known as HOWARD ISLAND

MULGURRAM also known as MANGU, MULGURRUM

MURWANGI

NGANGALALA also known as NANGALA, NANGALALA

RAMINGINING

WULKABIMIRRI

YATHALAMARRA also known as YATHALAMARA, YATHALMARRA

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