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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007

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This determination lists 54 remote communities and outstations in the Northern Territory where welfare payments were subject to compulsory income management (also called welfare quarantining).

What it does Under Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, the Minister can declare specific areas where a portion of social security payments must be spent on essentials (food, rent, utilities) using a restricted debit card, rather than received as cash.

Who it affects People living in the listed locations—including Kintore, Papunya, Mount Liebig, Kaltukatjara, and surrounding outstations—who received Centrelink payments between 11 December 2007 and 7 December 2008.

Why it matters This instrument implemented the income management component of the 2007 Northern Territory Emergency Response (the "Intervention"). It meant that residents in these Aboriginal communities had 50% of their welfare payments restricted to approved merchants to ensure the money was spent on priority goods and services.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas – Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 3)) Determination 2007

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 11 December 2007.

This Determination expires on 7 December 2008.

Dated 10 December 2007

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas (No 3)

KALTUKATJARA

EAGLE VALLEY

KULANG

KUNAPULA

KURKUTJARA

MANTARUR

MULGA GREEN

OONDALOO

PUTA PUTA

TJAUWATA

TJUNTINANTA

WALU

WANGKARI

AMPUTJUTA

IRKINI

MANTAPAYIKA

PETALU

PILAKATAL

PIRRULPAKALARINTJA

PUNRITJANTA

TJUNTI

UKATJUPU

URILPILA

WALYTJATJATA

WATARU

KINTORE

ININTI

IRRIMATITJA also known as Tinki

MANTARDI

MUYIN

NGUMAN

NGUTJUL

PINPIRNGA

YUWAKLI

MOUNT LIEBIG

AMUNDURNGUA

ILPILI

INYILINGI

LIZARD BORE

NEW BORE

TJINTIRTJINTIRPA

WARREN CREEK

PAPUNYA

ALKIPI

BLACKWATER

GREEN VALLEY

KARRINYARRA

MBUNGHARA

ULAMBARA

WARUMPI

5 MILE BORE

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