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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas - Various (No. 32)) Determination 2008

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What this does: This Determination designates three specific remote Northern Territory communities as places where compulsory income management applies.

The communities affected are:

Kalumbulani (also known as Camfield)
Pigeon Hole (also known as Bunbidee)
Yingawunari (also known as Top Springs, Monteijnni, or Murranji)

Who it affects: People receiving Centrelink payments who live in these specific communities.

Why it matters: Being listed as a "declared relevant Northern Territory area" triggers income management (sometimes called "welfare quarantining"). This means a percentage of a person's social security payments is restricted to buying essential items—usually through a BasicsCard—rather than being received as cash. This measure was part of the Northern Territory Emergency Response.

How long it lasted: This declaration applied from 13 October 2008 until 3 October 2009.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 32)) 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 13 October 2008.

This Determination expires on 3 October 2009.

Dated 6 October 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas

KALUMBULANI also known as CAMFIELD, KALAMANBULANI, KULUMBULANI

PIGEON HOLE also known as BUNBIDEE, PIDGEON HOLE

YINGAWUNARRI also known as MONTEJINNI, MURRANJI, OLD TOP SPRINGS, TOP SPRINGS, WANARR, YINGAWINARRI, YINGUWUNARRI

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