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Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 6)) Determination 2008

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This Ministerial Determination declares five specific places in the Northern Territory as "declared relevant Northern Territory areas" under social security law.

What it does: It brings the following locations under Part 3B of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (the rules for income management):

4 Mile Camp (also called Four Mile Camp or 4 Mile Camp Nguiu)
Cape Fourcroy
Nguiu (also called Bathurst Island)
Paru
Wurankuwu (also called Ranku)

Who it affects: People living in these communities who receive Centrelink payments. Being in a "declared relevant area" meant a portion of their social security money was quarantined (set aside for essentials like food and rent rather than paid as cash).

Why it matters: This was part of the Northern Territory Intervention, extending compulsory income management to these specific Tiwi Islands communities for a 12-month period.

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Social Security (Administration) (Declared

relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 6)) 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 31 March 2008.

This Determination expires on 24 March 2009.

Dated 27 March 2008

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

Schedule - declared relevant Northern Territory areas

4 MILE CAMP also known as FOUR MILE CAMP, 4 MILE CAMP NGUIU

CAPE FOURCROY

NGUIU also known as BATHURST ISLAND

PARU

WURANKUWU also known as RANKU

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1 Social Security (Administration) (Declared relevant Northern Territory areas — Various (No. 6)) Determination 2008