Cohabitation rule in social security law: The more things change the more they stay the same
Sleep, Lyndal, Tranter, Kieran, & Stannard, John (2006) Cohabitation rule in social security law: The more things change the more they stay the same. Australian Journal of Administrative Law, 13(3), pp. 135-146.
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This paper examines recent Administrative Appeals Tribunal decisions to gather a snapshot of how Centrelink Customer Service Officers investigate and decide cohabitation decisions under the Social Security Act 1991 (Cth). It argues that as the Act requires all aspects of clients’ relationships be investigated, clients are subject to a regime of surveillance which causes specific, identifiable, harms. While the rule has been gender neutral in it application since 1994, the AAT decisions reveal that the clients most affected by the rule are women with children. In this the current cohabitation rule continues the legacy of its predecessors. What is new is the intensity of the surveillance.
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| Item Type: | Contribution to Journal (Journal Article) | ||
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| ISSN: | 1320-7105 | ||
| Pure ID: | 60221958 | ||
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| Deposited On: | 31 Jan 2019 13:29 | ||
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2025 21:16 |
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