On 15 May 2008 the
Senate Community Affairs Committee referred matters relating to
Special Disability Trusts to the Community Affairs Committee. The report is due by 18 September 2008:
The terms of reference for the inquiry are:
- why more families of dependents with disabilities are not making use of the current provisions to establish Special Disability Trusts
- the effectiveness of Part 3.18A of the Social Security Act 1991
- barriers in the relevant legislation to the establishment of Special Disability Trusts, and
- possible amendments to the relevant legislation.