Social Policy Group
Dale Daniels - Social Policy Group
Last updated 5 July 2006
This Chronology is issued electronically. It will be kept
up-to-date online. The date of the latest update is noted clearly
above.
Contents
Introduction
List of Acronyms
A Short History of
Payments for Families
Table
1: Payments for People Caring for Children, Recipient Numbers
from 1942
Maternity Allowance
1912 to 1978 and 1996 to 2004, Maternity Immunisation Allowance
from 1998, Maternity Payment from 2004
Child Endowment
1941 to 1976, Family Allowance 1976 to 1992, Basic Family Payment
1993 to 1995, Family Payment 1996 to 1998, Family Allowance 1998 to
2000 and Family Tax Benefit Part A from 2000
Table
2: Maximum Rates of Child Endowment 1941 to 1976, Family
Allowance 1976 to 1992 and Basic Family Payment 1993 to 1995
Table 3: Rates of Family
Payment, 1996 to 1998, Family Allowance 1998 to 2000 and Family Tax
Benefit Part A & Part B from 2000
Widow Pension
Class A 1942 to 1989
Child's
Allowance/Additional Pension or Benefit for Children 1943 to
1993
Table
4: Maximum Rates of Child's Allowance 1943 to 1963, Additional
Pension for Children 1956 to 1992, Additional Benefit for Children
1945 to 1992, Family Income Supplement 1983 to 1987, Family
Allowance Supplement 1987 to 1992 and Additional Family Payment
1993 to 1995
Mother's/Guardian's
Allowance 1963 to 2000
Table
5: Maximum Rate of Mother's/Guardian's Allowance, 1963 to
2000
Double Orphan's Pension
from 1973
Table
6: Maximum Rates of Double Orphan's Pension from 1973
Supporting Mother's
Benefit 1973 to 1977 Supporting Parent's Benefit 1977 to 1989, Sole
Parent's Pension 1989 to 1998
Table
7: Maximum Weekly Rates of Pension for Sole Parents from
1942
Table
8: Pension Means Tests Changes, from 1942
Family Income
Supplement 1983 to 1987, Family Allowance Supplement 1987 to 1992,
Additional Family Payment 1993 to 1995
Home Child Care
Allowance 1994 to 1995, Parenting Allowance 1995 to 1998 and
Parenting Payment from 1998
Family Tax Payment
1997 to 2000
Family Tax
Benefit Part B from 2000
Child Care Benefit
from 2000
Commonwealth of Australia
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