TOTAL RESULTS: 543

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to require certain persons to inform the department within 14 days of events or changes in circumstances that may affect social security payments or qualification for concession cards; and

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Act 2011

  to make technical amendments. Also clarifies that certain computer-generated decisions made from 12 June 2001 to the date of assent comply with the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: ensure that certain provisions which provide legislative authority for expenditure on employment programs operate as intended; and make other minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the single maximum basic rate of certain pensions; index pensions using the Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index; index pensions using a combined couple benchmark; increase pensions to compensate for anticipated increases in the living cost index arising from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; increase the income test taper rate and remove the additional income test free area for dependent children; introduce a Work Bonus so that certain income is disregarded as ordinary income; close the pension bonus scheme from 20 September 2009; make transitional arrangements; increase the qualifying age for age pension from 65 to 67 years; enable certain social security recipients to apply for an advance of social security entitlements; and enable certain social security recipients to be paid while studying overseas;

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to consolidate a number of smaller payments and allowances into one pension supplement;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: require income salary sacrificed to superannuation to be included as adjusted taxable income for the Commonwealth seniors health card; and exclude amounts and benefits received under the Western Australian Cost of Living Rebate Scheme and the Western Australian Country Age Pension Fuel Card from social security and veterans’ affairs income tests;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to change indexation arrangements for certain family tax benefit child rates and the maternity immunisation allowance;

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to increase payments to people in residential aged care; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable Australian Defence Force members allotted for duty on

  HMAS Canberra

  as part of Operation DAMASK VI to access entitlements under the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Aug 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2025 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  ALLMAN-PAYNE, Sen Penny 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to respond to certain recommendations of the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Scholarship Payments) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide for a start-up scholarship and a relocation scholarship (both to be indexed from 2011); and exempt (to an indexed threshold) merit and equity based scholarships from the income test under social security and veterans’ entitlements legislation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Self-Employment Programs and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Regulations 1984

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify that the Acts operate in the same way in relation to payments under the Self-Employment Assistance program as payments under the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Transition to Work) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Oct 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide eligible social security pensioners over age pension age, and certain veterans’ entitlement recipients over qualifying age, with a $4,000 work bonus concession balance on commencement and a permanent increase to the maximum concession balance they can accrue;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to enable eligible social security recipients, including recipients who take up full-time work, to access an extended employment income nil rate period of 24 weeks; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Feb 2026 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to: clarify the commencement date of child support periods when the registrar receives a new tax assessment for a parent; and ensure that a parent with less than 35 per cent care of a child is not entitled to receive child support payments;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide legislative authority for urgent payments to eligible social security recipients outside the standard fortnightly payment cycle; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify the operation of the social security income test treatment of employment income. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: validate the use of apportioning employment income when calculating the rate of a mean-tested social security payment for entitlement periods between 1 July 1991 and 6 December 2020; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to expand the special circumstances waiver regimes; provide for a standardised and indexed small debt waiver threshold of $250; and provide for a one-off waiver of the Commonwealth’s right to recover small undetermined debts. Also establishes a resolution scheme to provide a resolution payment to persons whose debts have been affected by income apportionment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum