Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Bill 2003

Type: Government
Portfolio: Family and Community Services
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 40
Summary: Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
  to: ensure that the language, literacy and numeracy supplement is not tax free; and replace the definition of “receiving”;
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
  and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999[eitls] to enable protected information to be obtained and used for the Family Homelessness Prevention and Early Intervention Pilot;
Social Security Act 1991
  and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
  to provide for Parenting Payment Participating Agreements which will require people receiving parenting payments to undertake certain activities; and
Social Security Act 1991
  to: close access for new applicants to mature age allowance and partner allowance; introduce changes in relation to administrative penalties; and introduce more flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart recipients.

Progress

House of Representatives
16 May 2002	Introduced and read a first time
16 May 2002	Second reading moved
30 May 2002	Second reading agreed to
30 May 2002	Third reading agreed to

Senate
19 Jun 2002	Introduced and read a first time
19 Jun 2002	Second reading moved
23 Oct 2002	Second reading debate
15 Nov 2002	Second reading amendment agreed to Details: 1 Opposition agreed to
15 Nov 2002	Second reading agreed to
15 Nov 2002	Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 24 Government amendments agreed to; Bill divided into 2 bills
15 Nov 2002	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
03 Dec 2002	Consideration of Senate message Details: House declined to consider Senate message and requested reconsideration by Senate on Bill as originally transmitted

Senate
12 Dec 2002	Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its division of the bill, and agreed to 55 Opposition and 16 Australian Democrats amendments, and the 24 Government amendments previously agreed to on 15/11/2002
12 Dec 2002	Third reading agreed to

House of Representatives
12 Dec 2002	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to amendments 1, 6, 66-68, disagreed to 4, 18, 21-27,33, 35, 37-55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63-65, 74-77 and disagreed to 2, 3, 5, 7-17, 20, 28-32, 34, 36, 56, 62, 69-73, 78-94 and made 48 amendments in their place thereof

Senate
12 Dec 2002	Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not insist on its amendments nos 4, 21, 23, 25 to 27, 33, 35, 38, 41, 44 to 46, 48, 51 to 53, 55, 57, 58 and 60, agreed to amendments made in place of those amendments, and insisted on amendments nos 18, 22, 24, 37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 47, 49, 50, 54, 61, 63 to 65 and 74 to 77

House of Representatives
12 Dec 2002	Consideration of Senate message Details: House insisted on disagreeing to amendments insisted on by Senate

Senate
27 Mar 2003	Consideration of House of Reps message Details: Senate did not again insist on its amendments and agreed to 2 Government and 3 Australian Democrats further amendments

House of Representatives
27 Mar 2003	Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to further Senate amendments

24 Apr 2003

Assent

Act no.: 35

Year: 2003

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Further Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
Explanatory Memorandum
Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
(HoR) Government 1
(HoR) House Schedule 1
Senate Amendments

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

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Explanatory memoranda

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