Summary
Amends the: Social Security Act 1991 to: extend eligibility for Youth Allowance and Austudy payment to full-time new apprentices, including Newstart transferees; ensure that new apprentices have access to a low-income health care card rather than an automatically issued health care card; and correct a cross reference; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to exempt Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarships and the Tools for your Trade initiative from assessment as income.