Summary
Further to the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005, the bill amends the Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005 and Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999 to: replace, amend or repeal terminology and provisions to clarify the policy intent of certain Welfare to Work measures, including the new income support payment compliance framework; allow parenting payment partnered recipients who have a temporary incapacity exemption to have access to pharmaceutical allowance; allow the continuation for 14 weeks of the same rate of Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance for single principal carer parents following the death of a child; and extend access to an Employment Entry Payment.