Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011

Type: Government
Portfolio: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: provide students from Inner Regional Areas with access to independent youth allowance; reset relocation scholarship values from 2012 for eligible regional students and provide for the values to be indexed from 2013; reduce the value of the student start-up scholarship payment from 2012 and provide for the payments to be indexed annually from 2013; provide for the cessation of the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund; and make technical amendments.

Progress

House of Representatives
21 Sep 2011	Introduced and read a first time
21 Sep 2011	Second reading moved
13 Oct 2011	Second reading debate
31 Oct 2011	Second reading debate
31 Oct 2011	Second reading agreed to
31 Oct 2011	Third reading agreed to

Senate
01 Nov 2011	Introduced and read a first time
01 Nov 2011	Second reading moved
25 Nov 2011	Second reading agreed to
25 Nov 2011	Third reading agreed to

05 Dec 2011

Assent

Act no.: 179

Year: 2011

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Correction to explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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Committee Information

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Text of bill

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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