- Date
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15 Feb 2012
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: replace the maternity immunisation allowance by making payment of the family tax benefit (FTB) Part A supplement conditional on a child meeting the immunisation requirements; pause the indexation of baby bonus for three years from 1 July 2012 and reset the amount of baby bonus to $5000 per child from 1 September 2012; and prevent an individual from being entitled to FTB as fortnightly instalments on the basis of estimated income in certain circumstances; Social Security Act 1991
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to give certain carer allowance recipients, who care for a disabled adult, access to bereavement payments on the death of the care receiver; Social Security Act 1991
to allow access to carer supplement for those carers whose rate of payment is reduced to nil because of employment income received in the fortnight covering 1 July in any given year; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
and Social Security Act 1991
to make technical amendments.