- Date
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29 Mar 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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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.