Amends: the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
and Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012
to reduce the amount of baby bonus for second and subsequent children to $3000; the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to provide that family tax benefit continues until the end of the calendar year that a child completes secondary school; the Social Security Act 1991
to extend the double orphan pension qualification period for students completing study; the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: provide that certain students who are unable to attend school due to special circumstances are still eligible to receive the schoolkids bonus; enable certain clean energy supplement arrears to be paid straight away; and provide that a member of a couple is entitled to a clean energy advance top-up in certain situations; five Acts to clarify that the baby bonus is only paid at around the time a child first enters a person’s care; the Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to clarify that customers who end payment on a quarterly basis of clean energy supplement, pension supplement or seniors supplement do not have to wait to be paid arrears; and the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
to set out how paid parental leave applies to dad and partner pay claims made in prescribed circumstances.