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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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- Date
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16 Oct 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Family and Community Services
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: repeal existing provisions in relation to rent assistance and consolidate and simplify them in one new part; and make minor amendments to: clarify the payments recoverable when customers receive economic loss compensation payments; apply the definition of “independence” to disability support pension youth customers; and clarify the operation of the income and assets test provisions. Also contains application provisions.
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- Date
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28 Oct 2010
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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NASH, Sen Fiona
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide that the same eligibility criteria for independent youth allowance is applied for students residing in the Inner Regional Australia Zone.
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- Date
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12 Mar 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: reduce the length of the liquid assets waiting period by doubling the maximum reserve threshold for liquid assets to $5,000 for singles without dependants or $10,000 for others for a two year period from 1 April 2009; and remove the surrender value of life insurance policies from the definition of ‘liquid assets’ for social security purposes. Also makes technical amendments to five other Acts.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2009
- 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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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide for a training supplement of $41.60 per fortnight to participants in the National Green Jobs Corps who receive youth allowance, newstart allowance and parenting payment.
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- Date
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26 May 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide that parenting payment recipients are only covered by the transitional arrangement in respect of children who were in their care before 1 July 2011.
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- Date
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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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.
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- Date
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24 Mar 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to establish a framework to provide financial assistance for Australians and close family members of Australians who are injured or killed overseas as a result of an overseas terrorist incident; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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26 Jun 2003
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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LEES, Meg
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to extend the eligibility of persons under 25 years of age to the carer payment.
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- Date
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28 May 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to provide that: certain recipients of newstart allowance and parenting payment may receive a training supplement of $41.60 a fortnight; and early school leavers undertake full-time study or comply with a Youth Allowance Employment Pathway Plan to qualify for youth allowance.
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- Date
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12 May 2009
- 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:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to introduce a non-indexed Carer Supplement, payable to carers currently receiving qualifying payments; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to exempt the supplement from income tax; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to remove indexation of higher income thresholds for certain family assistance payments until 2012.
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