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Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019

Type
Government
Portfolio
Social Services
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
46

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Summary

Amends the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to: extend the end date for existing cashless debit card (CDC) trial areas from 30 June 2020 to 30 June 2021 and establish an end date for the CDC trial in the Cape York area of 31 December 2021; remove the cap on the number of CDC trial participants; remove the exclusion to allow people in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay trial area to be able to voluntarily participate in the CDC trial; establish the Northern Territory and Cape York areas as CDC trial areas and transition income management participants in these sites onto the CDC trial in 2020; enable the secretary to advise a community body when a person has exited the CDC trial and remove the requirement that an evaluation be conducted by an independent expert within 6 months of the completion of a review of the CDC trial.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 11 Sep 2019
Second reading moved 11 Sep 2019
Second reading debate 26 Nov 2019
Second reading debate 27 Nov 2019
Second reading agreed to 27 Nov 2019
Consideration in detail debate
  • Amendment details: 10 Government agreed to
 27 Nov 2019
Third reading agreed to 27 Nov 2019
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 02 Dec 2019
Second reading moved 02 Dec 2019
Lapsed at end of Parliament 25 Jul 2022

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Notes

  • Referred to Committee (12/09/2019): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (07/11/2019)
  • Considered by scrutiny committee (18/09/2019): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 7 of 2019
  • Considered by scrutiny committee (05/12/2019): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 1 of 2020

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