Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022

Type: Private
Sponsor(s): SMITH, Sen Dean
Originating house: Senate
Status: Before Senate
Parliament no: 47

Summary

Amends the: Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and increase to $600 the amount of income age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients can earn each fortnight while still receiving maximum pension payments and provide for a review, and sunsetting, of these amendments.

Progress

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	03 Aug 2022
Second reading moved	03 Aug 2022
Second reading debate	05 Sep 2022

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Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Notes

Referred to Committee (04/08/2022): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (30/09/2022)
Considered by scrutiny committee (07/09/2022): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 4 of 2022

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