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  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Child Support Measures) Bill 2023

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    Date
    29 Mar 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
    to: enable the Child Support Registrar to use existing employer withholding mechanisms to collect deductible liabilities where a person’s child support liability has ended but they have outstanding child support and related debts; allow the registrar to refuse to issue a departure authorisation certificate where a security is offered unless satisfied that the person will make suitable arrangements to pay their outstanding liabilities; and provide the registrar with an additional method for working out a person’s taxable income for a particular year where they are satisfied that the person is not required to lodge a tax return. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Treatment of Parental Leave Payments) Bill 2016

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    Date
    16 Mar 2016 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Waiting Periods for New Migrants) Bill 2021

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    Date
    24 Jun 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: increase the newly arrived resident's waiting period (NARWP) for carer payment and carer allowance to 208 weeks; remove the qualifying residence period for parenting payment; apply the 208-week NARWP for the low income health care card and Commonwealth seniors health card to temporary visa holders; make amendments contingent on the commencement of the
    Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Act 2021
    ; and make minor technical amendments;
    Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999
    to make consequential amendments;
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    to: increase the NARWP for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A to 208 weeks; and introduce a 208-week NARWP for FTB Part B; and
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to increase the NARWP for parental leave pay and dad and partner pay to 208 weeks. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cost of Living Concession) Bill 2015

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    Date
    16 Sep 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to exclude the cost of living concession payment made by the South Australian Government from being assessed as income under the social security and veterans’ affairs income tests. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Defined Benefit Income Streams) Bill 2015

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    Date
    23 Jun 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Social Security Act 1991
    to provide that the deductible amount for defined benefit income streams, excluding military defined benefits schemes, is capped at a maximum 10 per cent of the gross payments to an individual for the income year. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018

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    Date
    28 Feb 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance from 1 July 2018;
    Farm Household Support Act 2014
    to make consequential amendments; and
    Farm Household Support Act 2014
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed
    Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019

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    Date
    11 Sep 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance;
    Farm Household Support Act 2014
    to make consequential amendments; and
    Farm Household Support Act 2014
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to substitute references to the newstart allowance with references to the jobseeker payment following commencement of the
    Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017

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    Date
    31 May 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends five Acts to prevent new recipients of welfare payments or concession cards from being paid the energy supplement from 20 September 2017. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending the Poverty Trap) Bill 2018

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    Date
    10 Sep 2018 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: increase the maximum single rates of newstart allowance, youth allowance (away from home rates only), austudy, sickness allowance, special benefit, widow allowance and crisis payment by $150 a fortnight; standardise the indexation arrangements for certain pensions and allowances; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the
    Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018
    ; and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Energy Assistance Payment and Pensioner Concession Card) Bill 2017

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    Date
    24 May 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to provide a one-off energy assistance payment to recipients of the age pension, disability support pension, parenting payment single and certain veterans’ payments who are payable and residing in Australia on 20 June 2017; and
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    and
    Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
    to provide a pensioner concession card to certain social security pensioners and veterans’ payments recipients whose payment or pension was cancelled on 1 January 2017 due to changes in the assets test parameters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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