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• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 4) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: pause indexation on certain income free and income test free areas and thresholds for three years from 1 July 2015; index parenting payment single to the consumer price index; and pause indexation of income free areas and other means-test thresholds for student payments, including student income bank limits; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  : to maintain the standard family tax benefit (FTB) child rates for two years in the maximum and base rate of FTB Part A and the maximum rate of FTB Part B from 1 July 2015; and in relation to FTB (from 1 July 2015) by: revising end-of-year supplements to their original values and ceasing indexation; reducing the primary earner income limit; limiting FTB Part B; and introducing a single parent supplement; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend and simplify the ordinary waiting period for all working age payments from 1 January 2015; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance from 1 January 2015; and provide for 26-week waiting periods and non-payment periods from 1 January 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the pensioner education supplement from 1 January 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the education entry payment from 1 January 2015; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to remove the three months’ backdating of disability pension from 1 January 2015; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 5) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation of income test free areas for pensions (other than parenting payment single) and deeming thresholds for three years from 1 July 2017; index pensions (other than parenting payment single) to the consumer price index from 20 September 2017; reduce social security and veterans’ entitlements income test deeming thresholds from 20 September 2017; and increase the age pension qualifying age, and the non-veteran pension age, from 67 to 70 years by six months every two years, commencing on 1 July 2025; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 6) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  The bill amends: six Acts to rename the clean energy supplement as the energy supplement and cease indexation of the supplement from 20 September 2014; the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to pause indexation of assets value limits for working age allowances, student payments and parenting payment single for two years from 1 July 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: require certain disability support pension recipients to actively participate in a program of support; limit the six-week overseas portability period for students payments from 1 January 2015; limit the overseas portability period for disability support pension from 1 January 2015; extend to 19 weeks the portability period for seniors health cardholders; and restrict qualification for relocation scholarship payments; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation on assets test free areas for all pensions (other than parenting payment single) for three years from 1 July 2017; exclude from the social security and veterans’ entitlements income test payments made under the Young Carer Bursary Programme from 1 January 2015; and include tax-free superannuation income in the assessment of income for qualification for the seniors health card; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  in relation to family tax benefit (from 1 July 2015) by: limiting the large family supplement; removing the per-child add-on; and reducing the primary earner income limit; the

  Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012

  to provide that the State pay equity order (Western Australia) made on 29 August 2013 is a pay equity order for the purposes of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account and amend the amounts by which the account will be credited accordingly; and the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Scheme 2004 and Veterans’ Children Education Scheme to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia’s Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  International Development and the Pacific 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to extend eligibility for certain supports and benefits to Pacific Engagement Visa holders and eligible Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme workers and their families. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: six Acts to provide for two rounds of additional economic support payments of $250 to certain income support recipients and holders of eligible concession cards; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: recognise the six month period between 25 March and 24 September 2020 as contributing to existing workforce independence criteria for youth allowance; and create a temporary pathway for young Australians, who are seeking to qualify as independent for the purposes of assessing youth allowance (student), to encourage them to undertake seasonal agricultural work; the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to temporarily extend the paid parental leave work test period from 13 months prior to the birth or adoption of a child to 20 months for parents who have had their employment impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to increase the maximum amount that eligible families are able to access after a stillbirth or a child's death shortly after birth up to the child's first birthday, irrespective of whether this is their first or subsequent claim; and the

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to enable the minister to determine average weekly earnings trend figures ordinarily published by the Australian Statistician, for child support assessment purposes, where the publication of this trend figure has been suspended. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Extension of Coronavirus Support) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend the COVID-19 supplement to 31 March 2021 for all persons in receipt of youth allowance, including full time students and new apprentices; extend the temporary COVID-19 qualification rules for jobseeker payment and youth allowance to 31 March 2021; end the COVID-19 exemptions from the liquid assets test waiting period and assets tests from 1 January 2021; and temporarily enable the minister to determine modifications to specified provisions of the social security law in response to COVID-19;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that the COVID-19 supplement and the exemptions from the ordinary waiting period, newly arrived resident's waiting period and seasonal work preclusion period cannot be extended beyond 31 March 2021; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to introduce a discretionary power to extend the principal home exemption temporary absence provisions for the purposes of the social security and veterans' entitlements assets tests. Also permits jobkeeper information provided to Services Australia on or before 28 March 2021 to continue to be used after that date. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Incentivising Pensioners to Downsize) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend from 12 to 24 months the assets test exemption on principal home sale proceeds intended for the purchase of a new principal home, for pensioners and other eligible support recipients; and assess the deemed income on proceeds from the sale of the principal home at the below threshold deeming rate during the period of exemption from the assets test. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jul 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card income test limits to $90 000 a year for a single person and $144 000 a year for couples. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Responds to the Federal Court decision in

  Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas

  [2020] FCAFC 220 by amending the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide a clear legal basis for the assessment of income from certain military invalidity pensions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (More Support in the Safety Net) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 10 per cent;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase jobseeker payment for certain recipients who have an assessed partial capacity to work due to physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to expand the circumstances in which a carer may temporarily cease providing care without losing eligibility for the carer payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum