Summary
Further to the
Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005
, the bill amends the
Social Security Act 1991
,
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
,
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
,
Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005
and
Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999
to: replace, amend or repeal terminology and provisions to clarify the policy intent of certain Welfare to Work measures, including the new income support payment compliance framework; allow parenting payment partnered recipients who have a temporary incapacity exemption to have access to pharmaceutical allowance; allow the continuation for 14 weeks of the same rate of Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance for single principal carer parents following the death of a child; and extend access to an Employment Entry Payment.