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Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
Type |
Government |
Originating house |
House of Representatives |
Status |
Before Reps |
Portfolio |
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
Summary
Amends: the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 and Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012 to reduce the amount of baby bonus for second and subsequent children to $3000; the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 to provide that family tax benefit continues until the end of the calendar year that a child completes secondary school; the Social Security Act 1991 to extend the double orphan pension qualification period for students completing study; the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 to: provide that certain students who are unable to attend school due to special circumstances are still eligible to receive the schoolkids bonus; enable certain clean energy supplement arrears to be paid straight away; and provide that a member of a couple is entitled to a clean energy advance top-up in certain situations; five Acts to clarify that the baby bonus is only paid at around the time a child first enters a person’s care; the Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to clarify that customers who end payment on a quarterly basis of clean energy supplement, pension supplement or seniors supplement do not have to wait to be paid arrears; and the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 to set out how paid parental leave applies to dad and partner pay claims made in prescribed circumstances.
Progress of bill
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| House of Representatives |
| Introduced and read a first time |
13/02/13 |
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| Second reading moved |
13/02/13 |
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| Second reading debate |
12/03/13 |
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Notes
- Referred to Committee (28/02/2013): Senate Economics Legislation Committee; Committee report (18/03/2013)
- Referred to Committee (28/02/2013): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (19/03/2013)
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