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Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Act
Portfolio	Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

Summary

Amends the Social Security Act 1991 to: provide students from Inner Regional Areas with access to independent youth allowance; reset relocation scholarship values from 2012 for eligible regional students and provide for the values to be indexed from 2013; reduce the value of the student start-up scholarship payment from 2012 and provide for the payments to be indexed annually from 2013; provide for the cessation of the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund; and make technical amendments.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	21/09/11
Second reading moved	21/09/11
Second reading debate	13/10/11
Second reading debate	31/10/11
Second reading agreed to	31/10/11
Third reading agreed to	31/10/11

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	01/11/11
Second reading moved	01/11/11
Second reading agreed to	25/11/11
Third reading agreed to	25/11/11

Assent	05/12/11	Act no.: 179 - Year: 2011