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Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014

Type	Government
Originating house	House of Representatives
Status	Not Proceeding
Portfolio	Social Services

Summary

Introduced with the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014, the bill amends the: Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: pause indexation on certain income and assets test free areas and thresholds for three years; 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; exclude from the social security and veterans’ entitlements income test payments made under the Young Carer Bursary Programme from 1 January 2015; include tax-free superannuation income in the assessment of income for qualification for the seniors health card; 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; Social Security Act 1991 to: extend to 19 weeks the portability period for seniors health cardholders; restrict qualification for relocation scholarship payments; 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; Social Security Act 1991 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to: limit the overseas portability period for disability support pension from 1 January 2015; and abolish the pensioner education supplement from 1 January 2015; Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to abolish the education entry payment from 1 January 2015; 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; revising end-of-year supplements to their original values and ceasing indexation; reducing the primary earner income limit; limiting family tax benefit Part B; and introducing a single parent supplement; Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to remove the three months’ backdating of disability pension from 1 January 2015; and seven Acts to make consequential 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	18/06/14
Second reading moved	18/06/14
Second reading debate	24/06/14
Second reading agreed to	24/06/14
Consideration in detail debate	24/06/14
Third reading agreed to	24/06/14

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	26/06/14
Second reading moved	26/06/14
Second reading debate	30/09/14
Second reading debate	01/10/14
Discharged from Notice Paper	28/10/14