Bill
Farm Household Support Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-03-28. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-06
- second reading — 2014-03-06
- second reading — 2014-03-18
- second reading — 2014-03-18
- third reading — 2014-03-18
- introduced — 2014-03-19
- second reading — 2014-03-19
- second reading — 2014-03-20
- second reading — 2014-03-20
- third reading — 2014-03-20
- passed — 2014-03-20
- royal assent — 2014-03-28
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-03-06.
The bill would create a new payment called the Farm Household Allowance for farmers and their partners experiencing financial difficulty.
The allowance would provide time-limited income support and funding for advice and training, and would be aligned with social security payments like newstart and youth allowances.
The Farm Household Allowance would replace the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment and be available regardless of the cause of hardship, unlike the current drought policy that relies on a climatic trigger.
- Establishes the Farm Household Allowance as a new form of financial assistance.
- Replaces the existing Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment.
- Shifts the focus of farmer assistance from crisis response to preparedness and risk management.
Farmers and their partners in financial hardship.
Sources
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