Bill
Farm Household Support Amendment (Temporary Measures) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-08-24. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-08-16
- second reading — 2018-08-16
- second reading — 2018-08-21
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- committee — 2018-08-22
- third reading — 2018-08-22
- introduced — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-22
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- second reading — 2018-08-23
- third reading — 2018-08-23
- passed — 2018-08-23
- royal assent — 2018-08-24
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-08-16.
This bill temporarily raises the cap on farm assets and adds a two-part payment top-up for eligible recipients of the Farm Household Allowance.
The top-up and the higher asset limit would apply only until mid-2019, with the exact start date for the new asset ceiling set by ministerial rule.
Under the current rules, the farm asset limit is $2.635 million, and the bill would raise it to $5 million until 30 June 2019.
- The bill increases the farm assets limit from $2.635 million to $5 million.
- The bill introduces a two-part payment supplement for qualifying Farm Household Allowance recipients.
- The increased asset limit and the supplement are temporary, ending by 30 June 2019.
Farmers and their partners who receive the Farm Household Allowance.
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