Bill
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-11-26
- second reading — 2019-11-27
- second reading — 2019-11-27
- committee — 2019-11-27
- third reading — 2019-11-27
- introduced — 2019-12-02
- second reading — 2019-12-02
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop Mr Falinski from speaking — 2019-11-26, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 63, noes 75
- The majority voted against a motion to adjourn debate on this bill, which means the debate will continue. — 2019-11-26, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 60, noes 74
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Disagree with the bill — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 67, noes 73
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 74, noes 67
- The majority voted in favour of [government amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-11-27.147.2), which means they will be included in the bill. For an explanation of what the amendments do, see the [Supplementary explanatory memorandum](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6399_ems_3b6b7ab4-76f5-41cc-bd30-e8d6a228e796%22;rec=0). ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 23), after item 3, insert:* > > *3A After subsection 123UO(3)* > > *Insert:* > > *(3A) If:* > >> *(a) a voluntary income management agreement in relation to a person is in force; and* >> >> *(b) the person's usual place of residence is within the Northern Territory;* > > *the Secretary may, by written notice given to the person, terminate the agreement. The termination takes effect on a day specified in the notice (which must not be earlier than the day on which the notice is given).* > > *(2) Schedule 1, item 27, page 10 (after line 8), after paragraph 124PGE(1) (b), insert:* > >> *(ba) the person has not reached pension age; and* > > *(3) Schedule 1, item 27, page 10 (after line 25), after paragraph 124PGE(2) (b), insert:* > >> *(ba) the person has not reached pension age; and* > > *(4) Schedule 1, item 27, page 11 (after line 17), after paragraph 124PGE(3) (b), insert:* > >> *(ba) the person has not reached pension age; and* > > *(5) Schedule 1, item 39, page 14 (line 30), omit "100%", substitute "80%".* > > *(6) Schedule 1, item 39, page 15 (line 2), omit "(including 0%)".* > > *(7) Schedule 1, item 39, page 15 (line 7), omit "100%", substitute "80%".* > > *(8) Schedule 1, item 39, page 15 (line 10), omit "and including 0%".* > > *(9) Schedule 1, item 44, page 19 (after line 2), after paragraph 127(4) (aa), insert:* > >> *(aaa) a decision to give a notice under subsection 123UO(3A); or* > > *(10) Schedule 1, item 45, page 19 (after line 10), after paragraph — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 72, noes 67
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with bill as amended — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Speed things along — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill — 2019-11-27, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 73, noes 63
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-09-11.
The bill would extend income management programs and transition participants in certain regions onto a cashless debit card trial.
It would set end dates for the card trials, remove participant caps, and add the Northern Territory and Cape York as trial areas.
The changes would also let people in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay region join the trial voluntarily and improve how the evaluation works.
- Extends the end date of the income management program to 30 June 2021 and sets the Cape York cashless debit card trial end date as 31 December 2021.
- Removes the upper limit on how many people can be in the cashless debit card trial.
- Allows residents of the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay trial site to choose to participate in the cashless debit card trial.
- Names the Northern Territory and Cape York as cashless debit card trial areas and moves income management participants there onto the card trial in 2020.
- Permits the Secretary to tell a community body when someone leaves the cashless debit card trial.
- Makes the evaluation process easier to run.
People receiving income management payments in the Northern Territory, Cape York, and the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay region, as well as the Secretary and community bodies.
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