Bill
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-04-11. Social Services portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Social Services
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- other — 2022-04-11
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 2019-09-11.
This bill would restrict relocation scholarships to students whose family home is in Australia and who study in Australia.
Students whose family home is outside Australia or who relocate overseas for part of their course would no longer qualify.
The bill also aligns the Pensioner Education Supplement and Education Entry Payment with the 2017-18 Budget measure.
- Removes relocation scholarship eligibility for students whose parental family home is outside Australia.
- Removes relocation scholarship eligibility for students who relocate outside Australia to study.
- Aligns the Pensioner Education Supplement and Education Entry Payment.
Youth allowance students and recipients of the Pensioner Education Supplement and Education Entry Payment.
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