Bill
Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2019
passed, as at 2019-11-28. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-17
- second reading — 2019-10-23
- second reading — 2019-10-23
- third reading — 2019-10-23
- introduced — 2019-11-11
- second reading — 2019-11-11
- second reading — 2019-11-12
- second reading — 2019-11-12
- committee — 2019-11-12
- third reading — 2019-11-12
- passed — 2019-11-12
- royal assent — 2019-11-28
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 2019-10-17.
This bill changes how farmers and their partners receive support under the Farm Household Allowance program.
It would raise the income offset limit and let people get support for four years in every ten-year period, rather than just once in their lifetime.
A one-time payment of $7,500 for singles or $6,500 for couples would go to those who have used up their allowance by June 30, 2020.
- The bill increases the maximum off-farm income offset from $80,000 to $100,000 per couple per year.
- It extends the maximum time on the allowance from a lifetime limit to four years in each ten-year period.
- It introduces a lump sum payment for recipients who have used 1,460 days by July 1, 2020.
- It lets the Minister define who gets future relief payments and their amounts.
Eligible farmers and their partners who receive the Farm Household Allowance.
Sources
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