Bill
Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2019
passed, as at 2019-12-11. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-11-27
- second reading — 2019-11-27
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- second reading — 2019-12-03
- third reading — 2019-12-03
- introduced — 2019-12-05
- second reading — 2019-12-05
- third reading — 2019-12-05
- passed — 2019-12-05
- royal assent — 2019-12-11
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-11-27.
The bill would change how the Farm Household Allowance is paid and assessed.
It would remove the income test for the payment rate, simplify the assets test to a single $5.5 million threshold, and allow recipients to choose who conducts their farm financial assessment.
The maximum activity supplement would rise from $4,000 to $10,000 and cover travel and accommodation costs.
- The rate of Farm Household Allowance would no longer vary with a person's income.
- All assets, farm and non-farm, would be subject to a single net value threshold of $5.5 million.
- The requirement for farm financial assessments to be done by a person prescribed in the Minister's rules would be removed.
- The maximum activity supplement would increase to $10,000 and include travel and accommodation costs.
Farm Household Allowance recipients.
Sources
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