Bill
Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2020
passed, as at 2020-03-26. Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-25
- second reading — 2020-02-26
- second reading — 2020-02-26
- third reading — 2020-02-26
- introduced — 2020-02-26
- second reading — 2020-02-26
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- second reading — 2020-03-23
- third reading — 2020-03-23
- passed — 2020-03-23
- royal assent — 2020-03-26
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2020-02-13.
The bill would change how the Farm Household Allowance program works for farmers in financial hardship.
It would remove the annual reconciliation of business income that currently adjusts payments and creates possible debts.
The bill would also remove the 28-day deadline for completing a farm financial assessment, allowing more flexibility to find a suitable assessor.
- The bill would end business income reconciliation for Farm Household Allowance recipients.
- The bill would remove the 28-day time limit to finish a farm financial assessment.
- The bill would base payment rates on current income rather than reconciled tax returns.
Farmers and other recipients of the Farm Household Allowance.
Sources
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