Bill
Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-12-13. Indigenous Australians portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Indigenous Australians
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-08-26
- second reading — 2021-08-26
- second reading — 2021-10-26
- second reading — 2021-10-27
- second reading — 2021-10-27
- third reading — 2021-10-27
- introduced — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-11-22
- second reading — 2021-12-02
- second reading — 2021-12-02
- third reading — 2021-12-02
- passed — 2021-12-02
- royal assent — 2021-12-13
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 2021-08-26.
This bill would change several Commonwealth laws to support the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme.
The scheme offers a one-off payment and a chance to tell their story to a senior official for people removed as children from the Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory before self-government, or Jervis Bay Territory.
The bill would amend the Bankruptcy Act 1966, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Social Security Act 1991, Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to ensure the payment does not affect other benefits or allow identity cross-checks.
- Amends the Bankruptcy Act 1966, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Social Security Act 1991, and Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 so the redress payment does not affect income testing for other Commonwealth payments.
- Amends the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to allow identity cross-checks with the Department of Social Services or Services Australia.
- Sets the scheme to operate from 1 March 2022 to 30 June 2026, with applications open from 1 March 2022 to 28 February 2026.
Survivors of the Stolen Generations removed as children from the Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory before self-government, or Jervis Bay Territory.
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