Bill
Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-10-07. Veterans' Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Veterans' Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-08-03
- second reading — 2022-08-03
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- second reading — 2022-09-06
- third reading — 2022-09-06
- introduced — 2022-09-07
- second reading — 2022-09-07
- second reading — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-09-28
- third reading — 2022-09-28
- passed — 2022-09-28
- royal assent — 2022-10-07
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 Bills Digest; not the record, as at 2022-08-03.
The bill would create an acute support package of assistance and benefits for eligible current and former Australian Defence Force members and their families.
The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission would make a legislative instrument setting out eligibility, types of assistance, conditions and payment limits.
Eligibility includes being under 65, receiving certain compensation, and the Commission being satisfied the person is in or at risk of a crisis.
- Renames Chapter 5A of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 from 'Family and employment support' to 'Acute support'.
- Removes the warlike service requirement from the simplified outline of Part 1 of that Act.
- Adds eligibility criteria for members, former members, related persons, wholly dependent partners and former partners.
- Makes acute support package decisions subject to merits review by the Veterans' Review Board.
- Extends overpayment recovery provisions to amounts paid under the package if obtained by false statements or omissions.
- Makes similar amendments to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.
Current and former Australian Defence Force members under 65, their related persons, wholly dependent partners of deceased members, and former partners, as well as those covered under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.
Sources
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