Bill
Social Security Amendment (Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-09-28. Home Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Home Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-09-06
- second reading — 2023-09-06
- other — 2023-09-12
- second reading — 2023-09-12
- second reading — 2023-09-12
- other — 2023-09-12
- third reading — 2023-09-12
- introduced — 2023-09-14
- second reading — 2023-09-14
- second reading — 2023-09-14
- second reading — 2023-09-14
- third reading — 2023-09-14
- passed — 2023-09-14
- royal assent — 2023-09-28
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 2023-09-06.
The bill would make it easier to automatically process and quickly pay claims for the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment.
It would add a new way to qualify for the payment based on time spent in Australia before a disaster, as set by the minister, and treat certain people as carers of children when calculating the payment rate.
The changes are intended to apply from the 2023/24 High Risk Weather Season and beyond.
- Adds a new alternative qualification criterion for the disaster payment based on time spent in Australia before a disaster.
- Treats a person as a carer of a child for calculating the payment rate.
- Makes minor technical amendments to clarify the use of the words 'declaration' and 'determination' in the Social Security Act 1991.
People affected by a major disaster who claim the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment.
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