Bill
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09. Indigenous Affairs portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Indigenous Affairs
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-12-02
- second reading — 2015-12-02
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-05-02
- second reading — 2016-05-02
- other — 2016-05-09
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 2015-12-02.
The bill would change welfare rules for job seekers in remote Australia to push them toward work and away from long-term reliance on payments.
The Secretary could let local providers make income support payments, and the Minister would set participation and compliance rules for those recipients.
The new system would start in no more than four regions, with the Minister deciding which areas qualify as remote income support regions based on disadvantage levels.
- The bill would let the Minister determine participation activities and compliance rules for remote job seekers.
- It would allow the Secretary to arrange for local providers to pay income support directly.
- It would increase the amount a job seeker can earn before their payment is reduced under the income test.
- It would replace complex penalty thresholds with simpler, immediate penalties for missed activities.
- It would make payments weekly instead of less frequently.
- It would phase in the new arrangements region by region, starting with up to four areas.
Job seekers in remote Australia who are on income support and participate in the Community Development Programme.
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