Bill
Coronavirus Economic Support and Recovery (No-one Left Behind) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Larissa Waters
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2020-06-11.
This bill would create a fund for investing in arts, manufacturing and renewable energy, and expand coronavirus payments to more people.
The Finance Minister would be directed to set up the Coronavirus Economic Support and Recovery Fund, with rules in place by 30 June 2020, and the bill would expand the $550 per fortnight COVID-19 supplement to disability support pension and carer payment recipients while making temporary visa holders eligible for JobSeeker.
The bill would also require the Minister to extend JobKeeper eligibility to all casual employees regardless of employment period, all temporary visa holder employees, and intermittent workers with a demonstrated income history, and prevent excluding certain foreign government-owned entities and higher education providers as eligible employers.
- The Finance Minister must create a fund to invest in arts, manufacturing and renewable energy, and cannot use it for fossil fuel projects.
- The $550 per fortnight COVID-19 supplement is extended to disability support pension and carer payment recipients.
- Temporary visa holders become eligible for JobSeeker payment if they otherwise meet criteria.
- JobKeeper eligibility is extended to all casual employees, temporary visa holder employees, and intermittent workers with a demonstrated income history.
- Certain foreign government-owned entities and higher education providers cannot be excluded as eligible JobKeeper employers.
- Prompt back payment of newly eligible JobKeeper employees and employers must be facilitated.
People receiving disability support pension or carer payment, temporary visa holders, casual employees, intermittent workers, certain foreign government-owned entities, and higher education providers.
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