Bill
Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2014
lapsed, as at 2016-05-09.
- Sponsor
- Rachel Siewert
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-03-06
- second reading — 2014-03-06
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- 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 2014-03-06.
This bill would give extra money to people on Newstart and Youth Allowance to help them find work and reduce poverty.
It would raise the single rate of Newstart and the single independent rate of Youth Allowance each by $50 per week.
The bill would also apply the same indexation method used for certain pensions and allowances, based on whichever is highest among the CPI, MTAWE, or the pensioner and beneficiary living cost index.
- Raises the single rate of Newstart by $50 a week.
- Raises the single independent rate of Youth Allowance by $50 a week.
- Applies the same indexation rules to certain pensions and allowances, using the highest of the CPI, MTAWE, or the pensioner and beneficiary living cost index.
Single Newstart recipients and single independent Youth Allowance recipients.
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