Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017

Type: Government
Portfolio: Social Services
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Not Proceeding
Parliament no: 45

Summary

Amends the: Social Security Act 1991 to: restrict access to the relocation scholarship to students relocating within Australia and students studying in Australia; align pensioner education supplement fortnightly rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students; and provide that payments of the pensioner education supplement cease during semester breaks and holiday periods; and Social Security Act 1991 and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to align education entry payment rates with the amount of study undertaken by eligible students.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	21 Jun 2017
Second reading moved	21 Jun 2017
Second reading debate	19 Oct 2017
Second reading debate	23 Oct 2017
Second reading agreed to	23 Oct 2017
Third reading agreed to	23 Oct 2017

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	13 Nov 2017
Second reading moved	13 Nov 2017
Lapsed at end of Parliament	01 Jul 2019

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Explanatory memorandum

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No proposed amendments have been circulated.

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Notes

Referred to Committee (22/06/2017): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (01/09/2017)
Considered by scrutiny committee (15/08/2017): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 10 of 2017

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