Farm Household Support Amendment (Relief Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2019

Type: Government
Portfolio: Agriculture
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 46

Summary

Amends the: Farm Household Support Act 2014 and Farm Household Support Minister’s Rule 2014 to: increase access to the Farm Household Allowance (FHA) program for eligible farmers and their partners to four years in every specified ten year period; and broaden the circumstances in which the off-farm income offset can be applied and increase the upper limit of the offset from $80 000 to $100 000; and Farm Household Support Act 2014 and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 to: provide for a one-off lump sum payment of $7500 (single recipient) or $6500 (members of a couple) for FHA recipients who have been payable for 1460 days of payment by 30 June 2020; and provide the minister with a power to determine who may qualify for, and the amount of, future relief payments.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	17 Oct 2019
Second reading moved	17 Oct 2019
Second reading debate	23 Oct 2019
Second reading agreed to	23 Oct 2019
Third reading agreed to	23 Oct 2019

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	11 Nov 2019
Second reading moved	11 Nov 2019
Second reading debate	12 Nov 2019
Second reading agreed to	12 Nov 2019
Committee of the Whole debate	12 Nov 2019
Third reading agreed to	12 Nov 2019


Finally passed both Houses	12 Nov 2019
Assent Act no: 104 Year: 2019	28 Nov 2019

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation [sheet 8791]
HANSON, Sen Pauline

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Notes

Referred to Committee (17/10/2019): Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee; Committee report (07/11/2019)
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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