Second Reading Speeches

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015

Type
Government
Portfolio
Social Services
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and
A New Tax (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to reduce to six weeks the period during which family tax benefit (FTB) Part A, and additional payments that rely on FTB eligibility, will be paid to recipients who are outside Australia from 1 January 2016; and the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to cease the large family supplement from 1 January 2016.

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