Summary
Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: increase the parental income cut-off for students accessing the regional workforce independence criteria from $150 000 to $160 000, plus $10 000 for each additional child in the family; and amend the formula for determining the maintenance income test reducible amount;
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to ensure the consistent application of the maintenance income test reconciliation process for youth allowance; and
Student Assistance Act 1973
to enable the minister to determine that a course, that is no longer an eligible course, is to be treated as an eligible course for specified persons in specified circumstances.