Second Reading Speeches

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2018

Type
Government
Portfolio
Indigenous Affairs
Originating house
Senate
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the:

Social Security Act 1991
and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: provide that community development program (CDP) participants are subject to the targeted compliance framework; insert exemptions for CDP participants undertaking subsidised employment who are still in receipt of the newstart allowance, youth allowance, disability support pension, special benefit or parenting payment; create exceptions to work refusal failures for CDP participants who refuse subsidised employment and exceptions for participants undertaking subsidised employment who refuse other offers of employment; and create exceptions to unemployment failures for participants who voluntarily leave a suitable subsidised job without a valid reason, or are dismissed from a suitable subsidised job for misconduct;
Farm Household Support Act 2014
,
Social Security Act 1991
and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make consequential amendments; and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make contingent amendments.

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