Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2018

Type: Government
Portfolio: Indigenous Affairs
Originating house: Senate
Status: Not Proceeding
Parliament no: 45

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.

Progress

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	23 Aug 2018
Second reading moved	23 Aug 2018
Second reading debate	18 Oct 2018
Lapsed at end of Parliament	01 Jul 2019

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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Notes

Referred to Committee (23/08/2018): Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Committee report (12/10/2018)
Considered by scrutiny committee (12/09/2018): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 10 of 2018
Considered by scrutiny committee (18/09/2018): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 1 of 2019

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
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