Summary
Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: remove the family assets test and the family actual means test from the youth allowance parental means test arrangements; align parental income test exemptions for youth allowance with existing arrangements for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A; apply a separate maintenance income test for the treatment of child support; and provide that, where a family has a dependent child who receives an individual youth payment that is parentally income-tested and younger siblings who qualify for FTB, the family pool for the youth parental income test will include all FTB children; and
Social Security Act 1991
and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to remove maintenance income from the youth allowance parental income test assessment.