Second Reading Speeches

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Seasonal Worker Incentives for Jobseekers) Bill 2017

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

Amends the

Social Security Act 1991
,
Farm Household Support Act 2014
and
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to trial a social security income test incentive aimed at increasing the number of job seekers who undertake specified seasonal horticultural work, such as fruit picking.

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