Summary
Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
,
Social Security Act 1991
and
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 10 per cent;
Social Security Act 1991
to increase jobseeker payment for certain recipients who have an assessed partial capacity to work due to physical, intellectual or psychiatric impairment; and
Social Security Act 1991
and
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to expand the circumstances in which a carer may temporarily cease providing care without losing eligibility for the carer payment.