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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Social Security Amendment (Caring for
People on Newstart) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator Siewert)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act
1991, and for related purposes
No. , 2017
Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2017
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Newstart amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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Part 2--Youth allowance amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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Part 3--Indexation amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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Part 4--Other amendments
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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
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Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Social Security Act
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1991, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on
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Newstart) Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The 28th day after this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
Newstart amendments Part 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Part 1--Newstart amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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1 Point 1068-A1 (method statement, before step 2)
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Insert:
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Step 1C. Work out the newstart supplement amount (if any) using
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Module CA below.
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2 Section 1068 (after Module C)
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Insert:
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Module CA--Newstart supplement
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Newstart supplement
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1068-CA1 A newstart supplement amount is to be added to the person's
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maximum basic rate if:
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(a) the person is qualified for a newstart allowance in respect of
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a period; and
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(b) the person's family situation is covered by item 4A, 4B, 5, 9
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or 11 of the table in point 1068-B1.
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1068-CA2 The person's newstart supplement amount is $110.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 2 Youth allowance amendments
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Part 2--Youth allowance amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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3 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 1, column 3)
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Omit "$145.40", substitute "$255.40".
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4 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 2, column 3)
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Omit "$174.80", substitute "$284.80".
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5 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 3, column 3)
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Omit "$145.40", substitute "$255.40".
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6 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 4, column 3)
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Omit "$174.80", substitute "$284.80".
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7 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 5, column 3)
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Omit "$265.50", substitute "$375.50".
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8 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 6, column 3)
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Omit "$347.80", substitute "$457.80".
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9 Point 1067G-B3 (table item 8, column 3)
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Omit "$265.50", substitute "$375.50".
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10 Point 1067G-B4 (table item 3, column 3)
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Omit "$227.20", substitute "$337.20".
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11 Point 1067G-B4 (table item 4, column 3)
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Omit "$341.40", substitute "$451.40".
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Amendments Schedule 1
Indexation amendments Part 3
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Part 3--Indexation amendments
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Social Security Act 1991
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12 Section 1190 (at the end of the table)
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Add:
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72.
Newstart
supplement
NEW
Benefit Rate Calculator B--point
1068-CA2
13 Subsection 1191(1) (at the end of the table)
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Add:
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44.
NEW
1 July
December
highest
December
quarter
before
reference
quarter (but
not earlier
than the
December
quarter of
2012)
$1.00
14 At the end of Division 2 of Part 3.16
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Add:
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1195A Indexation of certain newstart amounts
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(1) This section applies to the following amounts (the starting
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amounts):
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(a) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 1 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(b) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 1A of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(c) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 1B of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(d) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 1C of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(e) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 2 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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Part 3 Indexation amendments
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(f) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 3 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(g) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 3A of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(h) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 3B of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(i) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 4 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(j) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 9 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(k) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 10 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(l) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 27 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1);
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(m) the amount referred to in column 2 of item 44 of the table in
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subsection 1191(1).
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(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, the starting
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amount is to be indexed under this Division on each indexation day
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for the amount, using the following method statement:
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Method statement
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Step 1. Work out the CPI indexed amount by indexing the
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starting amount on each indexation day for the amount in
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accordance with section 1191.
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Step 2. Work out the MTAWE indexed amount by indexing the
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starting amount on each indexation day for the amount
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by:
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(a)
treating the starting amount as a category A amount for
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the purposes of section 1195; and
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(b)
applying the rules in section 1195 to that amount.
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Step 3. Work out the pensioner and beneficiary living cost
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index amount by indexing the starting amount on each
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indexation day for the amount in accordance with
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section 1196.
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Indexation amendments Part 3
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Step 4. The indexed amount of the starting amount is the highest
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of the CPI indexed amount, the MTAWE indexed amount
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and the pensioner and beneficiary living cost index
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amount.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 4 Other amendments
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Part 4--Other amendments
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Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
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15 Section 242
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Before "Payments", insert "(1)".
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16 At the end of section 242
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Add:
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(2) Payments for the purposes of the 1991 Act, to the extent that Act
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was amended by the Social Security Amendment (Caring for
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People on Newstart) Act 2017, are to be made out of money
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appropriated by the Parliament for those purposes.
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