Julie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the amendments be agreed to.

These amendments provide for portability of the disability support pension to be extended in certain circumstances in which a family member of a DSP recipient is seconded overseas for employment purposes. These amendments reflect the findings of the Senate committee inquiry on the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2010. The government has been responsive. We recognise that some family members of disability support pensioners may be required to spend extended periods of time overseas as a result of their employment—for example, employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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