Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011. The purpose of this bill is to amend provisions within the Social Security Act 1991 that relate to the transitional arrangements that came into effect for parenting payment from 1 July 2006. In practical terms, this bill will limit the ability of parenting payment recipients to extend—and I hesitate to use this word—'grandfathered' eligibility status by acquiring new parenting payment children. I understand now that inclusive language has transformed 'grandfathered' as a term into 'grandparented.'