Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for School Education and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to government amendments (1) and (2) to be moved to this bill. By leave—I move government amendments (1) and (2) on sheet BM336 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (after table item 4), insert:

4A. Schedule 3A The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Page 23 (after line 11), after Schedule 3, insert:

Schedule 3A—Student start up scholarship payments

Social Security Act 1991

1 Section 592H (note)

  Repeal the note, substitute:

     Note: The amount of the payment is to be indexed on 1 January 2017 and each later 1 January in line with CPI increases (see sections 1190 to 1194).

2 After subsection 1192(8)

  Insert:

  (8A) The student start up scholarship payment amount (see item 40 of the CPI Indexation Table in subsection 1191(1)) is not to be indexed on 1 January 2013, 1 January 2014, 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2016.