Budget 2005-06 > What's New What's Different
What's New What's Different
- Assistance for Families
- Carers Measures
- Welfare to Work
- Assistance for Women
- Housing Assistance
- Seniors Support
- Keeping our Youth on Track
- Updated Commonwealth/State Negotiations
- Ensuring Benefits Go To Those In Need
- Other Measures
Assistance for Families
- Increase in Maximum Rate Family Tax Benefit Part A Income Threshold
- Family Assistance - A Negotiated Payment Option to Reduce Overpayments
- Family Assistance - Assistance to Families at Risk of Overpayment
- Family Assistance - Automatically Updating Income Estimates
- Family Assistance - Improving Debt Recovery
- Family Assistance - Maintenance Income Credit
- Family Assistance - Using Reconciliation Top-up Payments and Tax Refunds to Offset Outstanding Family Assistance Debts
- Maternity Payment - Extending the Age Limit on Adopted Children
Carers Measures
- Carers - Payment of One-Off Carer Bonus
- Carer Allowance - Backdating Provisions
- Carer Allowance (Child) - Changes to the Lists of Recognised Disabilities
Welfare to Work
Assistance for Women
Housing Assistance
- Addressing Indigenous Needs - Healthy Indigenous Housing - Continuation
- National Homelessness Strategy - Extension
Seniors Support
- Great Southern Rail - Reimbursement of Concessionary Fares
- Accommodation Bonds - Exemption from Assets Tests
Keeping our Youth on Track
Updated Commonwealth/State Negotiations
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Concessions - Withdraw Offer to State and Territory Governments
- State Seniors Card Holders - Withdraw the National Reciprocal Transport Concessions Offer
Ensuring Benefits Go To Those In Need
- Debt Prevention Research and Development
- Age Pension - Detection and Prevention of Incorrect Payments Arising from Overseas Income
- Age Pension and Service Pension Registers - Improved Integrity
- Income Support Payments - Maintain Funding for Compliance Checks