House debates Statements by Members
Dunkley Electorate: Carer Payments
Bruce Billson Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communication and the Digital Economy
9:48 am
On behalf of and through the vivid experience of the Frankston family of Ray and Lyn Jones and their three children, I call for the Rudd government to amend the current law that limits the availability of carer payments. I specifically refer to the Social Security Act 1991 and the Social Security Administration Act 1999 and argue that they need to be amended so that people who receive compensation payments for reasons other than the conditions that give rise to carer responsibilities can receive the carer payment. At the moment the carer payment is denied to anybody who is receiving compensation payments and is not treated as ordinary income.
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