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No 245 House of Representatives Supplementary Order Paper Thursday, 30 May 2019 Social Assistance Legislation (Budget 2019 Welfare Package) Amendment Bill Proposed amendment Hon Louise Upston, in Committee, to move the following amendment: Clause 2 In clause 2, after subclause (2) (page 3, line 9), insert: (3) Despite subsection (1), section 8 (mandatory annual average weekly earnings adjustment of rates of main benefits) comes into force on 1 July 2019.
Explanatory note This Supplementary Order Paper amends clause 2 of the Social Assistance Legis- lation (Budget 2019 Welfare Package) Amendment Bill.

It seeks to ensure that benefit adjustments in this Bill come into effect as soon as possible.

This is in line with the overarching aim of this bill to increase the incomes of low-income individuals and families and to support a sustained reduction in child poverty.

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