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Inquiry into Proposed Amendments to the Child Support (and other) legislation.
Posted October 11th 2008, 12:05 PM
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I've not had time to look through this, however here's a link and the contents of that link :-
Senate said
Inquiry into Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008
Reason for referral of the Bill and information relating to the reference
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On 18 September 2008 the Senate, on the recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee, referred the provisions of the Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 to the Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by 10 November 2008.
The Bill may be accessed via the link: Legislation and documentation relating to the Bill
The Committee invites you to provide a written submission addressing issues that may be of relevance to you. The submission should be lodged by 17 October 2008. The Committee prefers to receive submissions electronically as an attached document email: community.affairs.sen@aph.gov.au otherwise by fax (02 6277 5829).
Submissions become Committee documents and are made public only after a decision by the Committee. Publication of submissions includes loading them onto the internet and their being available to other interested parties including the media. Persons making submissions must not release them without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are covered by parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not protected. Information relating to Senate Committee inquiries, including notes to assist in the preparation of submissions for a Committee, can be located on the Internet at http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htmhttp://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm
The link to this is at Inquiry into child support legislation
I've attached the word document containing the proposed changes, apparently responses are required by October 17th. Here's a link to where the document and other supportive documents can be found :- Documents
Download: FAHCSIA Legislation Amendments Oct 2008.doc (326 KB, 393 downloads so far)
Posted October 14th 2008, 6:10 AM
I propose to make a submission, focussing on SSAT, COA and terminating events. I will also take the opportunity to make some general, albeit polite, comments about CSA's adminsitration and Matt Miller's duplicity. I encourage others to make submissions as well.
Posted October 16th 2008, 8:45 PM
One concern I have is the reasoning behind the addition of dropping the 7.1% change of care level restriction when the change crosses the 35% barrier (prior to this amendment it was only the 14% barrier). This I suspect is due to the massive number of requests by lives with/custodial parents to reduce care levels and thus allowing such parents to grab FTB that would, without this change, otherwise go to the has time with/non-custodial parent for the care they provide. It would surprise me little if the CSA then convert this into monies transferred to better their reporting and apparent standing.
There again perhaps this could be counter productive as such parents would find it a little easier to claim financial hardship, in which case, they may then be able to pay reduced payments which would then result in a lowering of the monies transferred report and also the respective increase in FTB payments. Furthermore as the lives with parents would be receiving more they would be less likely to be able to claim hardship so some may lose this thus reducing what they are get paid with the same double edged losses to the CSA and FAHCSIA. Perhaps a quadruple edged sword. One wonders what homework has been done.
Posted November 7th 2008, 1:43 AM
The proposed legislative changes look to be fairly light on substance.
The revisions in the legislation do little if anything to fix a number of issues around the existing legislation
The only sections of interest are probably "Percentage of care" and reducing to zero child support costs along with publishing SSAT cases.
Schedule 3 Child support
Part 1 Percentage of care
Part 2 Publication of reasons for decisions of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal
Part 3 Departure from assessments
Part 4 Terminating events
Part 5 Reducing rate of child support under minimum annual rate assessments
Part 6 Overseas liabilities
Part 7 Crediting prescribed payments
There is nothing related to days vs nightin the new round of changes but FAHCSIA are working on draft revisionsto set a new formula. I believe they are close to resolving this issue.of days vs. nights.
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Last edit: November 8th 2008, 12:20 AM by Secretary SPCA