Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 42
Character Range: 345225–349800

42        Settlement Services                                                                                                                                  To provide settlement support for humanitarian entrants and other eligible migrants in their first 5 years of life in Australia to become self‑reliant and participate equitably in Australian society and to minimise longer‑term reliance on Commonwealth provided social services by providing funding for the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) humanitarian settlement services that deliver early practical support (during the 6 to 12 months following arrival) to enable humanitarian entrants to become self‑reliant and participate equitably in Australian society;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) settlement services activities that deliver services to humanitarian entrants and other migrants in their first 5 year in Australia;
                                                                                                                                                               (c) support services to enable persons with complex needs to become self‑reliant and to participate equitably in Australian society;
                                                                                                                                                               (d) peak bodies involved in the settlement of persons who arrive in Australia;
                                                                                                                                                               (e) pre‑arrival orientation and information services to persons who have been granted humanitarian visas;
                                                                                                                                                               (f) free interpreting services for persons settling in Australia;
                                                                                                                                                               (g) the translation of settlement‑related documents;
                                                                                                                                                               (h) to:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) set and maintain national standards for translating and interpreting; and
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) support the ongoing development of credentialed translators and interpreters;
                                                                                                                                                               (i) to support Australian residents not fluent in English to access mainstream services;
                                                                                                                                                               (j) research and stakeholder engagement, including funding for national peak bodies and other stakeholder organisations.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing support:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) by engaging in measures in relation to aliens or immigrants; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) by providing unemployment benefits and benefits to students; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) by engaging in measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.