This proposal has four components.

• Component 1: Remove the one-week waiting period from all working age payments (part of the Social Services Legislation Amendment Act 2017). This would affect the following payments:
  • Jobseeker Payment
  • Newstart Allowance
  • Parenting Partnered and/or Single Allowance
  • Sickness Allowance
  • Youth Allowance (other).
• Component 2: Restart the indexation of eligibility thresholds under the Social Services Legislation Amendment Act 2017.
• Component 3: Not proceed with Schedules 1, 2 and 4 of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017.
  • Schedule 1: Enhanced residency requirements for pensioners
  • Schedule 2: Pension supplement – Stopping the payment of pension supplement after six weeks overseas
  • Schedule 4: Liquid assets test waiting period.
• Component 4: Reverse the following three measures from the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017.
  • Schedule 1: Relocation scholarship payment
  • Schedule 2: Education entry payment
  • Schedule 3: Pensioner education supplement.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.