What's New What's Different 

• Assistance for Families
• Carers Measures
• Welfare to Work
• Assistance for Women
• Housing Assistance
• Seniors Support
• Keeping our Youth on Track
• Updated Commonwealth/State Negotiations
• Ensuring Benefits Go To Those In Need
• Other Measures

Assistance for Families

• Increase in Maximum Rate Family Tax Benefit Part A Income Threshold
• Family Assistance - A Negotiated Payment Option to Reduce Overpayments
• Family Assistance - Assistance to Families at Risk of Overpayment
• Family Assistance - Automatically Updating Income Estimates
• Family Assistance - Improving Debt Recovery
• Family Assistance - Maintenance Income Credit
• Family Assistance - Using Reconciliation Top-up Payments and Tax Refunds to Offset Outstanding Family Assistance Debts
• Maternity Payment - Extending the Age Limit on Adopted Children

Carers Measures

• Carers - Payment of One-Off Carer Bonus
• Carer Allowance - Backdating Provisions
• Carer Allowance (Child) - Changes to the Lists of Recognised Disabilities

Welfare to Work

• Enhance Child Care Arrangements to Support Work Participation and Other Measures

Assistance for Women

• Women's Safety Agenda
• Women's Leadership and Development Programme

Housing Assistance

• Addressing Indigenous Needs - Healthy Indigenous Housing - Continuation
• National Homelessness Strategy - Extension

Seniors Support

• Great Southern Rail - Reimbursement of Concessionary Fares
• Accommodation Bonds - Exemption from Assets Tests

Keeping our Youth on Track

• Mentor Marketplace Programme - Extension
• Transition to Independent Living Allowance - Continuation

Updated Commonwealth/State Negotiations

• Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Concessions - Withdraw Offer to State and Territory Governments
• State Seniors Card Holders - Withdraw the National Reciprocal Transport Concessions Offer

Ensuring Benefits Go To Those In Need

• Debt Prevention Research and Development
• Age Pension - Detection and Prevention of Incorrect Payments Arising from Overseas Income
• Age Pension and Service Pension Registers - Improved Integrity
• Income Support Payments - Maintain Funding for Compliance Checks

Other Measures

• Migration Programme
• Working Age Payments - Extension of Waiting Periods