Budget 2001-02 'What's New What's Different' 

A. Australians working together - helping people to move forward

Helping People to Find Jobs

• A1. Mutual obligation requirements

A Fair Go for Mature Age Workers

• A2. Voluntary participation interviews
• A3. Participation planning for widow allowees
• A4. Close off mature age and partner allowance
• A5. Flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart recipients
• A6. More assistance

A Better Deal for People with Disabilities

• A7. Better assessment
• A8. Better access to employment assistance and quality assurance of employment assistance

Getting People the Right Help

• A9. The personal support programme
• A10. Better assessments
• A11. Improved information technology

Help to Participate

• A12. Working credit
• A13. Literacy and numeracy training supplement

Promoting Self Reliance for Indigenous People

• A14. Improvements to service delivery in remote indigenous communities
• A15. Community participation agreements and capacity building

Other Changes

• A16. Helping parents return to work
• A17. More child care places
• A18. Community and business engagement
• A19. Planning for the future

B. Acknowledging older Australians

• B1. One-off payment to the aged
• B2. Exempt superannuation from the social security means test for people aged between 55 and age pension age
• B3. Telephone allowance to commonwealth seniors health card holders
• B4. Extend eligibility for commonwealth seniors health card

C. Stronger families and communities strategy

• C1. Transition to independent living allowance
• C2. The mentor marketplace
• C3. Expanding the supply of healthy indigenous housing
• C4. Family homelessness and early intervention pilots
• C5. National research and education strategy to prevent problem gambling

D. International package

• D1. New and revised international social security agreements
• D2. Further simplification of international payments
• D3. New social security arrangements between Australia and New Zealand

E. Compliance package

• E1. Compliance package – prevention
• E2. Compliance package – detection
• E3. Compliance package – research and development

F. Provide health care cards to foster children

G. Supplementation for employment assistance and other services