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Australian Government Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

About FaHCSIA

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