Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Family and Community Services, Senator the Hon Jocelyn Newman)OUTLINE AND FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT
This Bill gives effect to a number of measures aimed at improving assistance to carers, including the measures announced in the Government's 1998-99 Budget and its April 1998 'Staying at Home' package and a measure announced in the 1997-98 Budget.
The legislation involved is the Social Security Act 1991 , the Child Care Payments Act 1997 , the Childcare Rebate Act 1993 , the Health Insurance Act 1973 , the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 , the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 , the National Health Act 1953 , the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 , the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 and the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 .