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senate vote 2018-12-03#12
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Bills — Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018; Third Reading- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
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<p class="speaker">Zed Seselja</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-12-03.186.1) to pass the [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6048). In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). Since the bill was already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law.
- ### What does this bill do?
- The bill was originally called the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018. According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd104), the bill was introduced to extend the existing [newly arrived resident’s waiting period](https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/enablers/newly-arrived-residents-waiting-period) (NARWP) for the following allowances from two to three years:
- * carer allowance;
- * bereavement allowance;
- * widow allowance;
- * parenting payment; and
- * farm household allowance.
- It also introduces a NARWP for:
- * family tax benefit;
- * parental leave pay; and
- * dad and partner pay.
- In other words, this bill will mean that newly arrived residents have to wait longer before they'll be eligible for these allowances.
<p class="speaker">Malarndirri McCarthy</p><p>The question is that the bill be read a third time.</p>
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