Pension assets test – equity for rural pensioners

Summary of proposal

This proposal would modify the assets test rules for rural pensioner by:

  • reducing the long term continuous attachment to the land requirement from 20 years to 10 years
  • allowing the continuous attachment to land to include ownership in addition to inhabiting the land.

The proposal would have effect from 1 January 2019.

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Pension assets test – equity for rural pensioners

Summary of proposal

This proposal would modify the assets test rules for rural pensioner by:

  • reducing the long term continuous attachment to the land requirement from 20 years to 10 years
  • allowing the continuous attachment to land to include ownership in addition to inhabiting the land.

The proposal would have effect from 1 January 2019.

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Dividend imputation credit refunds – further information

Summary of proposal

The request asked a series of questions in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) publicly released response to Senator David Leyonhjelm’s request, Dividend imputation credit refunds (PBO response of 4 May 2018, published on the PBO website 8 May 2018, PBO reference PR18/00145).

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Dividend imputation credit refunds – further information

Summary of proposal

The request asked a series of questions in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office’s (PBO) publicly released response to Senator David Leyonhjelm’s request, Dividend imputation credit refunds (PBO response of 4 May 2018, published on the PBO website 8 May 2018, PBO reference PR18/00145).

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