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Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010

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This instrument stops welfare recipients under income management from using their quarantined funds to buy home-brewing gear.

What it bans:

Home-brew concentrate — including malt, hops, wort, or grape concentrate used for brewing beer or wine.
Home-brew kits — the full setup including fermenters, airlocks, and thermometers.

Who it affects: People receiving income-managed Centrelink payments (where a portion of your benefit is restricted to a BasicsCard or similar for essential purchases). This primarily impacted participants in the Northern Territory Intervention and subsequent welfare quarantining trials.

Why it matters: While home-brewing is legal for most Australians, this rule ensures income-managed welfare dollars can't be used to produce alcohol. If you want to brew, you need to use cash from your non-quarantined funds — the government wants to keep welfare money out of the fermentation business.

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Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, acting under paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and on behalf of the Minister for Education and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Specification.

Dated 11th March 2010

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Specification

This Specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010.

2 Commencement

This Specification commences on the day after registration.

3 Definitions

In this Specification:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Fermenter means a container that could be used for the purpose of fermentation.

Home-brew concentrate means—

(a) a substance, that includes malt and hops, ordinarily used for brewing beer; or

(b) wort; or

Home-brew kit means a kit that includes all the following—

(a) a fermenter;

(b) an airlock;

4 Excluded good

Home-brew concentrate and home-brew kits are excluded goods for the purposes of paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Act.

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1 Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010

Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010

Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

Dated 11th March 2010

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1 Name of Specification

This Specification is the Social Security (Administration) (Excluded Goods — section 123TI) Specification 2010.

2 Commencement

This Specification commences on the day after registration.

3 Definitions

In this Specification:

Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.

Fermenter means a container that could be used for the purpose of fermentation.

Home-brew concentrate means—

(a) a substance, that includes malt and hops, ordinarily used for brewing beer; or

(b) wort; or

Home-brew kit means a kit that includes all the following—

(a) a fermenter;

(b) an airlock;

4 Excluded good

Home-brew concentrate and home-brew kits are excluded goods for the purposes of paragraph 123TI(1)(d) of the Act.