Newly-arrived migrants will have to wait longer before receiving a range of welfare payments under a hardline new approach expected to save $1.3 billion.
It will be three years before migrants can receive Newstart or family tax benefits, paid parental leave or carer allowances.
The push to 'encourage self-sufficiency' among new migrants was one of the headline savings measures announced by Treasurer Scott Morrison in a mid-year budget outlook on Monday.
Money remains allocated for a controversial plan to drug test welfare recipients, despite the trials being put on ice.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the divisive drug testing regime was still coalition policy.
'We remain committed to it and we continue to work with all non-government senators in order to a secure majority (support) for what is a very, very important welfare reform measure,' he told reporters in Canberra.
Migrants banned from welfare for three years after arrival | Daily Mail Online
It will be three years before migrants can receive Newstart or family tax benefits, paid parental leave or carer allowances.
The push to 'encourage self-sufficiency' among new migrants was one of the headline savings measures announced by Treasurer Scott Morrison in a mid-year budget outlook on Monday.
Money remains allocated for a controversial plan to drug test welfare recipients, despite the trials being put on ice.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the divisive drug testing regime was still coalition policy.
'We remain committed to it and we continue to work with all non-government senators in order to a secure majority (support) for what is a very, very important welfare reform measure,' he told reporters in Canberra.
Migrants banned from welfare for three years after arrival | Daily Mail Online