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• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: expand qualification for parenting payment (single) to single principal carers whose youngest child is aged under 14 years; increase the rates of certain working age and student payments, including jobseeker payment, youth allowance, parenting payment (partnered), austudy payment and disability support pension (youth), by $40 per fortnight; expand eligibility for the higher rate of jobseeker payment to recipients aged 55 years and over who have been on the payment for 9 or more continuous months; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 15 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Sep 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and provide a temporary increase of $4,000 to eligible age pensioners and veterans’ existing and initial unused concession balance until 30 June 2023, enabling eligible recipients to earn up to another $4,000 before the income test is applied and their payments affected. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Child Support and Family Assistance Technical Amendments) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to: ensure interim period determinations relating to a person’s percentage of care for a child can be made in a broad range of circumstances, including where an earlier care determination has been revoked; and ensure the validity of certain previous interim period determinations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Child Support Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to: enable the Child Support Registrar to use existing employer withholding mechanisms to collect deductible liabilities where a person’s child support liability has ended but they have outstanding child support and related debts; allow the registrar to refuse to issue a departure authorisation certificate where a security is offered unless satisfied that the person will make suitable arrangements to pay their outstanding liabilities; and provide the registrar with an additional method for working out a person’s taxable income for a particular year where they are satisfied that the person is not required to lodge a tax return. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Special Recreational Vessels Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Special Recreational Vessels Act 2019

  to extend the sunset date from 30 June 2023 to 30 June 2025 to enable foreign special recreational vessels (also known as superyachts) to continue to opt into the coastal trading regulatory regime and obtain temporary licenses to operate charters in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 33 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms; the

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to update language relating to persons with disability; 11 Acts to update references to Northern Territory legislation; 33 Acts to correct technical errors; and 12 Acts to remove spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals 4 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statutory Declarations Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Statutory Declarations Act 1959

  to: establish a framework for the execution of Commonwealth statutory declarations which includes traditional paper-based, electronic and digitally verified execution; provide for a review of the operation of the Act; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the

  Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015

  to update references to the

  Trade Support Loans Act 2014

  with references to the

  Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum