Appendix 6

List of bills in which the Senate has made requests for amendments and results of such requests, 1901-30 June 2022

 

V&P page(s) on which Senate schedule appears	Date	Title of bill and nature of request	How disposed of
61	14/06/01	Consolidated Revenue (Supply) Bill 1901-02 (No. 1) — Request that the House of Representatives amend the bill to show the items of expenditure comprised in the sums which the bill purports to grant	Bill not returned by House of Representatives, but a second bill forwarded, showing items as requested
67	21/06/01	Consolidated Revenue (Supply) Bill 1901-02 (No. 2) — Request to alter bill so that Supply should be joint grant of two Houses	Request complied with by House of Representatives, with a modification which was accepted by the Senate
472-481 and 522-524	24/07/02 and 03/09/02	Customs Tariff Bill 1901-02 — Requests for alterations of duties, additions to free list, etc.	Certain requested amendments made by House of Representatives, others made with modifications, remainder not made. Certain requests pressed by Senate and others modified. Bill returned by House of Representatives with question raised as to right of Senate to press requests, and with certain requested amendments made, others not made, others made with modifications, etc. Motion passed by Senate that action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with reiterated requests was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate. Modification of requests agreed to by Senate, and requests not made by House of Representatives not further pressed
68	23/07/03	Sugar Bounty Bill 1903 — Amendment earlier disagreed to by House of Representatives reformulated as a request for amendment as to bounty to be paid	Requested amendment made by House of Representatives with a modification which was agreed to by the Senate
172	14/10/03	Appropriation Bill 1903-04 (No. 1) — Requests for restoration of salaries of Senate officers which had been reduced by House of Representatives, etc.	One requested amendment made, others not made. Senate pressed requests. House of Representatives laid aside bill, but gave effect to Senate's requests in a new bill, which was agreed to by Senate without requests
158, 169 and 173	03/10/06 and 10/10/06	Excise Tariff (Spirits) Bill 1906 — Requests for amendments concerning application of certain duties	Some requested amendments made by House of Representatives, others not made, and one made with modifications. Senate pressed requests. One requested amendment made, others made with modifications. Senate further pressed requests. Requested amendments made as originally requested
166	05/10/06	Excise Tariff (Stripper Harvesters, etc.) Bill 1906 — Requests for omission of paragraphs from proviso as to application of duties	Requested amendments made
172 and 174	10/10/06 and 11/10/06	Customs Tariff (British Preference) Bill 1906 — Requests for alteration of date of operation of certain provisions, and a request for re-insertion of item previously omitted by House of Representatives	Two requested amendments made (including request for re-insertion of item), one not made, and further amendments made by House of Representatives. Amendments disagreed to by Senate as not being modification of requests, and request pressed. House of Representatives made requested amendment
302	02/04/08	Excise Tariff Bill 1908 — Request for alteration of duty	Requested amendment made
303-369 and 459-478	02/04/08 and 21/05/08	Customs Tariff Bill 1907 — Requests for alterations of duties, and for additions to free list, etc.	Some requested amendments made by House of Representatives, others not made, others made with modifications, and consequential amendments made in bill. Certain requests pressed, others pressed in part, or modified. Bill returned by House of Representatives with protest as to right of Senate to make further requests, and with modified requests made, and requests not made. Motion passed by Senate that the action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with reiterated requests was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate. Requests not pressed by Senate, and modifications agreed to
107	11/12/08	Appropriation Bill 1908-09 — Requests for amendments to salaries schedule	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
95	26/08/10	Surplus Revenue Bill 1910 — Request for amendment regarding the period of payment of subsidy to Western Australia	Requested amendment made
251-252	25/11/10	Customs Tariff Bill 1910 — 22 requests for alterations of duties, alterations in wording, etc.	Requested amendments made
202-203	20/12/11	Customs Tariff Bill 1911 — 31 requests for alterations in duties, altered wording of items, etc.	Some requested amendments made, one not made, one made with modification. Requests not made not pressed by Senate and modification agreed to
136	15/12/14	Land Tax Bill 1914 — Six requests for amendments in rates of tax	Requested amendments made
537	15/12/16	Supply Bill (No. 3) 1916-17 — Request for reduction of total amount of vote with consequential amendments in Schedule	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Bill laid aside. Another bill brought in, giving effect to requested reduction, and passed by both Houses
145	26/09/17	Income Tax Bill 1917 — Two requested amendments which would have the effect of exempting certain persons from tax	Requested amendments made
344	06/11/18	Entertainments Tax Bill 1918 — Requested amendment to exempt certain children's payments from Entertainment Tax	Requested amendment made
429	20/12/18	Income Tax Bill 1918 — Requested amendment to reduce tax in certain cases	Requested amendment made
183	21/05/20	War Gratuity Bill 1920 (No. 2) — Requested amendments to alter rate of gratuity in certain cases	Requested amendments made
713-732 and 810-817	13/10/21 and 05/12/21	Customs Tariff Bill 1921 — 92 requested amendments for alterations in the tariff	Some requested amendments made, some made with modifications, and others not made. Certain requests pressed or modified by Senate. Bill returned by House of Representatives with question raised as to right of Senate to press requests, and with original requested amendments made, made with modifications, made as modified by Senate, and not made. President made statement re unusual terms of Message, and Senate passed motion that action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with reiterated requests was in compliance with constitutional rights of Senate. Modifications made by House of Representatives agreed to and remaining requests not further pressed by Senate
771	11/11/21	Excise Tariff Bill 1921 — Request for alteration in an item	Requested amendment made
855 and 863	09/12/21 and 10/12/21	Appropriation Bill 1921-22 — Request to increase a salary vote and to reduce another salary vote	One requested amendment not made, but Senate's request for the increase given effect to in new bill. Remaining request pressed by Senate, but not made by House of Representatives. Informal conference of representatives of both Houses appointed to deal with matter in disagreement; in view of this, request not further pressed1
126	15/09/22	Meat Export Bounties Bill 1922 — Requests for amendments to extend payment of bounty	Requested amendments made
202	11/10/22	Superannuation Bill 1922 — Requests for amendments to extend superannuation benefits (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
391	09/09/24	Wine Export Bounty Bill 1924 — Request for amendment to extend payment of bounty	Requested amendment made
199-201	25/06/26	Customs Tariff Bill 1926 — 19 requests for alterations of duties, alterations in wording of items, etc.	Some requested amendments made, others made with modifications, and one not made. Senate agreed to modifications and did not press request not made
242	23/07/26	Judiciary Bill 1926 — Requests to vary conditions of pensions of justices	Requested amendments made
520-521	23/03/28	Customs Tariff Bill 1927 — Nine requests for alterations of duties, alterations in wording of items, etc.	Some requested amendments made, others made with consequential modifications. Senate agreed to consequential modifications
178	30/05/30	Wine Export Bounty Bill 1930 — Request for amendment as to eligibility of certain returned soldiers to receive bounty (both a request and an amendment were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
386	08/08/30	Appropriation Bill 1930-31 — Request that the appropriation be reduced by the amount of £1 — as an intimation to the Government that, in the opinion of the Senate, the expenditure upon the Parliament, the government, and the Public Service should be reduced by at least £1 000 000	Requested amendment not made. Senate did not press request
465	12/12/30	Income Tax Bill (No. 2) 1930 — Requested amendment to exempt shareholders of a company from certain super tax	Requested amendment made
757	21/07/31	Customs Tariff (Canadian Preference) Bill 1931 — Request for minor drafting amendment	Requested amendment made
797	31/07/31	Income Tax Bill 1931 — Request for drafting amendment	Requested amendment made
816-817	06/08/31	Sales Tax Bills (Nos 1 to 9) 1931 — A request for a drafting amendment to each bill	Requested amendments made
740-752 and 828	25/10/33 and 30/11/33	Customs Tariff Bill 1933 — 47 requested amendments for alterations in the tariff	Some requested amendments made, some made with modifications, and others not made. Senate did not press certain requests, agreed to certain modifications made by House, and pressed certain requests. Bill returned by House of Representatives with question raised as to right of Senate to press requests, and requested amendments of the Senate made with modifications. President made statement re terms of Message, and motion passed that action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with reiterated requests was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate. Senate agreed to modifications made by House of Representatives
770	02/11/33	Excise Tariff Bill 1933 — Requests for alteration in items	Requested amendments made, and made with modifications. Modifications agreed to by the Senate
802	22/11/33	Customs Tariff (New Zealand Preference) Bill 1933 — Request for drafting amendment	Requested amendment made
876	08/12/33	Flour Tax Bill (No. 1) 1933 — Request for drafting amendment	Requested amendment made
110	14/12/34	Flour Tax Bill (No. 3) 1934 — Requested amendment to omit certain invalid and children's foods from the list of goods subject to flour tax	Requested amendment made
530	18/03/36	Primary Producers Relief Bill 1936 — Requested amendments extending the date for lodging applications for fertiliser subsidy	Requested amendments made
612-614 and 630	21/05/36 and 22/05/36	Customs Tariff Bill 1936 — Nine requested amendments for alterations in the tariff2	Some requested amendments made, others not made, one made with modification. Senate did not press certain requests, agreed to a modification made by House, and pressed one request. Bill returned by House of Representatives with question raised as to right of Senate to press requests, and pressed request not made. Deputy President made statement re terms of Message, and motion passed that action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with reiterated request was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate. Request not further pressed
631	22/05/36	Customs Tariff (Exchange Adjustment) Bill 1936 — Requested amendment regarding exchange adjustment in connection with cement duty	Requested amendment made
174	29/06/38	National Health and Pensions Insurance Bill 1938 — Requested amendments to provide for the payment of sickness benefit on the fifth day of sickness, instead of on the seventh day (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
333	08/12/38	Apple and Pear Tax Bill 1938 — Requested amendment for alteration of date of operation of tax	Requested amendment made
358	29/05/42	Widows' Pensions Bill 1942 — A request for a drafting amendment, and a requested amendment to provide that the rate of institutional pension shall be adjusted in accordance with the cost of living variation (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
509 and 514	11/03/43 and 16/03/43	Income Tax Bill 1943 — A requested amendment to leave out certain words which the Senate considered constituted a clear case of 'tacking' in that the inclusion of such words in a tax bill was an infringement of section 55 of the Constitution, and two requested amendments for alterations to the tax provisions relating to life assurance companies	Two requested amendments relating to life assurance companies made. Requested amendment for omission of provision which Senate claimed infringed section 55 of the Constitution not made. Senate pressed request. Bill returned by House of Representatives with question raised as to right of Senate to press requests, and pressed request made. Statement by President re terms of Message, and pointing out that Senate's action under standing order 252 was not in conflict with legal opinion circulated by Government that Senate can make a given request but once at any particular stage of a bill. Motion passed that action of House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with the reiterated request of the Senate was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate
536-537	25/03/43	Australian Soldiers' Repatriation Bill 1943 — Requested amendments relating to the conditions of payment of pensions (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
518	24/10/52	Customs Tariff Bill 1952 — Two requests for amendments of tariff	Requested amendments made
616	30/10/63	Phosphate Fertilisers Bounty Bill 1963 — A request for amendment relating to the rate of bounty in respect of superphosphate	Requested amendment made
75	23/04/64	Live-stock Slaughter Levy Bill 1964 — Requested amendments to impose a maximum on the levies that could be charged under the bill	Requested amendments made
235	17/11/64	Television Stations Licence Fees Bill 1964 — Requested amendment relating to concessions for Australian content in television programs3	Requested amendment not made. Senate did not press request
601	12/05/66	Customs Tariff Bill (No. 2) 1966 — Three requests for amendment of tariff on peas and beans in connection with the New Zealand-Australia Free Trade Agreement	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
140	19/05/67	Homes Savings Grant Bill 1967 — Two requests that savings with credit unions be accepted for the purposes of the homes savings grant scheme	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
316	21/11/68 (22/11/68 am)	Parliamentary Allowances Bill 1968 — Two requests: one to provide an allowance to the leader of the second non-government party in the Senate, and the second to increase by $150 the electorate allowance of senators	First requested amendment made, second not made. Senate did not press second request
166	21/05/70	Homes Savings Grant Bill 1970 — Request for an amendment to reduce from $7 000 to $5 000 the proposed minimum amount of a prescribed housing loan (the requested amendment had particular reference to credit unions)	Requested amendment made
200-201 and 210	10/06/70 and 11/06/70	National Health Bill 1970 — Seven requests, the most important being to provide the Commonwealth benefit of $2 a day for all patients, whether or not the individual patient is insured (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	One requested amendment made and six not made. Senate did not press requests, but made two further requests to provide for the payment of Commonwealth benefit of $2 a day to hospitals in all cases in which no charge is made to patients. These further requested amendments made
218	12/06/70	States Grants (Special Financial Assistance) Bill 1970 — Request to correct a typographical error. A sum intended to be $1.5m appeared as $1 000 500	Requested amendment made
490	11/10/73	Meat Export Charge Bill 1973 — Request to reduce the levy on exported meat from 1.6c a pound to 1c	Requested amendment not made. Senate did not press request
642-643	12/12/73	States Grants (Schools) Bill 1973 — Request to give continued per capita grants to schools in addition to needs grants	Requested amendment made with modifications and a consequential amendment. Senate agreed to the modifications and the consequential amendment
544	06/03/75	Refrigeration Compressors Bounty Bill 1975 — Request to increase the amount available for payment of bounty to include all locally made compressors (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
910	10/09/75	Stevedoring Industry Charge Bill 1975 — Request for new clause to limit the operation of the Act	Requested amendment made with modifications, and House made further amendments. Senate suspended standing orders to enable consideration of further amendments. Senate agreed to modifications and agreed to the further amendments
942-943	02/10/75	Customs Tariff (Coal Export Duty) Bill 1975 — Requests to exempt certain steaming coal from export duty	Requested amendments made
286	12/06/78	Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Amendment Bill 1978 — A requested amendment to clarify clause to the extent that it gives to senators equivalent rights to the rights of members of the House of Representatives for the same responsibilities	Requested amendment made
1460	01/05/80	Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Grants) Bill 1980 — A requested amendment to increase the prescribed size of a cylinder by 1kg	Requested amendment made
1675-1676	17/09/80	Honey Export Charge Amendment Bill 1980, Honey Levy (No. 1) Amendment Bill 1980 and Honey Levy (No. 2) Amendment Bill 1980 — A requested amendment to each bill to substitute a date for the commencement of the bill	Requested amendments made
589-593	14/10/81	Sales Tax Amendment Bills (Nos 1A to 9A) 1981 — Requested amendments to each bill to delete a number of items from the taxable category	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. House of Representatives declined to consider Senate message. Bills discharged from House of Representatives Notice Paper
658	29/10/81	Social Services Amendment Bill 1981 — Requested amendments to remove clauses which reduced the right to unemployment benefits of spouses of strikers, and of spouses of unemployed persons who failed the work test	Requested amendments made
1208-1209	09/11/82	Customs Tariff Bill 1982 — Requested amendments to limit ministerial discretion and provide for parliamentary scrutiny through the disallowance procedure	Requested amendments made
125	25/05/83	Bounty (Steel Products) Bill 1983 — A requested amendment to clarify which steel products were eligible for receipt of bounty	Requested amendment made
131	25/05/83	Taxation (Interest on Overpayments) Bill 1983 — Requested amendment to ensure equality in payment of interest by the Commissioner of Taxation on disputed amounts refunded as the result of a successful appeal or objection	Requested amendment made
929	05/10/84	Judicial and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Allowances) Bill 1984 — A requested amendment for inclusion of a new clause making provision for a “Canberra allowance” to be paid to the Solicitor-General	Requested amendment made
327	23/05/85 (24/05/85 am)	Dairy Industry Stabilization Levy Amendment Bill 1985 — A requested amendment to ensure that present domestic pricing arrangements continue for another two years and are then phased out in four equal steps by 1991	Requested amendment not made. Senate pressed request. House of Representatives declined to consider Senate message. Bill discharged from House of Representatives Notice Paper
532-533	13/11/85	Interstate Road Transport Charge Bill 1985 — Requested amendments to set a ceiling on the licence fee for operators and to establish an admonishment system for persons contravening safety provisions	Requested amendments made
645 and 856-858	28/11/85 and 14/04/86	Veterans' Entitlements Bill 1985 — Requested amendments relating to the retention of repatriation cover for new enlistees, service pensions for allied veterans, and removal of retrospectivity	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Pressed requests not made, but the House informed the Senate that the requests would be acceptable in an alternative form. Senate rescinded previous requests and made requests in alternative form. Requested amendments made
231	18/11/87	Income Tax Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1987 — A requested amendment to remove words that would make the imposition of income tax a standing measure	Requested amendment made
231	18/11/87	Medicare Levy Amendment Bill 1987 — A requested amendment to remove words that would make the imposition of the Medicare levy a standing measure	Requested amendment made
277	26/11/87	Commonwealth Borrowing Levy Bill 1987 — A requested amendment to clarify that the levy is imposed on an annual basis and is not a once only charge on each borrowing	Requested amendment made
991 and 1014	21/12/88	States Grants (Schools Assistance) Bill 1988 — Requested amendments to reinstate establishment grants for some non-government schools in 1989	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Pressed requests made
1051-1052	06/03/89	Ozone Protection (Licence Fees — Imports) Bill 1988 and Ozone Protection (Licence Fees — Manufacture) Bill 1988 — A requested amendment to each bill to rectify a drafting error	Requested amendments made
1138-1139	13/04/89	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 3) 1988 — Six requested amendments to alter tariffs	Requested amendments made
120	31/05/90	Sales Tax (Nos 1 to 9) Amendment Bills 1990 — A requested amendment to each bill to omit the commencement clause	Requested amendments not made. Amendments made in place thereof. Senate did not press requests and agreed to substitute amendments
275-276	18/10/90	Medicare Levy Amendment Bill 1990 and Income Tax Amendment Bill 1990 — A requested amendment to each bill to make the imposition of the levy or tax, as the case may be, a standing charge	Requested amendments made
444-445	20/12/90	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 1990 — A requested amendment to apply an excise equivalent rate on the total alcohol content of the wine component for imported fruit juices, ciders, wines and spirits	Requested amendment made
460-464	20/12/90	Cattle Transaction Levy Bill 1990, Beef Production Levy Bill 1990, Cattle Export Charge Bill 1990, Live-stock Slaughter Levy Amendment Bill 1990 and Live-stock Export Charge Amendment Bill 1990 — Requested amendments to change the commencement clause on each bill	Requested amendments made
700	18/04/91	Superannuation Supervisory Levy Bill 1991 — A requested amendment to ensure industry consultation occurs before regulations are made	Requested amendment not made. Amendment made in place thereof. Senate did not press request and agreed to substitute amendment
907 and 920	20/06/91 and 21/06/91	Wool Tax (Nos 1 to 5) Amendment Bills 1991 — A requested amendment to each bill to lower the wool tax rate	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Pressed requests not made and amendments made in place thereof. Senate did not further press requests and agreed to substitute amendments
1004-1005	10/09/91	Social Security (Disability and Sickness Support) Amendment Bill 1991 — Requested amendments relating to the mobility allowance, impairment ratings and gynaecological conditions	Requested amendments made
1588	24/06/92	Migration Agents Registration (Application) Levy Bill 1992 — Two requested amendments to reduce the application fees of applicants and agents who gave paid immigration assistance in relation to five or fewer cases during the period of registration and to exempt certain persons from the scope of the bill	Requested amendments made
1589	24/06/92	Migration Agents Registration (Renewal) Levy Bill 1992 — Two requested amendments to reduce the renewal fees of applicants and agents who gave paid immigration assistance in relation to five or fewer cases during the period of registration and to exempt certain persons from the scope of the bill	Requested amendments made
1590	24/06/92	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill 1992 — Four requested amendments to take account of changes in status of countries and places which qualify for preferential treatment	Requested amendments made
1628	25/06/92 (26/06/92 am)	Local Government (Financial Assistance) Amendment Bill 1992 — House earlier declined to consider an amendment to increase the upper limit of funding allocated to Tasmania — earlier amendment reformulated as a request (though the Senate did not concede that it should have been a request)4	Requested amendment made
1993	17/12/92	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1992 — A requested amendment to broaden concessional entry of aids and appliances for people with disabilities	Requested amendment made
364-366	18/10/93	Sales Tax (Customs) (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993, Sales Tax (Excise) (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993 and Sales Tax (General) (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993 — Five requested amendments to each bill regarding an increase in sales tax rates and in tax rates on wine	Requested amendments nos 1, 2 and 5 not made, and requested amendments nos 3 and 4 made. Senate did not press requests nos 1, 2 and 5
405	21/10/93	Excise Tariff (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993 — Six requested amendments regarding excise increases for certain types of fuel	Requested amendments nos 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 not made, and requested amendment No. 2 made. Senate did not press requests nos 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6
407	21/10/93	Customs Tariff (Deficit Reduction) Bill 1993 — Four requested amendments regarding increases in customs duty on certain types of fuel	Requested amendments nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 not made. Senate did not press requests
417-421	26/10/93	Taxation (Deficit Reduction) Bill (No. 1) 1993 — 13 requested amendments relating to treatment of lump sum payments of unused leave, travel allowances and expenses, and credit unions	Requested amendments made
639	17/12/93	Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1993 — A requested amendment to decrease the excise imposed on beer produced by micro-breweries	Requested amendment made
835-836	02/03/94	Social Security (Home Child Care and Partner Allowances) Legislation Amendment Bill 1994 — Two requested amendments to maintain payment of the home child-care allowance to certain persons receiving dependent spouse rebate	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
885-900	24/03/94	Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 4) 1993 — Four requested amendments regarding payments of instalments by companies and certain trustees and deductions allowable to life companies and registered organisations (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
1035 and 1109	30/05/94 and 27/06/94	Student Assistance Amendment Bill 1994 — Two requested amendments to exempt certain families from the assets test when applying for Austudy (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Bill laid aside
1601	17/11/94	ATSIC Amendment (Indigenous Land Corporation and Land Fund) Bill 1994 — One requested amendment to increase the amount to be credited to the Land Fund in the second year of operation by increasing the base figure of the relevant formula (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment not made. Senate request and amendments referred to a Senate select committee. Senate did not press request and made amendments in place thereof and made amendments in substitution for certain amendments previously agreed to. House of Representatives agreed to certain amendments, disagreed to remainder and laid bill aside
1624-1625	05/12/94	Veterans' Affairs (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1994 — One requested amendment to allow payment by the Commonwealth of certain expenses incurred by applicants to the Specialist Medical Review Council	Requested amendment made
1648-1649	07/12/94	Social Security (1994 Budget and White Paper) Amendment Bill 1994 — Four requested amendments relating to assessment of certain fringe benefits for certain social security payments and three requested amendments relating to extension of eligibility for certain allowances	Requested amendments made
1705-1709	08/12/94	Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Amendment Bill 1994 — 23 requested amendments principally relating to eligibility for the allowance	22 requested amendments made and one requested amendment not made, with an amendment made in place thereof. Senate did not press request and agreed to substitute amendment
1710-1713	08/12/94	Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance — Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 1994 — 22 requested amendments principally relating to eligibility for the allowance	21 requested amendments made and one requested amendment not made, with an amendment made in place thereof. Senate did not press request and agreed to substitute amendment
2273-2274	30/06/95	Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Modification (Excise) Bill 1995, Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Modification (Customs) Bill 1995 and Sales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Modification (General) Bill 1995 — Two requested amendments to each bill to delete certain building items from the taxable category	Requested amendments made
2359	31/08/95	Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1995 — One requested amendment to validate social security payments made pursuant to a social security agreement with Italy (not yet ratified at the time of passing of this bill) (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
2360	31/08/95	Social Security (Non-Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Bill 1995 — One requested amendment to change the commencement date in relation to the suspension and restoration of fringe benefits payable to disability support pensioners (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
2429	27/09/95	Student and Youth Assistance Amendment (Youth Training Allowance) Bill 1995 — One requested amendment to provide that low income earners who have obtained a health care card are not required to meet an assets test to obtain Austudy for dependents (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment not made. Senate reported message
2491-2493	19/10/95	Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Bill 1994 — Six requested amendments relating to the recovery of Medicare or nursing home benefits	Requested amendments made
2503-2504	19/10/95	Primary Industries and Energy Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995 — One requested amendment to restore the payment of the exotic animal disease levy to the Exotic Animal Disease Preparedness Trust Account and to enable the funds in the account to be invested (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
2664-2665	29/11/95	Customs Tariff Legislation Amendment Bill 1995 — Three requested amendments to reduce the customs duty paid on avgas by the general aviation industry	Requested amendments made
2665	29/11/95	Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1995 — Three requested amendments to reduce the excise duty paid on avgas by the general aviation industry	Requested amendments made
266	19/06/96	Housing Assistance Bill 1996 — One requested amendment to appropriate funds for 1997-98 and 1998-99 for state public housing capital works programs to provide transitional funding while the Commonwealth switches from capital to recurrent funding (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment not made. Senate did not press request
348-349	27/06/96	Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1996 — House of Representatives disagreed to an earlier amendment. Three requested amendments to set a formula for the provisional tax uplift factor made in substitution for earlier amendment5	Requested amendments made
350-351 and 358	27/06/96 (and 28/06/96 am)	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1996 — Three requested amendments to exempt certain capital equipment and consumption goods from a three per cent tariff rate increase for tariff concession goods	Requested amendments made. Senate recommitted bill and made two further requests to reduce the level of duty on certain imported goods to zero. Further requested amendments made
937-938	02/12/96	Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Bill 1996 — One requested amendment to expand the category of persons holding a qualifying residence exemption6	Requested amendment made
983	05/12/96	Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 — One requested amendment to increase the allowable loan amount to students under the Open Learning Deferred Payment Scheme	Requested amendment made
1108-1111	11/02/97	Customs Depot Licensing Charges Bill 1996 — Six requested amendments to introduce a two tier annual licence charge for depots7	Requested amendments made
1245	05/03/97	Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Bill 1996 — One requested amendment concerning determination of total enrolments in a course for the purposes of the annual registration charge scheme	Requested amendment made
1253-1254	05/03/97	Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 1997 — Three requested amendments to index the maximum level of income a person can earn and still remain eligible for the incentives	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
1255-1257 and 1447-1448	05/03/97 and 26/03/97 (27/03/97 am)	Medicare Levy Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1996 — 13 requested amendments concerning indexation of the income threshold at which the Medicare surcharge comes into effect	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests and made nine further requests to increase the income threshold for the Medicare surcharge for families. Further requested amendments made
1407	26/03/97	Telecommunications (Carrier Licence Charges) Bill 1996 — Two requested amendments to incorporate in annual carrier licence charges a levy to fund consumer representation and social policy research	Requested amendments made
1407	26/03/97	Telecommunications (Numbering Charges) Bill 1996 — Three requested amendments to exempt from the charge geographic numbers allocated to a carrier or service provider for the purposes of providing a standard telephone service	Requested amendments made
1422	26/03/97	Telecommunications (Numbering Fees) Amendment Bill 1996 — Two requested amendments to exempt from the charge geographic numbers allocated to a carrier or service provider for the purposes of providing a standard telephone service	Requested amendments made
1472-1474	14/05/97	Superannuation Contributions Surcharge Imposition Bill 1997 [Superannuation Contributions Tax Imposition Bill 1997] — Two requested amendments to substitute references to “surcharge” with “tax”, two requested amendments concerning the rate of surcharge in certain circumstances and one requested amendment in relation to the surchargeable contributions threshold	Requested amendments made
1475	14/05/97	Termination Payments Surcharge Imposition Bill 1997 [Termination Payments Tax Imposition Bill 1997] — Two requested amendments to substitute references to “surcharge” with “tax”	Requested amendments made
1527-1529	27/05/97	Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Bill 1996 — Seven requested amendments to: increase the Trust capital by $100 million; to fix the Trust's minimum balance at $300 million; establish arrangements for interest earned by the Trust; and use of certain funds from the Trust (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
1803-1807	27/06/97	Tax Law Improvement Bill 1997 — 12 requested amendments to introduce tax rules dealing with change of use for trading stock8 (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
2127	20/10/97	Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Male Total Average Weekly Earnings Benchmark) Bill 1997 — Two requested amendments to remove the sunset clause in relation to the indexation of pensions and veterans' affairs payments based on 25 per cent of average male weekly earnings	Requested amendments made
2644-2645	04/12/97	Live-stock Transactions Levy Bill 1997 — One requested amendment to include a two-year sunset clause	Requested amendment made

HRD page(s) on which Senate requests appear	Date	Title of Bill and Nature of Request	How disposed of
1903-1904	30/03/98	Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance) Bill 1997 — 17 requested amendments principally relating to eligibility for youth allowance (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
4160-4161	28/05/98	Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Bill 1998 — Four requested amendments relating to rates of Austudy payment and one requested amendment relating to qualification for child disability allowance9 (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
4871-4872, 4906 and 4907	04/06/98	Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 1998, General Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 1998, Life Insurance Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 1998 and Retirement Savings Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 1998 — One requested amendment to each bill to determine an appropriate date for entities to measure their assets to calculate the levy payable	Requested amendments made
5579-5580	29/06/98	Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 1997 — Four requested amendments to extend the qualification for carer payment to carers of profoundly disabled children and two requested amendments to expand the qualification for mobility allowance (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
4607	29/03/99	Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1999 — One requested amendment to provide the Medicare rebate for procedures for which a facilities fee is set which can be covered by private health insurance (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment not made/ Senate did not press request and made alternative amendments
7736	29/06/99	A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Bill 1998 — One requested amendment to ensure that a right granted after 2 December 1998 and before 1 July 2000 for exercise after 1 July 2000 is subject to GST10 (both a request and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment made
7736-7741	29/06/99	A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Bill 1998 — Ten requested amendments to: introduce a pension supplement of four per cent of the maximum basic pension rate; provide a seven per cent increase in the rent assistance rate; and modify the CPI adjustment provisions for social security and veterans' benefits and allowances (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
–	29/06/99	A New Tax System (Bonuses for Older Australians) Bill 1998 — Ten requested amendments to extend the self-funded retirees' supplementary bonus to persons aged 55 years and over on 1 July 2000 who meet certain qualification conditions (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
7748-7749	29/06/99	A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Bill 1999 — Nine requested amendments to: extend eligibility for and increase the rate of family tax benefit; and provide for CPI indexation of family tax benefit (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
8649-8653	12/08/99	A New Tax System (Commonwealth–State Financial Arrangements) Bill 1998 — One requested amendment to include in GST revenue to States and Territories local government assistance grants withheld from local authorities that do not comply with the GST system; one requested amendment to provide States and Territories with an entitlement to revenue replacement payments in 2000-2001 equal to the amount of business franchise fee safety net revenues; and three requested amendments in relation to distribution of GST revenue grants and transitional assistance to States and Territories (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
10849-10850	29/09/99	Aged Care Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 1999 — Six requested amendments to ensure that people who became charge exempt residents after 1 July 1999 but before the passage of the bill are covered by the provisions exempting the principal home and rental income earned on a principal home to pay for accommodation charges from the pension income and asset tests (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
11321	12/10/99	Further 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security) Bill 1999 — Two requested amendments to extend retrospective entitlement to Community Development Employment Projects Scheme participant supplement payments and two requested amendments relating to circumstances where a person will be considered to have sufficient reason to move to a new place of residence, even though the person's employment prospects will be reduced as a result of the move, thus continuing to receive allowance payments11 (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
12189	21/10/99	Higher Education Funding Amendment Bill 1999 — One requested amendment to appropriate additional funds for the 2000 and 2001 funding years	Requested amendments made
13305-13306	09/12/99	Textile, Clothing and Footwear Strategic Investment Program Bill 1999 — Two requested amendments to provide for advances on grants and loans to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
15756	12/04/00	A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Bill 2000 — 2 requested amendments to exclude certain income support recipients from the child care benefit income test; and to include the pension supplement in the income cut-out amount formula12 (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
16255-8	11/05/00	A New Tax System (Fringe Benefits) Bill 2000 — 19 requested amendments to provide for consistent FBT treatment of public and non-profit hospitals; clarify FBT capping changes; broaden the definition of 'remote area'; clarify GST-creditable benefits and the calculation of aggregate fringe benefits amounts13	Requested amendments made
15474-5, 16131-2, 18268-75	06/04/00, 10/05/00 and 26/06/00	Youth Allowance Consolidation Bill 1999 — 2 requested amendments to extend the definition of 'full-time student'; and provide for payment of Austudy for masters studies (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments not made, with an amendment made in place of first request. Senate did not press requests, agreed to substitute amendment and made four further requests (and a consequential amendment) to increase rates for certain youth allowance, Austudy and disability support pension recipients. Further requests made
18054-5, 18433	22/06/00 and 28/06/00	Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Bill 2000 — 1 requested amendment to exclude war time disability pensions from the income test for social security payments (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendment not made. Senate did not press request and made one further request14 to remove disability pensions paid to certain World War II veterans from the social security income test. Further request not made. Senate did not press further request
18434	28/06/00	Indirect Tax Legislation Amendment Bill 2000 — 3 requested amendments to remove the goods and services tax reverse charge on fees paid for the services of expatriate employees; and allow an input tax credit to financial supply providers where no fringe benefits tax is payable15 (both requests and amendments were made in this bill)	Requested amendments made
18725-6	30/06/00 am	New Business Tax System (Alienation of Personal Services Income) Bill 2000 — 13 requested amendments to amend proposed new rules for the income tax treatment of certain personal services income; and provide for a report on the operation of the Act16	Requested amendments nos 2 to 5 and 7 to 12 made, requested amendments nos 1, 6 and 13 not made, with two amendments made in place of requested amendment No. 6. Senate did not press requests nos 1, 6 and 13 and agreed to substitute amendments
22767	27/11/00	States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Bill 2000 — Two requested amendments to raise levels of assistance to government and non-government schools for special education (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. Pressed requests not made. Senate further pressed requests. Further pressed requests not made. Senate did not further press requests
22942	29/11/00	Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2000 — One requested amendment to extend veterans' benefits to members of civilian medical or surgical teams who served in Vietnam	Requested amendment not made. Senate pressed request. Pressed request not made. Senate did not further press request
23738	7/12/00	Taxation Laws Amendment Bill (No. 8) 2000 — One requested amendment to make the surrender of short-term crown leases in return for the grant of freehold or long-term leases GST-free17 (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
26563-4	5/4/01	Excise Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2001 — Two requested amendments to reduce the rate of excise on certain beer products18	Requested amendments made
26569-74	5/4/01	Customs Tariff Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2001 — Two requested amendments to reduce the rate of customs duty on certain beer products19	Requested amendments made
28731	27/6/01	Dairy Produce Legislation Amendment (Supplementary Assistance) Bill 2001 — One requested amendment to increase amounts payable under the Supplementary Dairy Assistance Scheme by providing a lower threshold for a basic level of payment	Requested amendment not made, with nine amendments made in place of requested amendment. Senate did not press request and agreed to substitute amendments
30096-7	23/8/01	Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account Bill 2001 — One requested amendment to provide for the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation to receive interest on moneys collected for four financial years	Requested amendment made
31644-5	27/9/01	States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Bill (No. 2) 2001 — One requested amendment to raise the levels of assistance to government schools	Requested amendment not made. Senate pressed request. House of Representatives reported message
7777	16/10/02	Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Bill 2002 — One requested amendment to expand the definition of 'spouse' to include defacto spouses	Requested amendment not made. Senate pressed request. Pressed request not made. Senate did not further press request
9485	3/12/02	Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Bill 2002 — One requested amendment to enable a Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Scheme patient to undergo certain further treatment after 28 years of age	Requested amendment made
20815	8/10/03	Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Bill 2003 — One requested amendment to raise the income threshold for government co-contributions and one requested amendment to raise the cap on government co-contributions	Requested amendments made
21788-9	3/11/03	Family Assistance Legislation (Amendment) (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2003 — Eight requested amendments to extend the time limits for making past period claims for family assistance and top up payments of family assistance by 12 months	Requested amendments not made. Senate pressed requests. House of Representatives did not consider pressed requests. Senate did not further press requests
23456	5/12/03	Higher Education Support Bill 2003 — Five requested amendments to increase the amounts available to fund grants under the bill	Requested amendments made
23456-7	5/12/03	Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003 — Two requested amendments to exclude the value of certain scholarships from certain income tests	Requested amendments made
26629	11/3/04	Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Bill 2003 — Three requested amendments to reduce the thresholds for the Medicare safety-net for families and individuals	Requested amendments made
27667-8	31/3/04	Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Bill 2003 — Eight requested amendments to extend eligibility for compensation, treatment and telephone allowances and to increase the amounts of certain compensation payable	Requested amendments nos 2 to 8 made and requested amendment No. 1 not made. Senate did not press request No. 1
27671-3	31/3/04	Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2003 — Two requested amendments to increase the rate at which certain pensions are payable	Requested amendments made
31075-87	22/6/04	Veterans' Entitlements (Clarke Review) Bill 2004 — Two requested amendments to increase expenditure in relation to income support supplements, bereavement payments, remote area allowances, social security pensions and benefits; and provide for two new veterans' payments	Requested amendments made
57	16/6/05	Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Bill 2005 — Three requested amendments to widen eligibility for maternity payment for adopted children by increasing the upper limit of the age range of such children	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
131	7/12/05	Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Bill 2005 — Six requested amendments to provide for exemption from certain requirements for carers and higher maximum payments of certain allowances	Requested amendments made
111	16/8/06	Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006 — Two requested amendments to remove a cap on rental payments for township leases and a restriction on other payments in relation to township leases	Requested amendments made
43-4	27/3/07	Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Amendment Bill 2006 — Three requested amendments to set the rates of risk equalisation levy by administrative instrument rather than by legislative instrument	Requested amendments made
119	19/9/07	Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 — Two requested amendments to increase the number of films that may be eligible for a refundable tax offset	Requested amendments made
34-5	25/6/08	Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 — One requested amendment to lower adjusted taxable income for family assistance payment purposes (both a request and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
8404-8407	24/9/08	Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 — One requested amendment to reduce the luxury car tax applicable to fuel-efficient cars; one requested amendment to provide for a four-year sunset clause in relation to the indexation method; one requested amendment to specify that the tax does not apply retrospectively to contracts entered into before 7.30 pm on 13 May 2008; and one requested amendment to provide exemptions for primary producers and tourism operators from the tax20	Requested amendments made
8698-8699	25/9/08	Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 — One requested amendment to change the commencement clause; three requested amendments to provide for the determination of VOLWARE prices for condensate; three requested amendments to implement transitional arrangements for the setting of VOLWARE prices; one requested amendment to extend the period of grace applicable to licensed producers of condensate; and one requested amendment to provide a transitional period for licensing purposes21	Requested amendments made
8700-8701	25/9/08	Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 — One requested amendment to change the commencement clause; one requested amendment to remove condensate from the definition of relevant accumulation; and one requested amendment to extend the period of grace applicable to licensed producers of condensate22	Requested amendments made
9487-9493	20/10/08	Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 — Eight requested amendments to increase the number of individuals eligible to access the de facto property settlement and spouse maintenance regime; and 12 consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
11050-11055	24/11/08	Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008 — Two requested amendments to increase the number of individuals eligible to access reversionary superannuation benefits (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
11250-11259	25/11/08	Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—General Law Reform) Bill 2008 — Two requested amendments to increase the number of individuals eligible to access child support (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
12690-12691	4/12/08	Road Charges Legislation Repeal and Amendment Bill 2008 — Eight requested amendments relating to the determination of the rate of road user charge; one requested amendment to specify that the road charge is not indexed by regulation; one requested amendment to provide that the road charge is determined only once each financial year; and one requested amendment to provide for a review of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program23	Requested amendments made
12716-12717	4/12/08	Temporary Residents' Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 — Three requested amendments to make interest payable by the Commissioner of Taxation for certain unclaimed superannuation	Requested amendments made
2911-2914	17/3/09	Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — 18 requested amendments to validate the customs duty collected on 'alcopops' between 27 April 2008 and royal assent	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
2918	17/3/09	Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — Two requested amendments to validate the excise duty collected on 'alcopops' between 27 April 2008 and royal assent	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
3960	14/5/09	Employment and Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2008 —Three requested amendments to make death benefits retrospectively payable to dependent children in the event of a work-related death (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
13268-13269	2/12/09	Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] — Six requested amendments to extend eligibility for the CPRS fuel credits program to the forestry industry; and seven consequential requested amendments	Requested amendments made
13269-13270	2/12/09	Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] —Two requested amendments to lower the income threshold to extend eligibility to the FTB combined supplement (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
2854-2855	17/3/10	Social Security and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010 — One requested amendment to delay the start date of education participation requirements for family tax benefit; and one consequential requested amendment	Requested amendments made
2777-2778	17/3/10	Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 [No. 2] — One requested amendment to extend eligibility for student start-up scholarship and relocation scholarship payments; and one requested amendment to provide higher education assistance to certain rural and regional students (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
5755	17/6/10	Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 — Two requested amendments to expand the eligibility criteria for parental leave pay; and two consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
9162-9163	24/8/11	Income Tax Rates Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2010 — One requested amendment to delay the start date of additional income tax payable on all or part of a recoupement for research and development activities	Requested amendments made
3536-3539	20/3/12	Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency Bill 2011 — Two requested amendments to compensate carriage service providers for the cost of providing copies of documents to the Telecommunications Universal Service ManagmentAgency (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
1960	9/12/13	Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 — House of Representatives disagreed to an earlier amendment. One requested amendment to remove the limit on stock and securities on issue under the Treasurer's standing borrowing authority made in place of the earlier amendment (both a request and further amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
-	24/11/14	Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014 — One requested amendment to provide payments for certain actions and activities relating to the administration of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool payment scheme from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and two consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Bill, as amended, subject to requests, negatived in committee of the whole
6297	16/6/15	Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014 — One requested amendment to provide payments for certain actions and activities relating to the administration of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool payment scheme from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and two consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Senate recommitted bill, as previously amended. Requested amendments made
101	2/12/15	Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Reform) Bill 2015 — One requested amendment to allow a student's VET FEE-HELP assistance to be re-credited in certain circumstances (both a request and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
70	24/11/16	Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 — Two requested amendments to reduce the proposed income tax rate on working holiday makers' taxable income (up to $37 000) from 19% to 10.5%	Requested amendments not made. Senate reported message
81	30/11/16	Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) — Two requested amendments to reduce the proposed income tax rate on working holiday makers' taxable income (up to $37 000) from 15% to 10.5%	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
19-20	1/12/16	VET Student Loans Bill 2016 — Four requested amendments to provide that the Minister cannot specify a maximum loan amount for a course provided by a TAFE until on or after 1 January 2019 and that courses provided by a TAFE on 1 January 2017 are taken to be approved courses until 31 December 2018 (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments not made. Senate did not press requests
[updates to 30 July 2020]
7557-7558	22/6/17	Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 — Two requested amendments to change the basis for calculating funding for certain schools; and 14 consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
2627-2629	26/3/18	Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 — Two requested amendments to increase the amount of a one-off payment to certain recipients of youth allowance and jobseeker payment; one requested amendment to provide relief from the activity test for newstart allowance for certain women; and two consequential requested amendments (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
2641-2642	26/3/18	Treasury Laws Amendment (Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive) Bill 2017 — One requested amendment to increase the amount of exploration credits available as a refundable tax offset (both a request and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
771-772	18/2/19	Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Bill 2017, Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Bill 2017 and Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Bill 2017 — One requested amendment to each bill to permit the regulations to prescribe different charges or methods depending on the value of industrial chemicals introduced by a person during a financial year, rather than a registration year	Requested amendments made
4533-4536	17/10/19	Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019 — One requested amendment to enable additional grants and arrangements to be made; two requested amendments to enable amounts to be credited to the Home Affairs Emergency Response Fund Special Account and the COAG Reform Fund; and 22 consequential requested amendments	Requested amendments made
7169-7170	5/12/19	Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019 — Two requested amendments to exclude TAFEs from liability to pay HELP tuition protection levy; and two consequential requested amendments	Requested amendments made
7169	5/12/19	VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019 — Two requested amendments to exclude TAFEs from liability to pay VSL tuition protection levy; and two consequential requested amendments	Requested amendments made
3545	14/5/20	Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019 — One requested amendment to make a technical correction to the definition of ‘fixed wireless broadband service’	Requested amendments made
[updates at 30 June 2021]
7109-7111	8/10/20	Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 — One requested amendment to require the Commonwealth to pay an amount to a higher education provider in discharge of part of a student’s liability to pay a student contribution amount for a unit of study (both a request and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made
2061-2070	25/2/21	Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Bill 2020 — One requested amendment to provide for additional circumstances in which the Commissioner of Taxation must make certain payments; and one consequential requested amendment (both requests and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendments made
8156	12/8/21	Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021 — One requested amendment to increase the hourly rate of child care subsidy in relation to certain children under 6 years of age (both a request and amendments were made to this bill)	Requested amendment made