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  • Pacific Banking Guarantee Bill 2025

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    Date
    24 Jul 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting any liabilities that the Commonwealth may incur under a Pacific banking guarantee entered into with an Australian-headquartered authorised deposit-taking institution operating in the Pacific region. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Pacific Banking Guarantee Bill 2025

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    Date
    12 Feb 2025 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of meeting any liabilities that the Commonwealth may incur under a Pacific banking guarantee entered into with an Australian-headquartered authorised deposit-taking institution operating in the Pacific region. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010

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    Date
    26 May 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends 11 Acts to make amendments consequential on the Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 and provide for transitional arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave (Reduction of Compliance Burden for Employers) Amendment Bill 2010

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    Date
    15 Nov 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    BILLSON, Bruce, MP 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to provide that the Family Assistance Office continues to administer the paid parental leave scheme after 1 July 2011. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024

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    Date
    22 Aug 2024 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    and
    Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995
    to provide a superannuation contribution for people receiving parental leave pay in respect of children born (or regarded as having been born for the purposes of the Act) on or after 1 July 2025;
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to make a minor technical amendment in relation to unpaid parental leave; and
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (COVID-19 Work Test) Bill 2021

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    Date
    25 Aug 2021 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to provide that a person in receipt of a COVID-19 Australian Government payment or the COVID-19 disaster payment will be considered to be performing qualifying work for the purpose of the paid parental leave work test. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020

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    Date
    06 Feb 2020 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to implement changes to the paid parental leave scheme to enable eligible claimants to claim up to 30 days of parental leave pay (PLP) within 24 months of the birth or adoption of a child, in addition to 12 weeks of PLP within 12 months of the child's birth or adoption; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022

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    Date
    30 Nov 2022 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to: extend paid parental leave (PPL) pay from 18 weeks to 20 weeks from 1 July 2023, with two weeks reserved on a 'use it or lose' basis for each claimant; remove the notion of primary, secondary and tertiary claimants and the requirement that the primary claimants of parental leave pay must be the birth parent; make paid parental leave consist only of flexible PPL days and remove the requirement to not return to work in order to be eligible; introduce a $350,000 family income limit under which families can be assessed if they do not meet the individual income test; and allow an eligible father or partner to receive parental leave pay regardless of whether the birth parent meets the income test, residency requirements or is serving a newly arrived resident's waiting period. Also makes consequential amendments to eight Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023

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    Date
    19 Oct 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to: increase the maximum period of flexible paid parental leave by 2 weeks each year from 1 July 2024 to 26 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the reserved period for partnered claimants by one week each year from 1 July 2025 to 4 weeks from 1 July 2026; increase the number of days that can be taken concurrently by multiple claimants to 4 weeks by 1 July 2025; and make minor and technical amendments relating to eligibility for parental leave pay in exceptional circumstances. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Work Test) Bill 2019

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    Date
    11 Sep 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to: enable the paid parental leave work test period for a pregnant woman in an unsafe job to be moved from the 13-month period prior to the birth of her child to the 13-month period before she had to cease work due to the hazards connected with her employment and the subsequent risk to her pregnancy; and extend the permissible break in the paid parental leave work test to enable parents to have a gap of up to 12 weeks between two working days and still meet the work test. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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