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• Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Vocational and Technical Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  to: limit banking and credit card penalty fees by ensuring fees are for cost recovery only; and enhance the powers of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to monitor penalty fees and investigate customer complaints. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ,

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  and

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to facilitate the integration of the Office of Film and Literature Classification into the Attorney-General’s Department; and

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  in relation to: the functions of the Classification Board and the Classification Review Board; the operation of the National Classification Scheme; repeal expired or redundant provisions; and transfer responsibility for delegated legislation from the Director of the Classification Board to the Attorney-General. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Vocational Rehabilitation Services) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Disability Services Act 1986

  to support the staged introduction of contestability for vocational rehabilitation services by: removing the requirement for the provision of individual rehabilitation programs to be approved under the Act; and broadening the Secretary’s delegation powers; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: pensioner education supplement; mobility allowance debt calculation; changed and redundant terminology; income tests; financial case management debts; and indexation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 [2007]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Multicultural Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to allow the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal flexibility in providing procedural fairness to review applicants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Native Title Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Native Title Act 1993

  to: introduce a new regime for representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bodies; implement recommendations made by an independent review into the native title claims resolution process, particularly in relation to increased powers and functions of the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) and improved coordination and communication between the Federal Court and the NNTT; and implement changes to the prescribed bodies corporate governance regime and the native title non-claimants financial assistance program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Organization Levy) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Collapsed Organization Levy) Act 2003

  to update definitions as a consequence of the proposed

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  ; and repeals the existing levy and imposes a new levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Council Administration Levy) Act 2003

  to update definitions and other terminology as a consequence of the proposed

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill imposes listing and application fees on prostheses sponsors to recover the cost of evaluation and listing prostheses for private health insurance purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Reinsurance Trust Fund Levy) Act 2003

  to update definitions as a consequence of the proposed

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  ; and repeals the existing levy and imposes a new levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of seven bills to reform the private health insurance sector, the bill: provides for the transition to the new regulatory framework; makes consequential amendments to 23 Acts, including changes to the income tax law in relation to income tax offsets; repeals redundant provisions in the

  National Health Act 1953

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  ; and repeals the

  Private Health Insurance (ACAC Review Levy) Act 2003

  and

  Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum