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• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018, the bill provides for the establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund as a dedicated financial asset fund for the making of annual and discretionary payments to the Indigenous Land Corporation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2018

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  Date

  06 Dec 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: enable certain Kakadu and Urapunga land to be granted as Aboriginal land; and provide for the leaseback of the Kakadu land to the Director of National Parks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Prime Minister and Cabinet Legislation Amendment (2017 Measures No. 1) Bill 2017

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  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to remove the requirement for the Indigenous Business Australia’s corporate plan to be tabled;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005

  to enable the appropriate consenting authority to waive the exercise of its statutory consent power by providing written notice;

  Auditor-General Act 1997

  to align the annual reporting requirements of the Auditor-General with his or her responsibility to the Parliament; and

  Royal Commissions Act 1902

  to: enable commissioners to compel the provision of a written statement; increase the penalty for failure to comply with a summons or notice to produce; replace references to penalties expressed as a number of dollars with penalties expressed as a number of penalty units; and enable the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to be given custody of Royal Commission records by regulation. Also repeals the

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Queensland Reserves and Communities Self-management) Act 1978

  and

  Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991

  ; and amends the

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  and

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1983

  to make amendments consequential on the repeal of those Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: five Acts to provide for grants to higher education providers to assist Indigenous students; the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to enable the secretary to be notified of tax file numbers (TFNs) for the purpose of administering student assistance under the VET FEE-HELP scheme; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to enable the use and disclosure of TFNs by Commonwealth officers for the purposes of administering VET FEE-HELP; and the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2015

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  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: alter the list of delegable functions and powers to include roads over Aboriginal land and access agreement matters and for other functions and powers to be delegated; enable the Executive Director of Township Leasing, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to hold a sublease of Aboriginal land; enable the transfer of the sublease between the executive director and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; provide for the Aboriginals Benefit Account to be used for payments in relation to the acquisition and administration of the sublease by an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or the executive director; enable the minister to vary administrative areas of Land Councils at the written request of the relevant Land Councils; and add parcels of land in the Wickham River area, the Simpson Desert, and the Vernon Islands to be granted as Aboriginal land to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2013

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  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to: enable the minister to enter into agreements with service providers authorising the making of payments from 1 January 2014; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Remote Engagement Program) Bill 2021

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  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Australians 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for a supplementary payment to be made to eligible job seekers in remote engagement program pilot communities so that they can engage in activities or placements that are like having a job;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Social Security Legislation Amendment (Streamlined Participation Requirements and Other Measures) Act 2021

  ; and

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to remove redundant provisions relating to the former Community Development Employment Projects Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Australians 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021 to facilitate the implementation of certain aspects of the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that redress payments are exempt from income tax;

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to provide that redress payments are not available to creditors of recipients for the purposes of recovering money under bankruptcy proceedings;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to ensure that redress payments do not count as income for the purposes of any income support payments; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to authorise the use of protected information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Facilitation) Bill 2021

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  Date

  26 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Australians 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 to facilitate the implementation of certain aspects of the Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme, the bill: provides that the receipt of a redress payment does not affect a person's eligibility for any pension, benefit, payment or service under a law of the Commonwealth or require the repayment of an amount to the Commonwealth; and provides that the redress payment cannot be transferred to another person, either by voluntary act or by operation of law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021

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  Date

  25 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Australians 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: establish the Northern Territory Aboriginal Investment Corporation to invest in Aboriginal business and commercial projects and make other payments for the benefit of Aboriginal people living in the Northern Territory (NT); amend exploration and mining processes on Aboriginal land in the NT; prescribe the nomination and approval processes and funding arrangements for approved entities that may hold a township lease; provide that land councils may enter into agreements in respect of land that is the subject of a deed of grant held in escrow; increase the amount at which land councils must seek ministerial approval to enter into a contract; remove the requirement that certain permits may only be revoked by the issuer of the permit; increase penalties for unauthorised access to Aboriginal land; remove redundant powers which allow for the delegation of land council functions to certain corporations; and make technical amendments in relation to the Aboriginals Benefit Account. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum