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• Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish certain incentive payments in relation to income management;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the operation of the income management regime and vulnerable welfare payment recipients;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments;

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to cease the payment of residential care subsidy for care recipients during a period of leave taken before entering a residential care service; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to abolish the Aged Care Planning Advisory Committees. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 6) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  The bill amends: six Acts to rename the clean energy supplement as the energy supplement and cease indexation of the supplement from 20 September 2014; the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to pause indexation of assets value limits for working age allowances, student payments and parenting payment single for two years from 1 July 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: require certain disability support pension recipients to actively participate in a program of support; limit the six-week overseas portability period for students payments from 1 January 2015; limit the overseas portability period for disability support pension from 1 January 2015; extend to 19 weeks the portability period for seniors health cardholders; and restrict qualification for relocation scholarship payments; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation on assets test free areas for all pensions (other than parenting payment single) for three years from 1 July 2017; exclude from the social security and veterans’ entitlements income test payments made under the Young Carer Bursary Programme from 1 January 2015; and include tax-free superannuation income in the assessment of income for qualification for the seniors health card; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  in relation to family tax benefit (from 1 July 2015) by: limiting the large family supplement; removing the per-child add-on; and reducing the primary earner income limit; the

  Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account Act 2012

  to provide that the State pay equity order (Western Australia) made on 29 August 2013 is a pay equity order for the purposes of the Social and Community Services Pay Equity Special Account and amend the amounts by which the account will be credited accordingly; and the

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  , Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Scheme 2004 and Veterans’ Children Education Scheme to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the senior supplement for holders of the Commonwealth seniors health card or the veterans’ affairs gold card from 20 June 2015; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to remove the workforce supplement from the list of primary supplements provided for by the Subsidy Principles;

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments;

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to enable the recovery of past home care costs under the compensation payment reduction scheme; and

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  to allow the collection, use and disclosure of information, including healthcare identifiers, for specified aged care purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges (Amendment) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995

  to enable the recovery of past home care costs under the compensation payment reduction scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014, the bill responds to the Federal Court’s decision in

  Nojin v Commonwealth of Australia

  [2012] FCAFC 192 by establishing a payment scheme for supported employees with intellectual impairment in Australian Disability Enterprises who previously had their wages assessed under the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Health Card and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to annually index income thresholds for the Commonwealth seniors health card; the

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to align provisions in relation to the operation of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) with similar provisions in social security and related laws; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to ensure that a statement of reasons for an SSAT decision is provided to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal if there is to be a review of the decision; six Acts to reflect machinery of government changes; and the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make technical amendments, including a restructure of the Part of the Act that deals with definitions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

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  Date

  20 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  The bill: abolishes the supervisory and gaming machine regulation levies by repealing the

  National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Act (No. 1) 2012

  and

  National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Act (No. 2) 2012

  ; and amends: the

  National Gambling Reform Act 2012

  to: amend the long and short titles of the Act; abolish the position of the National Gambling Regulator; remove the automatic teller machine withdrawal limit, dynamic warnings, the mandatory pre-commitment trial, and the requirement for the Productivity Commission to undertake reviews; and express the Commonwealth’s commitment to encouraging responsible gambling, including the development and implementation of voluntary pre-commitment measures; the

  Charities Act 2013

  to delay commencement of the Act by nine months to 1 September 2014 to enable further consultation; the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to continue in Cape York for a further two years; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that family tax benefit Part A will be paid to families only up to the end of the calendar year in which their teenager is completing school; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999

  to amend the rules for calculating pensions paid outside Australia; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable an interest charge to be applied to certain social security debts; seven Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan; the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to remove the requirement for employers to provide paid parental leave to eligible employees; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: discontinue late registrations for the closed pension bonus scheme; and extend the deeming rules to account-based superannuation income streams; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to extend the indexation pauses on certain higher income limits for three years; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to amend the rules for receiving family and parental payments overseas; and nine Acts in relation to: the Student Financial Supplement Scheme; lodging tax returns for family assistance purposes; payments made under the National Disability Insurance Scheme; tax file number data sharing; child support; and the newborn supplement and stillborn baby payment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: extend the application of the foreign donations framework to current sitting members of the House of Representatives and Senators; require members of the House of Representatives and Senators who receive gifts for the purpose of incurring electoral expenditure or creating or communicating electoral matter to lodge an annual return with the Australian Electoral Commission; and extend the period for which a person is taken to be a candidate by an additional six months for the purpose of the disclosure period for candidate and Senate group returns and for restrictions on receiving foreign donations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum