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• 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

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: maintain the indexation pause on the child care rebate limit at $7500 for three years from 1 July 2014; and maintain the child care benefit income thresholds at the amounts applicable as at 30 June 2014 for three years from 1 July 2014; and

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

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Carbon Farming Initiative Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Establishes the Emissions Reduction Fund to replace the carbon tax and provide a transition for the Carbon Farming Initiative by amending the:

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  to: provide for the Clean Energy Regulator to conduct auctions and enter into contracts to purchase emissions reductions; enable a broader range of emissions reduction projects to be approved; and amend the project eligibility criteria and processes for approving projects and crediting carbon credit units; and

  Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Act 2011

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  and

  National Greenhouse Energy and Reporting Act 2007

  to make consequential amendments. Also provides for transitional arrangements in relation to: the Register of Offsets Projects, which will be renamed the Emissions Reduction Fund Register and will include information about contracts to purchase emissions reductions; and existing Carbon Farming Initiative projects and methodologies and applications for new projects. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends: 246 Acts to: replace references to the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  ; rationalise provisions relating to conflicts of interest, termination of appointments, corporate planning and annual reporting requirements; the

  Public Service Act 1999

  and

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to address a recommendation of the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to reduce potential confusion regarding the duties for public officials and the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct for APS employees and the Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct for parliamentary service employees; and the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to guarantee that parliamentary departments will have access to their appropriations over the course of the financial year. Also repeals the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 1), (No. 3) and (No. 5)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 2), (No. 4) and (No. 6)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (Parliamentary Departments)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends four Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Meteorology Amendment (Online Advertising) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Meteorology Act 1955

  to: confirm the powers of the Director of Meteorology to include advertising in connection with the Bureau of Meteorology’s services; require the Director to develop and publish guidelines relating to advertising; clarify that the Bureau can charge for its services; validate past advertising on the Bureau’s services; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: clarify the responsibilities of asylum seekers to provide and substantiate claims in relation to protection visas; enable the Refugee Review Tribunal to draw an unfavourable inference about the credibility of claims or evidence raised by a protection visa applicant for the first time at the review stage; create grounds to refuse a protection visa application when an applicant refuses or fails to establish their identity, nationality or citizenship; provide that a protection visa will not be granted to a family applicant unless the visa was applied for before the family visa holder was granted their visa; define the risk threshold for assessing Australia’s non-refoulement obligations under certain treaties; amend the framework in relation to unauthorised maritime arrivals and transitory persons who can make a valid application for a visa; provide for changes to the processes and administration of the Migration Review Tribunal and the Refugee Review Tribunal; and clarify when a review of a decision in relation to an application is ‘finally determined’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum