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• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: specify that persons receiving a green army allowance under the Green Army Programme (GAP) cannot also receive a social security benefit or pension; provide that certain participants in the GAP are not considered workers or employees for the purposes of various laws; and specify the income testing arrangements to apply to a social security pensioner if their partner is receiving a green army allowance; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to provide that a person must not promote a scheme that has resulted in a payment being made from a regulated superannuation fund otherwise than as prescribed by payment standards and impose a civil penalty for any contravention;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide the power to give directions and impose administrative penalties for contraventions relating to self managed superannuation funds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to phase out the net medical expenses tax offset by the end of the 2018-19 income year; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  in relation to: requests for extended periods of unpaid parental leave; the payment of annual leave upon termination of employment; taking or accruing leave while receiving workers’ compensation; the requirements for flexibility terms in modern awards and enterprise agreements and individual flexibility arrangements made under those terms; the negotiation of single-enterprise greenfields agreements; the transfer of business rules; application for a protected action ballot order; right of entry framework; the Fair Work Commission not having to hold a conference or hearing to dismiss an unfair dismissal application; and interest payments on unclaimed monies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Governor-General Amendment (Salary) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Governor-General Act 1974

  to set the salary for the next Governor-General. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Act 2009

  to: amend the short title of the Act; enable the Roads to Recovery Programme to continue past June 2014; combine provisions of the Act relating to national projects and off-network projects; enable funding of research and investigations of transport development and innovation projects funded under the Act; and enable certain partnership and non-corporate Commonwealth entities to be eligible for funding; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Australian Land Transport Development Act 1988

  ,

  Railway Standardization (New South Wales and Victoria) Agreement Act 1958

  and

  Roads to Recovery Act 2000

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Increased Employment Participation) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that job seekers aged from 18 to 30 years who have been receiving newstart or youth allowance for at least 12 months will be eligible to receive a $2500 tax free payment (the first job commitment bonus) if they remain in gainful work and off income support for a continuous period of at least 12 months, and a further $4000 tax free payment (the second bonus) if they remain in continuous gainful work for an additional 12 months;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that the job commitment bonus is not subject to income tax; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide financial assistance through the Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job program to job seekers receiving newstart, youth allowance or parenting payments; and provide that recipients of relocation assistance who leave employment without a reasonable excuse within six months incur a 26-week non-payment period before becoming eligible to receive unemployment benefits again. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  in relation to: quality assessments of higher education providers; the delegation of decisions; extending periods of accreditation or registration; the appointment of commissioners; the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer; notifying providers of decisions; the scope of ministerial directions; and ministerial approval being required for legislative instruments which determine fees to be charged. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Unexplained Wealth and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to respond to eight of the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement report

  Inquiry into Commonwealth unexplained wealth legislation and arrangements

  by: including a statement in the objects about undermining the profitability of criminal enterprise; ensuring that evidence relevant to unexplained wealth proceedings can be seized under a search warrant; addressing duplication in affidavit requirements; allowing the time limit for serving notice of a preliminary unexplained wealth order to be extended by a court in certain circumstances; harmonising provisions relating to the payment of legal expenses for unexplained wealth cases; allowing charges to be created over restrained property to secure payment of an unexplained wealth order; removing a court’s discretion to make unexplained wealth restraining orders, preliminary unexplained wealth orders and unexplained wealth orders once relevant criteria are satisfied; and expanding the parliamentary joint committee’s oversight of unexplained wealth investigations and litigation. Also amends the

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to: make amendments consequential on the unexplained wealth changes; expand information sharing arrangements with state, territory and foreign authorities; and to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment (CASA Board) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to: enable the appointment of two additional members to the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Board; and make consequential amendments in relation to the board’s quorum and ad hoc meeting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Investment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to: increase the maximum number of grants per applicant to eight; reduce the minimum expenses threshold incurred by an applicant to $15 000; reduce the deduction from the applicant’s provisional grant amount to $2500; prevent the payment of grants to applicants engaging an export market development grants consultant assessed to not be a fit and proper person; provide that if an amount of a grant is determined before 1 July following the ‘balance distribution date’, the grant becomes payable immediately; and enable the payment of additional expenses above the cap on administration costs for the 2013-14 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum