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• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend access to psychiatric assessment and counselling services to certain Vietnam veterans, dependants and former dependants; extend access to the Veterans’ Children Education Scheme for certain children of Vietnam veterans; exclude ABSTUDY from the income test applied to a partner’s income support pension or supplement; exclude ABSTUDY recipients from receipt of income support pension or supplement; grant veterans eligibility for qualifying service and operational service in relation to certain service in South-East Asia between 1955 and 1975; and align certain pensions and allowances with the arrangements in place for income support payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

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  Date

  30 Nov 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

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  Date

  28 Mar 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: disposal of assets; pensioner payments and treatment eligibility for prisoners; indexation of income/assets reduction limits; recovery of social security overpayments; rent assistance; bereavement payments; pension bonuses; rent assistance; and certain income support regimes;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  in relation to: service injuries and diseases; and onus of proof;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to include the income support supplement as a payment not requiring provision of a tax file number;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: clarify the taxable status of Defence Force Income Support Allowance payments; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  to repeal redundant provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2002 Budget Measures) Bill 2002

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  Date

  20 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: indexation of the ceiling rate of income support supplement and service pension; backdating claims for income support supplement for certain war widows and widowers; and family situation rules applicable to income support supplement recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2001 Budget Measures) Bill 2001

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  Date

  28 Jun 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Mental Health and Other Measures) Bill 2014

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  Date

  27 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: expand non-liability health care to include certain mental health conditions and alcohol and substance use disorders; expand eligibility for the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service; provide that the seniors supplement is paid automatically following short periods of overseas travel; and make a technical amendment;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: expand the circumstances in which an eligible young person is taken to be wholly dependent on a Defence Force member; and enable the Chief Executive Officer of Comcare to be nominated for appointment to the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  in relation to the dispute resolution processes, case management powers and administrative and business procedures of the Veterans’ Review Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020

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  Date

  12 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to: phase out the Commonwealth's obligation to pay VET FEE-HELP (VFH) to VET providers in respect of old student data, and prevent those providers from pursuing students for the amounts the Commonwealth does not pay; enable the Commonwealth to set off debts owed by providers to the Commonwealth under the VFH scheme against amounts of FEE-HELP assistance or VET student loans payable to the provider; and revoke the approval of remaining VET providers, while providing for the continuing operation of the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and relevant legislative instruments to enable the Commonwealth to deal with and resolve outstanding matters under the VFH scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans Bill 2016

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  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill: provides that student loans are approved only for eligible students for approved courses; limits course eligibility for loans through a courses and loan caps determination; imposes stronger eligibility requirements for qualification as an approved course provider; bans providers from using brokers or agents to interact or engage with students in relation to the loans; and provides for monitoring and investigations powers and enforcement powers such as civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement a tuition protection model for students participating in the VET Student Loans program and for higher education students accessing FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP assistance at a private education provider or TAFE, the bill imposes the VSL tuition protection levy, specifies the amounts that are payable by various classes of providers, and prescribes the levy components and the manner in which, and by whom, they will be determined each year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: close down access to VET FEE-HELP assistance to new VET providers from 5 October 2016; close down access to VET FEE-HELP assistance to new students for units from 1 January 2017; and enable existing and active students enrolled with VET providers to continue to access VET FEE-HELP assistance for units that start before 1 January 2018; and the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Student Identifiers Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum