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• Australian Aged Care Quality Agency (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Living Longer Living Better aged care package, the bill enables the transition of the functions of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency to the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency from 1 January 2014 by providing for the transfer of: assets and liabilities; the custody of records of documents; and office holders and staff. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Living Longer Living Better aged care package, the bill: establishes the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency to replace the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency from 1 January 2014; provides for the functions, powers, appointment, and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Quality Agency; provides for staff and consultants; establishes the Aged Care Quality Advisory Council to advise the CEO; requires the Quality Agency to develop strategic and operational development plans; provides for the Quality Agency’s reporting requirements; and provides for the use and disclosure of protected information by the Quality Agency. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: create a matter of national environmental significance for coal seam gas and large coal mining developments which are likely to have a significant impact on a water resource; and establish penalties and offences to prohibit such action. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the:

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions made under the proposed amendment to the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  are not subject to administrative review;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to authorise the Commonwealth to form or participate in forming companies and to acquire shares in, or become a member of a company, if the proposed company and its objects or proposed activities are specified in the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide for recoverable payments and recoverable death payments for payments made under the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payments scheme;

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to establish recoverable payments and recoverable death payments; and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to specify a list of existing Commonwealth-owned companies; and enables deferred tax asset relief to be provided to the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation in relation to the transfer of assets from the Military Superannuation and Benefits Fund to the ARIA Investments Trust. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Affairs Portfolio Miscellaneous Measures Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to enable an Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) employee to move to an Australian Public Service (APS) agency in the same way that APS employees voluntarily transfer between agencies; and

  Work Health and Safety Act 2011

  to enable the Director-General of ASIS, with the approval of the minister, to make a declaration that specified provisions of the Act do not apply, or apply subject to modifications, in relation to persons carrying out work for the Director-General. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Registration Fees) Bill 2013, the bill provides for the recovery of costs for the administration of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme through taxes, in the form of fees for applying for registration. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Registration Fees) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

  to enable fees to be collected and administered by the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme Regulator. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Asian Century) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to expand eligibility for OS-HELP assistance and provide additional incentives for university students to undertake part of their course of study in Asia from 1 January 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Further Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require the minister to automatically revoke a body’s approval as a higher education or VET provider if registration ceases or a winding up order is made; enable a provider’s business entity name to be changed without having to revoke their approval and re-approve with retrospective application; enable the minister to issue a provider with a compliance notice in certain circumstances; update the calculation of indexation to apply to HELP repayment thresholds; and enable the minister to seek information from the relevant tertiary education regulator for the purposes of administration or enforcing compliance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988

  to enable the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly to determine the size of the Assembly with the approval of a two-thirds majority of the members of the Assembly. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum