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• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that fortnightly incentive payments made to young job seekers undertaking internships under the Youth Jobs PaTH do not affect social security payments or veterans’ entitlements; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that young job seekers employed by a Youth Jobs PaTH employer may have their social security payments suspended rather than cancelled in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans (Charges) 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 imposes an annual charge on approved course providers. 

  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

• VET Student Loans 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: 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

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: enable payments to be made to a person before they receive a Commonwealth superannuation benefit in circumstances where it is not possible to determine the level of incapacity payments because information has not been received from the relevant agencies; and provide that veterans continue to receive incapacity payments until they become eligible for the age pension; and the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care treatment for certain mental health conditions to all current and former permanent members of the Australian Defence Force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (State Bodies and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  and seven other Acts to reflect the establishment of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission of New South Wales and its inspector;

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  to provide the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission of Victoria with investigative powers equivalent to those available to other state anti-corruption bodies; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to clarify the meaning of lawfully acquired property or wealth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Implements recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s

  Advisory report on the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014

  and the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report

  For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice

  by amending the

  Privacy Act 1988

  to require agencies, organisations and certain other entities to provide notice to the Australian Information Commissioner and affected individuals of an eligible data breach. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Expanded Information Technology Agreement Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Gives effect to Australia’s commitments under the World Trade Organization’s Expanded Information Technology Agreement by amending the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: create new tariff classifications to enable certain information technology products to be separately identified; incrementally reduce the customs duty rates on certain information technology products to free; and remove obsolete customs duty rates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Assistance Alignment and Other Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  and

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2016

  to provide that clear date of effect rules operate in relation to certain review decisions that create new or increased entitlements to family tax benefit (FTB);

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

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Act 2016

  which proposes to phase out FTB supplements by 1 July 2018; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to correct an error made to the youth allowance rate calculator method statement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Excess Transfer Balance Tax) Imposition Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016, the bill imposes an excess transfer balance tax on the notional earnings of capital moved into a retirement phase superannuation account that is in excess of $1.6 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum