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• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: expand the cashless debit card arrangements to a further trial site, the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay area, to run until 30 June 2020; specify the class of trial participants for the area and increase the total number of trial participants overall to 15 000; provide for an exception from the restrictive trade practices provisions of the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  for merchants that implement product level blocking systems to identify that a cashless debit card is being used for payment and, if any restricted products are being purchased, decline the transaction; and limit the use of the restricted portion of a payment to prevent the portion being used to obtain cash-like products which could be used to obtain alcohol or gambling. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Space Activities Amendment (Launches and Returns) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Jobs and Innovation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Space Activities Act 1998

  to: broaden the current regulatory framework to include arrangements for launches from aircraft in flight and launches of high power rockets; reduce barriers to participation in the space industry by streamlining processes and insurance requirements for launches and returns; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018

  ; and

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Amendment (ASIC Fees) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to enable the recovery of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s costs for specific regulatory activities, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Act 2012

  to increase the cap on fees in relation to an application for registration to be a self-managed superannuation fund auditor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment (ASIC Fees) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to enable the recovery of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) costs for specific regulatory activities, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to impose fees in relation to an application to vary or revoke the conditions, or cancel the registration, of an approved self-managed superannuation fund auditor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: pause indexation of the end-of-year Family Tax Benefit (FTB) supplements for three years from 1 July 2018; and extend the pause on indexation of the FTB Part A higher income free area and the FTB Part B primary earner income limit for a further year from 1 July 2020; and

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to extend the pause on indexation of the Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay income limits for a further year from 1 July 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payments for Carers) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to introduce a fixed and non-indexed family income test of $250 000 per annum for Carer Allowance and Carer Allowance (child) Health Care Card only claimants, to apply to singles and couples from 20 September 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update (Autumn 2018) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: five Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  ,

  National Land Transport Act 2014

  and

  National Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992

  to update references to ‘the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia’ with references to ‘Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand’; the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ; 22 Acts to remove obsolete references to the Crown in right of Norfolk Island; and the

  Social Security Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments for Carers) Act 2005

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to repeal spent provisions. Also repeals 40 obsolete Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education and Other Legislation Amendment (VET Student Loan Debt Separation) Bill 2018, the bill amends the

  Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015

  to provide for a levy to be imposed on a defined group of overseas debtors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish a two year drug testing trial in three regions for 5000 new recipients of newstart allowance and youth allowance from 1 July 2018;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Act 2018

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the newly arrived resident’s waiting period (NARWP) from 104 weeks to 156 weeks for certain social security payments and concession cards; introduce a NARWP of 156 weeks for bereavement allowance, widow allowance, parenting payment and carer allowance; and make a technical amendment;

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to increase the NARWP from 104 weeks to 156 weeks;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to introduce a NARWP of 156 weeks for family tax benefit; and

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to introduce a NARWP of 156 weeks for parental leave pay and dad and partner pay. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum