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• Vaporised Nicotine Products Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Airports Act 1996

  to provide that the regulation of smoking at airports does not apply to the use of e-cigarettes (vaping);

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to exclude e-cigarettes from regulation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration; and

  Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992

  to provide that the ban on the advertising of smoking does not apply to the advertising of vaping. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Venture Capital Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Taxation Laws Amendment (Venture Capital) Bill 2002, the bill establishes a registration and reporting process for venture capital limited partnerships, Australian venture capital funds of funds and eligible venture capital investors, administered by the Pooled Development Funds Registration Board. 

  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 (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2025

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2025 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  The bill: authorises certain activities undertaken in relation to tax file numbers (TFNs) for the purpose of administering, or facilitating the administration of, a student’s application for a VET Student Loan or the student’s loan itself; and authorises the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ disclosure of TFNs to VSL providers for the same purposes. 

  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 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

• VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  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

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

  Track (What's this?)

  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

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (1996-97 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 1997

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Dec 1996 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Human Services and Health portfolio 

  Bill