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• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 5) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation of income test free areas for pensions (other than parenting payment single) and deeming thresholds for three years from 1 July 2017; index pensions (other than parenting payment single) to the consumer price index from 20 September 2017; reduce social security and veterans’ entitlements income test deeming thresholds from 20 September 2017; and increase the age pension qualifying age, and the non-veteran pension age, from 67 to 70 years by six months every two years, commencing on 1 July 2025; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013

  ,

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to enable the Commonwealth to recover the cost of membership fees to international commodity organisations and regional fisheries management organisations from the matching amounts paid to rural research and development corporations (RDCs);

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  ,

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2007

  and

  Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013

  to remove the tabling requirements for certain documents; and

  Primary Industries Research and Development Act 1989

  to remove the requirement for the minister to organise an annual co-ordination meeting for RDC chairs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Automotive Transformation Scheme Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Industry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Automotive Transformation Scheme Act 2009

  to reduce the total amount of capped assistance available by $900 million, in anticipation of the scheme ceasing on 1 January 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Entitlements Guarantee Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012

  to cap the maximum amount of redundancy pay entitlement available under the Fair Entitlements Guarantee scheme at 16 weeks; and make technical amendments to clarify the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Cost Benefit Analysis and Other Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Infrastructure Australia Act 2008

  to: clarify the definition of ‘proposal’; include the requirement that Infrastructure Australia undertake evaluations of infrastructure proposals that involve Commonwealth funding of at least $100 million and provide for indexation of this amount; move incorrectly placed provisions in relation to cost benefit analyses of proposals; and provide that a proposal must not be included in an Infrastructure Priority List unless a cost benefit analysis has been prepared in accordance with the approved method. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Restoring Merits Review) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WILKIE, Andrew, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to restore the right of asylum seekers to access merits review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal if they are subject to an adverse or qualified security assessment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide demand-driven funding to diploma, advanced diploma and associate degree courses and extend government subsidies to bachelor and sub-bachelor courses at private universities and non-university higher education providers; remove the maximum student contribution amounts; remove the maximum student contribution amounts that providers can charge students in Commonwealth supported places; merge the FEE-HELP and HECS-HELP loan schemes, including the removal of the FEE-HELP loan fee and lifetime limits, HECS-HELP upfront discount and HELP voluntary repayment bonus; establish a Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme to support disadvantaged students; replace the CPI indexation of HELP loans with the 10 year government bond rate; lower the minimum repayment threshold for HELP debts; enable providers to charge Research Training Scheme students capped tuition fees; remove the lifetime limits on VET FEE-HELP loans and the VET FEE-HELP loan fee; replace the Higher Education Grants Index with the CPI; update the name of the University of Ballarat to Federation University Australia; enable certain New Zealand citizens to be eligible for HELP assistance;

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to provide that the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency may determine when fees may be refunded, and disclose certain information;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to discontinue the HECS-HELP benefit;

  Australian National University Act 1991

  ,

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to enable additional investment in research through the Future Fellowships Scheme, apply indexation, apply a one-off efficiency dividend, and add an additional forward estimate amount. Also: amends the Commonwealth Grants Scheme Guidelines 2012 and Other Grants Guidelines (Research) 2012; and repeals the Higher Education (Designated Courses of Study) Specification 2011 and a determination made under subsection 169-20(1) of the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  [FRLI No. F2007B01092]. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jul 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable an interest charge to be applied to certain debts relating to austudy payment, fares allowance, youth allowance payments to full-time students and apprentices, and ABSTUDY living allowance payments; and nine Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to maintain the child care benefit income thresholds at the amounts applicable as at 30 June 2014 for three years from 1 July 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum