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• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend and simplify the ordinary waiting period for all working age payments from 1 July 2015; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance from 1 July 2016; provide for a four-week waiting period for certain persons aged under 25 years applying for youth allowance (other) or special benefit from 1 July 2016; and pause indexation on certain income free and income test free areas and thresholds for three years; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to cease the low income supplement from 1 July 2017; and four Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 3) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Act 2012

  to abolish the seafarer tax offset; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to reduce the tax offset rates available under the research and development tax incentive for the first $100 million of eligible expenditure by 1.5 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Freedom of Information Amendment (Requests and Reasons) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LUDWIG, Sen Joe 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to require agencies and ministers to publish the exact wording of freedom of information requests and a statement of reasons concerning the decision to allow or refuse the release of requested documents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Standards Amendment (Fish Labelling) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick
  LAZARUS, Sen Glenn
  LAMBIE, Sen Jacqui
  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter
  WANG, Sen Zhenya
  MADIGAN, Sen John 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to require Food Standards Australia New Zealand to develop and approve within 12 months, a labelling standard to prescribe how the food services sector must identify the country of origin of fish offered for immediate consumption in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: increase the restriction of no more than five minutes per hour of advertising to 10 minutes of advertising in any hour of broadcasting on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS); and clarify SBS’s ability to earn revenue through the broadcast of programs containing product placement; and

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  and

  Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991

  to: provide consistency between the Acts; remove redundant provisions; and add a reference to digital media services. Also repeals 26 Acts and removes redundant provisions in four Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  in relation to: eligibility requirements for compensation; the financial viability of the Comcare scheme; medical expense payments; the requirements for determining compensation payable; household and attendant care services; the suspension of compensation payments for certain citizens absent from Australia; taking or accruing leave while on compensation leave; the calculation of compensation payments; the compulsory redemption threshold; legal costs for proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; compensation for permanent impairment; single employer licences; gradual onset injuries and associated injuries; obligations of mutuality; exception of defence-related claims from certain changes; and definitions;

  Military, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  in relation to the vocational nature of rehabilitation services; and return to work outcomes; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions relating to compensation paid for detriment caused by defective administration are not subject to review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that certain persons cannot be paid social security payments when they are in psychiatric confinement because they have been charged with a serious offence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Charter of Budget Honesty Amendment (Regional Australia Statements) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to require the Treasurer to release and table regular regional Australia statements to provide information to allow assessment of the impact of government policy decisions on regional Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: establish the Registered Organisations Commission and provide it with investigation and information gathering powers to monitor and regulate registered organisations; and provide for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner (who will assume the investigations, enforcement advice and assistance responsibilities in relation to registered organisations currently undertaken by the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission); and

  Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009

  to: amend the requirements on officers’ disclosure of material personal interests and change grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for office; increase financial accounting and disclosure obligations for registered organisations and their officers; and increase civil penalties and introduce criminal offences for serious breaches of officers’ duties and new offences in relation to the conduct of investigations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Deregulatory and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: remove the requirement for reporting a food related death, serious injury or illness to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); remove the requirement for litigants to obtain ministerial consent to bring an action for a breach of the Act that takes place overseas; enable consumers to seek redress in state and territory courts and tribunals for breaches of the Act; remove the requirement for the ACCC to maintain a register of certain records when they hold conferences for product safety bans; enable the ACCC to share certain notices it receives with specified agencies to protect public safety; clarify the operation of the cooling-off period for unsolicited consumer agreements; permit the ACCC to seek a court order directing a person to comply with a notice to obtain information, documents and evidence; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum