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- Additional Estimates 2024-25
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- Family Law Amendment Bill 2024 [Provisions]
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- Annual reports (No. 2 of 2024)
- Annual reports (No. 1 of 2023)
- Annual reports (No. 2 of 2023)
- Additional Estimates 2023-24
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- Review 1
- Access to diagnosis and treatment for people in Australia with tick-borne diseases
- Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025 [Provisions]
- Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- Aged Care Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- Issues related to menopause and perimenopause
- Excess Mortality
- National Health Amendment (Supporting Patient Access to Cheaper Medicines and Other Measures) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024
- Equitable access to diagnosis and treatment for individuals with rare and less common cancers, including neuroendocrine cancer
- Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024 [Provisions]
- The extent and nature of poverty in Australia
- Review of legislative instruments on income management
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- The worsening rental crisis in Australia
- Assessment and support services for people with ADHD
- Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023, and the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023
- Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 [Provisions] and Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (Disclosure of Information) Bill 2023
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023
- Concussions and repeated head trauma in contact sports
- Improving Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2023
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review Scheme) Bill 2023
- Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill 2022
- Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry Bill 2023 [Provisions] and National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- About this committee
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Incentivising Pensioners to Downsize) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
- Inspector-General of Aged Care Bill 2023 [Provisions] and the Inspector- General of Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
- Upcoming hearings
- Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022
- Universal access to reproductive healthcare
- Legislation Committee Membership
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
- References Committee Membership
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022
- Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
- Centrelink's compliance program
- Administration of registration and notifications by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and related entities under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
- Purpose, intent and adequacy of the Disability Support Pension
- Provision of general practitioner and related primary health services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians
- Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 [Provisions]
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Workforce Incentive) Bill 2022
- Social Security Amendment (Improved Child to Adult Transfer for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance) Bill 2022 [Provisions]
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Portability Extensions) Bill 2021
- Medical and Midwife Indemnity Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill 2021
- Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021
- Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Transparency) Bill 2020
- Investigations into a possible cancer cluster on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
- Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) Bill 2021
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Waiting Periods for New Migrants) Bill 2021
- Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 1) Bill 2021
- Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021
- Aged Care Amendment (Aged Care Recipient Classification) Bill 2020
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance Administration) Bill 2020
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Extension of Coronavirus Support) Bill 2020
- Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 1) Bill 2020 and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Bill 2020
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Bill 2020
- National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020
- Adequacy of Newstart and related payments and alternative mechanisms to determine the level of income support payments in Australia
- Current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia
- Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Flexibility Measures) Bill 2020
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Enhancing Australia’s Anti-Doping Capability) Bill 2019
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Income Reporting and Other Measures) Bill 2020
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment (Sport Integrity Australia) Bill 2019
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment (Assisted Reproductive Treatment Statistics) Bill 2019
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019
- Human Services Amendment (Photographic Identification and Fraud Prevention) Bill 2019
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Streamlined Governance) Bill 2019
- Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Bill 2019
- Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and accreditation framework for protecting residents from abuse and poor practices, and ensuring proper clinical and medical care standards are maintained and practised
- Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019
- ParentsNext, including its trial and subsequent broader rollout
- Support for Australia’s thalidomide survivors
  - Interim Report
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    - Section
  - Terms of Reference
  - Submissions
  - Media Releases
  - Public Hearings
  - Additional Documents
  - Government Response
- Accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Maintaining Income Thresholds) Bill 2018
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Bill 2018 and related Bill
- My Health Record system
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Community Development Program) Bill 2018
- My Health Records Amendment (Strengthening Privacy) Bill 2018
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018
- Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and related Bills
- National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018 and related bill
- Health Legislation Amendment (Improved Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2018
- Health Insurance (Approved Pathology Specimen Collection Centres) Tax Amendment Bill 2018
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018
- Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2017 and related bill
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No.1) Bill 2017 and related bill
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Housing Affordability) Bill 2017
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017
- Vaporised Nicotine Products Bill 2017
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payment Integrity) Bill 2017
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Better Targeting Student Payments) Bill 2017
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017
- Industrial Chemicals Bill 2017 and related Bills
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Queensland Commission Income Management Regime) Bill 2017
- Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017
- Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Transition Mobility Allowance to the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Bill 2016
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Simplifying Student Payments) Bill 2016
- National Cancer Screening Register Bill 2016 and National Cancer Screening Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016
- Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 [Provisions]
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015
- Science of mitochondrial donation and related matters
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Bill 2015
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Interest Charge) Bill 2016
- Availability and accessibility of diagnostic imaging equipment around Australia
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Welfare Payment Integrity) Bill 2016
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015
- Value and affordability of private health insurance and out-of-pocket medical costs
- Delivery of outcomes under the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 to build inclusive and accessible communities
- Future of rugby union in Australia
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 2015
- Design, scope, cost-benefit analysis, contracts awarded and implementation associated with the Better Management of the Social Welfare System initiative
- Future of Australia's aged care sector workforce
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment (Forum on Food Regulation and Other Measures) Bill 2015
- Price regulation associated with the Prostheses List Framework
- Complaints mechanism administered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
- Growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme-like illness for many Australian patients
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (More Generous Means Testing for Youth Payments) Bill 2015
- Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Bill 2015
- Medical complaints process in Australia
- Indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015
- Gene Technology Amendment Bill 2015
- Medical complaints process in Australia
- Indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia
- Future of Australia’s aged care sector workforce
- Growing evidence of an emerging tick-borne disease that causes a Lyme like illness for many Australian patients
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Bill 2015
- Private Health Insurance Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2014
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill (No. 2) 2015
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015
- Health Insurance Amendment (Safety Net) Bill 2015
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Bill 2015
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015
- Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014
- Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2015
- Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015 and Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Green Army Programme) Bill 2014
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Amendment Bill 2015
- Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015
- Adequacy of existing residential care arrangements available for young people with severe physical, mental or intellectual disabilities in Australia
- Availability of new, innovative and specialist cancer drugs in Australia
- Out of home care
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Amendment (A Stronger Land Account) Bill 2014
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2014
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 and Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014
- Private Health Insurance Amendment (GP Services) Bill 2014
- Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Bill 2014 and Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014
- National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2014
- Social Security Legislation Amendment (Stronger Penalties for Serious Failures) Bill 2014
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency (Abolition) Bill 2014
- Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2014
- Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
- Extent of income inequality in Australia
- Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren
- Prevalence of different types of speech, language and communication disorders and speech pathology services in Australia
- Out-of-pocket costs in Australian healthcare
- Care and management of younger and older Australians living with dementia and behavioural and psychiatric symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
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