Bills Digest no. 68 1976-77
Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 1976
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CONTENTS
Passage History
Background
Provisions
Contact Officer & Copyright Details
Passage History
Defence
Service Homes Amendment Bill 1976
Date introduced: 17 November 1976
House: Senate
Portfolio: Veterans’ Affairs
Introduced into the House of Representatives, 3 December 1976, by Hon. K Newman, Minister for Environment,
Housing & Community Development and Minister representing the
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs.
To substitute for the Australian Housing
Corporation, which has extensive functions and powers and a membership
of eight, a Defence Service Homes Corporation whose sole function
is to administer the Defence Service Homes Scheme and the affairs
of which are to be conducted and controlled by the Secretary of the
Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
Background
The Australian Housing Corporation was
established by the Labor Government’s Australian Housing Corporation
Act 1975 which received Royal Assent on 18 April 1975. The Corporation is a
statutory authority designed to participate in the building, sale
and lease of dwellings and in the provision of finance for land purchase
and dwelling construction. It also assumed the responsibilities of
the Director of Defence Service Homes.
The creation of the Australian Housing
Corporation was opposed by the Liberal–NCP Opposition on the grounds
that it represented an unnecessary and undesirable duplication of
services already available, particularly those provided by the State
authorities. Their attitude was confirmed following an investigation
after coming to power, and on 2
February 1976 the Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser,
announced his intention to abolish the Corporation.
Provisions
This Bill seeks to repeal the provisions
of the Australian Housing Corporation Act other than those related
to the Defence Service Homes Scheme. One effect will be that the Corporation
will have no members (clause 8).
The remainder of the Corporation is to
be renamed the Defence Service Homes Corporation, continuing as a
corporate entity solely for the purpose of administering the Defence
Service Homes Act 1918 (clause 8).
The Australian Housing Corporation Act,
as amended, is to be renamed the Defence Service Homes Corporation
Act (clauses 5, 6).
The staff of the Corporation do not appear to be affected by the
Bill except the General Manager whose office is abolished by the repeal
of Part IV (clause 8).
Finance, Industries, Trade and Development
Group
7 December 1976
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