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  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: increase the specific rate of customs duty imposed on the import of petroleum based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the
    Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2022

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase the rate of excise duty imposed on the manufacture and production of petroleum-based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide that child care subsidy debts for absences before a child’s first attendance or after a child’s last attendance are the responsibility of the approved provider, except for any withholding component paid to an individual in respect of the session of care which remains an individual debt. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: expand qualification for parenting payment (single) to single principal carers whose youngest child is aged under 14 years; increase the rates of certain working age and student payments, including jobseeker payment, youth allowance, parenting payment (partnered), austudy payment and disability support pension (youth), by $40 per fortnight; expand eligibility for the higher rate of jobseeker payment to recipients aged 55 years and over who have been on the payment for 9 or more continuous months; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 15 per cent. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015
    to update references to the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    with references to the
    Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    to: cause the Trade Support Loans Priority List to lapse; enable the minister to determine a new Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; provide that a qualifying apprenticeship is, among other things, an apprenticeship through which a person is undertaking a qualification that leads to an occupation or qualification specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; amend the title of the Act to the
    Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014
    ; and enable the secretary to extend the day by which an application for a particular payment instalment period may be made. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans' Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
    to reduce the qualifying period of employment of Australian Defence Force firefighters in relation to primary site oesophageal cancer from 25 years to 15 years and change the requirement for firefighting to have been a ‘substantial’ proportion of their duties to be a ‘not insubstantial’ proportion;
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to allow payments and benefits from Commonwealth and State or Territory employment programs to not be considered as income for income support means testing purposes;
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to include a discretionary power to provide Commonwealth rent assistance beyond 26 weeks for eligible recipients who are temporarily absent from Australia and unable to return due to a prescribed event occurring; and
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    ,
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to extend eligibility to the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package to grandparents who are full time carers of the children of a deceased veteran. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008
    to enable the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority, DonateLife Agencies, grant recipients and authorised family members to publish, disseminate or disclose information about deceased organ or tissue donors or recipients without breaching state or territory legislation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health and Aged Care 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Health Insurance Act 1973
    to: remove the requirement for the Australian Medical Association to agree to the appointment of the Director of the Professional Services Review (PSR); amend consultation requirements for appointing other statutory office holders of the PSR to enable consultation with relevant peak bodies directly; establish the statutory office of Associate Director of the PSR; remove the requirement for the Chief Executive Medicare to consult with stakeholder groups prior to issuing a notice to produce documents; and make minor amendments to update the wording of provisions relating to the termination of certain appointments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Act 2019
    to expand the functions of the office of the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports to include monitoring, investigation and reporting on the implementation of animal welfare and live animal exports legislation and standards in relation to livestock exports and rename it to the office of the Inspector-General of Animal Welfare and Live Animal Exports; and
    National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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A bill is a proposal for a law or a change to an existing law. A bill becomes law (an Act) when agreed to in identical form by both houses of Parliament and assented to by the Governor-General.