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• Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  to protect children and families at risk of violence or abuse by: prioritising the safety of children in parenting matters; including harmful behaviour in the definitions of ‘abuse’ and ‘family violence’; requiring family consultants, family counsellors, family dispute resolution practitioners and legal practitioners to prioritise the safety of children; placing additional reporting requirements on certain parties to provide evidence to courts; and state and territory child protection authorities participating in family law proceedings where appropriate; and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for: modified arrangements for advance payments of family tax benefit (FTB); and the payment of FTB Part A supplement for a child turning four conditional on that child receiving a health check prior to starting school;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to determine a parent’s taxable income by using their previous taxable income, indexed by growth in wages, when a tax return has not been lodged;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to require payers of compensation to notify Centrelink of proposed payments of compensation; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  in relation to the recovery of fee reductions, enrolment advances and business continuity payments paid to approved child care services;

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Act 2010

  to make a technical amendment;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the effect of a child’s absence from the care of an approved child care service on the eligibility of an individual for child care benefit for that child;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Care Act 1972

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify the definition of family assistance law;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable disclosure of information about education and care services for the purposes of the Education and Care Services National Law; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to: the secretary’s power to refuse a child care service’s approval for the purposes of family assistance law; the requirement to comply with child care laws; and the recalculation of child care benefit fee reductions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for fortnightly child rebate payments for individuals who are eligible for child care benefit by fee reduction;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  , the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  to make amendments consequential on the commencement of the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to expand eligiblity for the seniors’ work bonus to pensioners;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase family assistance by up to $4200 a year for families with teenagers undertaking full-time secondary study or a vocational education equivalent;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable eligible baby bonus claimants to access a larger portion of the baby bonus upfront from 1 July 2011;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to ensure that annuity payments made from the Thalidomide Australia Fixed Trust are not taken into account as income; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to income management arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Validation of Certain Parenting Orders and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: validates certain parenting orders affected by the High Court decision in

  MRR v GR

  [2010] HCA 4; and amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  to allow a family court to consider certain statutory criteria when considering a parenting order application. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that only Australian residents qualify for disability support pensions;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that leave payments are included when calculating income concessions; provide that the work bonus rules apply to couples who receive separate income support payments from different agencies; and respond to recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report

  Building trust: Supporting families through Disability Trusts

  by reducing the work capacity and trust purpose requirements for special disability trusts;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that students studying overseas full-time are treated for family tax benefit purposes similarly to full-time students studying in Australia; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986

  to clarify the body corporate status of the Australian Human Rights Commission under the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  ;

  Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996

  to enable the Australian Law Reform Commission to become a prescribed agency under the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and a statutory agency for the purposes of the

  Public Service Act 1999

  ;

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to include references to general policy orders;

  Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

  to rename the corporation as Wine Australia Corporation;

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  in relation to: annual reports of Commonwealth authorities; notification of significant events; delegation power of the Finance Minister; references; interjurisdictional authorities; bodies corporate reporting requirements; procurement directions; general policy orders; and ministerial delegations of powers and functions;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to clarify the body corporate status of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission under the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  ;

  Criminology Research Act 1971

  to merge the Criminology Research Council with the Australian Institute of Criminology;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  in relation to: a ministerial requirement to inform Parliament of involvement in a company by their department, agencies and bodies corporate; and regulations to prescribe an agency as an interjurisdictional agency;

  National Transport Commission Act 2003

  to provide that the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  applies to the commission; and

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to clarify that the appropriation authority for certain payments is contained in the relevant Appropriation Act. Also: repeals six Acts and provisions of 11 other Acts to remove redundant special appropriations and other outdated references; and makes amendments consequential to the amendments to the

  Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Implements a reform agreed to by the Council of Australian Governments on 3 July 2008 by amending the:

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to enable the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to vary the Maximum Residue Limit Standard in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to make consequential amendments. Also amends the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to: amend the annual reporting requirements; and correct inconsistencies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  ,

  Fishing Levy Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  in relation to the Australian Fisheries Management Authority by: making co-management arrangements with stakeholders in Commonwealth fisheries; administering the regulatory regime; restructuring management advisory committees; and charging agencies for certain services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum