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• Higher Education Support Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to make administrative changes to the FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP programs by: requiring the minister to be satisfied that a body corporate is ‘fit and proper’; providing flexibility in the ‘principal purpose’ requirements; enabling the minister to give qualified approvals; providing for procedural fairness before a provider’s approval is suspended; and including new decisions which are subject to review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Human Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Medicare Australia Act 1973

  and

  Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997

  to: abolish Medicare Australia and Centrelink; abolish the positions of the Chief Executive Officers of these organisations; provide for the functions of the agencies and the CEOs to be integrated into the Department of Human Services (DHS); and amend the long and short titles of the Acts; the

  Medicare Australia Act 1973

  in relation to patient notification when medical records are seized but not examined; the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to abolish the position of Child Support Registrar and provide for the functions of that position to be integrated into the DHS; and 36 Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: enable the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia to require certain documents to be produced by a medical practitioner during a compliance audit; and provide that a practitioner unable to substantiate an amount paid for a service may be liable to pay a penalty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to allow patients to take a pathology request to an approved pathology practitioner or authority of their choice. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to revise the maximum funding amounts: under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to provide for the transition to a student centred funding system; for other grants to provide a reduction in funding for the Australian and Learning Teaching Council and cease the Graduate Skills Assessment Program; and to increase the maximum grants payable for Commonwealth scholarships. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (FEE-HELP Loan Fee) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to increase the loan fee for FEE-HELP for fee paying undergraduate students to 25 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010, the bill amends the:

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  to: include the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission as an ex officio member of the Administrative Review Council (ARC); and increase the quorum of the ARC from four to five members; and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to require explanatory statements for disallowable legislative instruments to contain a statement of compatibility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010, the bill: establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; provides for the powers, proceedings and functions of the committee; introduces a requirement for statements of compatibility to be prepared for all bills and disallowable legislative instruments; and contains a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 January 2011; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; and require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  In response to recommendations of the 2007

  Review of the Professional Services Review Scheme - Report of the Steering Committee

  and issues raised by

  Daniel v Health Insurance Commission

  [2003] FCA 772, the bill amends the Health Insurance Act 1973 in relation to the administration of the Professional Services Review Scheme and the Medicare Participation Review Committee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum