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• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: enable parenting payment recipients to transfer temporarily to bereavement allowance following the death of a partner; remove the family member exemption from the two-year newly arrived resident’s waiting period before special benefit is payable; enable the minister to make legislative instruments determining Impairment Tables and rules relating to the tables; and clarify that payments made by an employer to an employee in lieu of notice of termination are regarded as redundancy payments for the purposes of the social security payments;

  Disability Services Act 1986

  to provide that disability advocacy services compliance with new Disability Advocacy Standards will be assessed by an independent certification body over a three-year cycle; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to certain asset-test exempt income streams and the provision of actuarial certificates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Early Release of Superannuation) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to transfer the administration of making determinations relating to the early release of superannuation benefits on compassionate grounds to the Chief Executive Medicare; and

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  to provide that the administration of making determinations relating to the early release of superannuation benefits on compassionate grounds continues to be funded by superannuation industry levies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Further to the package of bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill establishes a framework for the Steel Transformation Plan comprising of a $300 million entitlement program for the Australian steel manufacturing industry over four years from the 2012-13 financial year. Also provides for: the minister to approve competitiveness assistance advances up to the value of $164 million in the 2011 12 financial year; administrative details relating to the plan to be included in a legislative instrument; and a monitoring regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011

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  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: provide students from Inner Regional Areas with access to independent youth allowance; reset relocation scholarship values from 2012 for eligible regional students and provide for the values to be indexed from 2013; reduce the value of the student start-up scholarship payment from 2012 and provide for the payments to be indexed annually from 2013; provide for the cessation of the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Participation Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: commence a 3.5 year trial on 1 January 2012 requiring certain teenage parents residing in certain areas who receive parenting payment to develop and sign an Employment Pathway Plan; suspend income support for teenage parents who fail to participate in the plan without a reasonable excuse; commence a three-year trial on 1 July 2012 requiring certain jobless family members who are receiving parenting payment to develop and sign an Employment Pathway Plan; and provide that parents in either of these trials do not lose entitlement to other payments if they fail to comply with trial requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to: increase the superannuation guarantee age of an employee at which the superannuation guarantee no longer needs to be provided from 70 to 75 years of age; and incrementally increase the superannuation guarantee charge percentage from 9 per cent to reach 12 per cent in the 2019-20 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to be triggered by referrals from state and territory agencies; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable the minister to specify states, territories or areas in which the vulnerable, long-term welfare payment and disengaged youth income management measures will apply; provide that income management continues despite a change in residence; and provide that certain parents may be required to enter into a school attendance plan and may have income support payments suspended if the plan is not complied with. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill: repeals the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  and makes certain consequent saving and transitional arrangements; and amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: make amendments consequent on the repeal of the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  ; and enable Land Councils, if requested to do so, to provide assistance to owners of community living areas;

  Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995

  to: provide that the restriction on prohibited material will continue, with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs responsible for determining to which areas this restriction applies; require the minister to review these restrictions after seven years; and provide for the sunset of the restriction of prohibited material provisions after ten years;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to enable customary law and cultural practice to be considered in bail and sentencing decisions for certain offences; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make an amendment consequent on the repeal of the

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  in relation to: age requirements for social security payments; income tests for newstart and youth allowances; claims for newstart allowance; working credit balances; a parenting payment transitional arrangement; and a technical amendment;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the determination of penalty amounts for no show no pay failures or reconnection failures; and

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to provide additional funding for the Student Education Trusts measure for the 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2013 appropriation period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Disability Support Pension Participation Reforms) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: allow all disability support pensioners to work up to 30 hours a week without having payments suspended or cancelled;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: provide that certain disability support pensioners under 35 years of age with a work capacity of at least eight hours a week attend participation interviews and develop a participation plan with Centrelink; and provide that certain disability support pensioners may live outside Australia indefinitely and continue to receive the disability support pension; and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum