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• Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Mar 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009

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  Date

  03 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  to: introduce mandatory continuous adjustment of family tax benefit rates in certain circumstances; cease fortnightly family tax benefit and past period payments in the same income year when income tax returns are not lodged; and enable information sharing between the Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink for reconciliation and debt offsetting purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2009

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  Date

  18 Mar 2009 

  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 remove the tax system option for delivery of family tax benefit payments;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable people subject to the Northern Territory income management regime to access the Social Security Appeals Tribunal and Administrative Appeals Tribunal appeal mechanisms; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: provide new Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) participants, commencing on or after 1 July 2009, with access to the CDEP program while receiving income support payments; and provide that existing CDEP participants receive CDEP wages from CDEP providers and, in certain circumstances, the CDEP Scheme Participant Supplement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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 and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Jun 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

  to: lower the maximum child age of eligibility for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A from 24 to 21 years of age from 1 January 2012; and pause indexation for the: higher income free area for FTB Part A; FTB Part B income limit; and baby bonus income limit;

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to extend the commencement date for indexation of the paid parental leave income limit;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to require people to test their future work capacity by participating in training or work-related activities in order to qualify for the disability support pension;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to continue in the Cape York area for another 12 months; and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to clarify that the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  does not apply to Aboriginal Land Trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

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  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  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

  ,

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

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: replace the maternity immunisation allowance by making payment of the family tax benefit (FTB) Part A supplement conditional on a child meeting the immunisation requirements; pause the indexation of baby bonus for three years from 1 July 2012 and reset the amount of baby bonus to $5000 per child from 1 September 2012; and prevent an individual from being entitled to FTB as fortnightly instalments on the basis of estimated income in certain circumstances;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to give certain carer allowance recipients, who care for a disabled adult, access to bereavement payments on the death of the care receiver;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to allow access to carer supplement for those carers whose rate of payment is reduced to nil because of employment income received in the fortnight covering 1 July in any given year; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Estimate Tolerance (Transition) Bill 2001

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2001 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008

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  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to: remove the minimum rate of child care benefit (CCB); increase the child care tax rebate (CCTR) to 50 per cent, provide for it to be paid quarterly and increase the annual limit to $7,500; and make amendments in relation to: weekly limits of hours for the purposes of CCB; automatic review of CCTR decisions; publishing information relating to sanctions or suspensions of approved child care service’s approval; allocation of child care places; approved child care services providing certain periodic statements; delegation of the secretary’s powers; infringement notices; and technical amendments relating to the Child Care Management System; and

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

  in relation to: debt recovery; extension of the civil penalties and infringement notice schemes; and expanded entry powers for authorised officers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Financial Viability) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  to: provide for the assessment and monitoring of the financial viability of large long day care centre operators of approved child care services; and authorise the secretary to engage an audit expert to carry out an independent audit of a centre operator if there are concerns about its ongoing financial viability. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the family assistance law to: provide for a new online-based Child Care Management System; introduce a civil penalty and infringement notice scheme; and enhance administration of child care benefits. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum