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• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Simplification) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the simplified superannuation taxation law system introduced by the Tax Laws Amendment (Simplified Superannuation) Bill 2006 and five related bills, and as part of a package of five further bills, the bill makes: consequential and other amendments in relation to superannuation taxation to 26 Acts, including the repeal of the old superannuation taxation law (such as reasonable benefits limits and taxation of eligible termination payments) in the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  . Also repeals the

  Income Tax (Superannuation Payments Withholding Tax) Act 2002

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004

  to provide additional funding for Australian Government programs of financial assistance to the States and Territories for government and non-government schools for the 2005 to 2008 quadrennium, for capital infrastructure grants, capital grants for non-government schools and grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends 34 Acts consequential on: introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP); establishment of a single Superannuation Board to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation (CSS) and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; a new regime for managing legislative instruments; legislative changes to the earnings base for the Superannuation Guarantee effective from 1 July 2008; and removes the requirement to gazette CSS interest determinations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide one-off payments to certain older Australians, veterans and carers; provide one-off compensation payments in respect of certain World War Two internments; increase the amount of funeral benefits payable in respect of veterans and the rate of certain veterans’ pensions; and extend backdating periods in relation to war widow and widower pensions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Laws Amendment (2007 Budget Co-contribution Measure) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

  to provide an additional one-off government superannuation co-contribution payment to eligible persons for the 2005-06 income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004

  to: increase per capita assistance to State and non-government education authorities for newly arrived humanitarian entrant students under the English as a Second Language-New Arrivals Program for the 2008 program year; and provide for additional funding for 2008 for non-government schools in rural and remote regions, based on redefined remoteness classifications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Apprenticeship Wage Top-Up for Australian Apprentices) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Vocational and Further Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide $2,000 over two years to Australian apprentices under the age of 30 who are undertaking an Australian apprenticeship in a trade occupation identified as experiencing national skills shortages; and to exempt the payment from assessment as income. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

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  Date

  20 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Workforce Participation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  in relation to: mobility allowance for those persons undertaking vocational rehabilitation, receiving parenting payment or working at least 15 hours per week under the supported wage system; qualification for youth allowance; access to certain benefits and concessions for partnered parenting payment recipients with a partial capacity to work; eligibility for certain allowances for persons with at least 14 per cent care of a child; parenting payment participation requirements; the activity test for newstart allowance; and makes a technical correction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the superannuation and defence force superannuation laws to: make contributions to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) voluntary; allow members of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) to leave the PSS and make other superannuation arrangements for future contributions; enable members of the CSS to obtain early release of funded account balances on severe financial hardship and compassionate grounds; provide for the restoration of pensions for remarried widows and widowers; and amends the

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  scheme in relation to post retirement marriages and benefits payable on marriage breakdowns. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Aug 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to establish a national income management regime for certain welfare payment recipients;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to amend baby bonus payment arrangements for claimants subject to the income management regime; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to replace the Community Development Employment Projects program in the Northern Territory with other employment services. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum