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• Rural Research and Development Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safe Climate (Energy Efficient Non-Residential Buildings Scheme) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Establishes an emissions intensity cap and building efficiency certificate trading scheme for non-residential buildings. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to: provide new protections against discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status; provide protection against discrimination for same-sex de facto couples; and make consequential amendments; and Migration Act 1958 to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Skills Australia Amendment (Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency by amending the

  Skills Australia Act 2008

  to: amend the long and short titles of the Act to rename Skills Australia to the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency; broaden the object of the Act to include the provision of advice on the allocation of Commonwealth industry skills and workforce development funding; broaden the functions of the agency in relation to its research, analysis and advisory role; increase the size of the agency from seven to 10 members; expand the current membership criteria; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Small Business Commissioner Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Office of the Small Business Commissioner; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner; and includes an annual reporting requirement and a regulation making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the income free area that applies for recipients of Newstart Allowance, Widow Allowance, Partner Allowance, Parenting Payment (Partnered) and Sickness Allowance; extend eligibility for the Pensioner Education Supplement to single principal carer parents receiving Newstart Allowance payments; and provide a 12-week extension of eligibility for the Pensioner Concessioner Card to single parents who are no longer qualified for Parenting Payment (Single) because their youngest child has turned eight years of age and who do not qualify for another income support payment due to earnings from employment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Caring for Single Parents) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide for: a $40 per week supplementary payment for single parents receiving Newstart payments; and the income test for single parents receiving Newstart to be the same as the income test for single parents receiving Parenting Payment;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for payments under this Act; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible working arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the single rates of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $50 a week; and standardise the indexation arrangements for pensions and allowances; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Disaster Recovery Allowance) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Passed Both Houses 

  Portfolio

  Emergency Management 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to create the Disaster Recovery Allowance to provide short-term income support to individuals with a demonstrated loss of income following a major on-shore disaster; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to provide that the allowance is subject to the Beneficiary Tax Off-Set scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Public Housing Tenants’ Support) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to establish the Housing Payment Deduction Scheme to provide for rent and household utilities to be compulsorily deducted from specified welfare payments to public housing tenants who are in significant rental arrears that could lead to eviction or housing abandonment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum