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  • Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal Bill 2010

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    Date
    30 Sep 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 
    Summary
    Establishes a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal to decide and make recommendations on claims for reparation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Statute Stocktake (Appropriations) Bill 2013

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    Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Deregulation 
    Summary
    Repeals 84 redundant Appropriation Acts which are spent, exhausted or lapsed. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Statute Law Revision Bill 2013

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    Date
    20 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Passed Both Houses 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends: 39 Acts to correct technical errors and misdescribed or redundant amendments and modernise language; the
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
    ,
    Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
    and
    Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003
    to repeal provisions relating to redundant acting appointments; the
    Fisheries Levy Act 1984
    and
    Fisheries Management Act 1991
    to prescribe matters by reference to other instruments; 43 Acts to make amendments consequential on amendments to the
    Acts Interpretation Act 1901
    and the enactment of the
    Legislative Instruments Act 2003
    ; and 22 Acts to repeal spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals the
    Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Collection) Act 2001
    and
    Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Imposition) Act 2001

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2010

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    30 Sep 2010 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    LUDLAM, Sen Scott 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
    to prohibit certain advertising being shown during programs on SBS television. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012

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    Date
    27 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
    LUDLAM, Sen Scott 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
    to phase out by 2016 advertising within television programs on SBS. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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    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

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

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    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 (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2013

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

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    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 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

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