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  • Statute Law Amendment (Prescribed Forms and Other Updates) Bill 2023

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    01 Jun 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Amends: 33 Acts to replace provisions that require forms to be prescribed by regulations and reflect modern drafting practices, such as providing for the forms to be approved by a specified person or body, by notifiable instrument, or enabling regulations to directly mandate the requirements themselves rather than requiring particular forms; the
    Family Law Act 1975
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to update language relating to persons with disability; 11 Acts to update references to Northern Territory legislation; 33 Acts to correct technical errors; and 12 Acts to remove spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals 4 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Creative Australia Bill 2023, the bill: repeals the
    Australia Council Act 2013
    ; and provides for transitional provisions relating to the establishment of Creative Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Creative Australia Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Creative Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2023, the bill establishes Creative Australia by providing for the body corporate previously known as the Australia Council to continue in existence under the name Creative Australia with expanded functions, responsibilities and a new governance structure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to: increase the specific rate of customs duty imposed on the import of petroleum based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the
    Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Act 2022
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Excise Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Product Stewardship for Oil) Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase the rate of excise duty imposed on the manufacture and production of petroleum-based oils and their synthetic equivalents from 8.5 cents to 14.2 cents per litre or kilogram. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Education 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide that child care subsidy debts for absences before a child’s first attendance or after a child’s last attendance are the responsibility of the approved provider, except for any withholding component paid to an individual in respect of the session of care which remains an individual debt. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: expand qualification for parenting payment (single) to single principal carers whose youngest child is aged under 14 years; increase the rates of certain working age and student payments, including jobseeker payment, youth allowance, parenting payment (partnered), austudy payment and disability support pension (youth), by $40 per fortnight; expand eligibility for the higher rate of jobseeker payment to recipients aged 55 years and over who have been on the payment for 9 or more continuous months; and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth rent assistance by 15 per cent. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Act 2015
    to update references to the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    with references to the
    Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Trade Support Loans Amendment Bill 2023

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Student Loans (Overseas Debtors Repayment Levy) Amendment Bill 2023, the bill amends the
    Trade Support Loans Act 2014
    to: cause the Trade Support Loans Priority List to lapse; enable the minister to determine a new Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; provide that a qualifying apprenticeship is, among other things, an apprenticeship through which a person is undertaking a qualification that leads to an occupation or qualification specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; amend the title of the Act to the
    Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014
    ; and enable the secretary to extend the day by which an application for a particular payment instalment period may be made. Also makes consequential amendments to 5 Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

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    Date
    25 May 2023 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Veterans' Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
    to reduce the qualifying period of employment of Australian Defence Force firefighters in relation to primary site oesophageal cancer from 25 years to 15 years and change the requirement for firefighting to have been a ‘substantial’ proportion of their duties to be a ‘not insubstantial’ proportion;
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to allow payments and benefits from Commonwealth and State or Territory employment programs to not be considered as income for income support means testing purposes;
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to include a discretionary power to provide Commonwealth rent assistance beyond 26 weeks for eligible recipients who are temporarily absent from Australia and unable to return due to a prescribed event occurring; and
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    ,
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to extend eligibility to the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package to grandparents who are full time carers of the children of a deceased veteran. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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