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TOTAL RESULTS: 33
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13 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to extend the automatic grant of intermediate and temporary special rate disability pensions to eligible dependants of veterans or members; Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
and Social Security Act 1991
to extend eligibility for income support supplements to certain war widows and widowers; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to extend a tax exempt bereavement payment to the estate of certain single pensioners who die in indigent circumstances.
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20 Sep 2007
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House of Representatives
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: increase the rates of extreme disablement adjustment disability pension, general rate disability pension and the previously non-indexed component of war widow and widower pension; and introduces new indexation arrangements for these pensions to be indexed twice annually.
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28 Mar 2007
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House of Representatives
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
in relation to: disposal of assets; pensioner payments and treatment eligibility for prisoners; indexation of income/assets reduction limits; recovery of social security overpayments; rent assistance; bereavement payments; pension bonuses; rent assistance; and certain income support regimes; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
in relation to: service injuries and diseases; and onus of proof; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to include the income support supplement as a payment not requiring provision of a tax file number; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to: clarify the taxable status of Defence Force Income Support Allowance payments; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
to repeal redundant provisions.
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06 Dec 2006
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the:
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: enable the Repatriation Medical Authority to review one or a number of factors in a Statement of Principles; enable benefits and allowances fixed or calculated by regulations or other legislative instruments to be funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; clarify and amend the operation of income streams rules; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
to correct minor errors and anomalies; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
in relation to access to specified treatment for certain veterans and dependents.
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17 Nov 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992
to provide funds for vocational education and training in 2005 under the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) agreement; and update the current funding limits for 2004 to reflect the outcome of earlier negotiations with the States and Territories.
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23 Jun 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992
to provide funds for vocational education and training in 2005 under the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) agreement; and update the current funding limits for 2004 to reflect the outcome of earlier negotiations on a new ANTA agreement.
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01 Apr 2004
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House of Representatives
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Provides for a once only payment to former prisoners-of-war of the North Koreans or their surviving spouse; and amends the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: index above general rate disability pensions; introduce a Defence Force Income Support Allowance; ensure appropriate rent assistance for war widows and widowers; increase funeral benefits; and extend operational service to minesweeping and bomb/mine clearance personnel. Also contains an application provision.
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25 Mar 2004
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
in relation to: direct deduction arrangements; Victoria Cross allowance; automatic grant of income support supplement to age and wife pensioners; calculation of disability pension arrears; partner service pension for Norfolk Island residents; calculation of rent assistance; reduction in pension arrears payment resulting from overpayment of rent assistance and partner’s receipt of service pension; value of financial assets for purposes of deeming rules; clarification of deemed income and actual income from accrued returns on financial assets; means test exemption of certain superannuation assets; income and assets test treatment of small superannuation accounts and private rental income; adjustments to ceiling rate service pension; offence provisions; disposal of income and assets; compensation recovery; and minor and technical amendments. Also contains application and transitional provisions.
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04 Mar 2004
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Veterans' Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to provide for the electronic communication of claims, applications and other documents to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
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26 Jun 2003
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the
Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992
to: supplement 2003 funding; appropriate general vocational education and training funding for 2004; provide additional growth funding in 2004 for those State and Territories that satisfy the provisions set out in the Australian National Training Authority Agreement for 2004-2006; and provide further funding under the “Australians Working Together” and “Recognising and Improving the Capacity of People with a Disability” programs.
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