TOTAL RESULTS: 473

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (More Help for Families—One-off Payments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide for a one-off payment to eligible families; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide for one-off payments to carer allowance and carer payment recipients. Also establishes an administrative scheme to provide payments if the statutory one-off payments regime does not produce an appropriate result. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: interaction of bankruptcy and family law; enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; the court’s power in relation to vexatious litigants; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Flags Amendment (Eureka Flag) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MARSHALL, Sen Gavin 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Flags Act 1953

  to recognise the Eureka Flag as an official flag of Australia. 

  Bill

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Deterrence Measures and Other Matters) Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  in relation to: deterrence and compliance regimes to deter foreign fishers from illegally fishing in Australian waters; the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s management of Commonwealth fisheries resources; and ecologically sustainable management of Commonwealth fisheries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Flags Amendment (Eureka Flag) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KING, Catherine, MP 

  Bill

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing Activities and Other Matters) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas; and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to strengthen the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s ability to deliver and enforce fisheries management in Commonwealth fisheries. Also contains a saving provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family and Community Services and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2003 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to exclude from income tests any payments for national socialist persecution;

  Excise Act 1901

  ,

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Products Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow access by Centrelink to new data sources relating to taxation;

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to allow access by Centrelink and the Child Support Agency to new data sources relating to financial transactions;

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Migration Act 1958

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the operation of the Assurance of Support Scheme;

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

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to allow payments to be suspended if recipients temporarily travelling overseas do not notify Centrelink of their departure;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to allow full recovery of any overpayments as a result of a foreign pension lump sum payment in arrears;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to reduce the allowable period of temporary overseas absences for certain payments from 26 weeks to 13 weeks. Also makes minor technical corrections, including to the

  Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Act 2003

  and the

  Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Special Benefit Activity Test) Act 2002

  , and contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Management and Accountability (Anti-Restrictive Software Practices) Amendment Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GREIG, Brian 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to encourage the acquisition of open source computer software by government agencies. 

  Bill

• Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to: extend the closing date for applications for Farm Help Income Support to 30 June 2004 and the deadline for Farm Help Income Support payments to 30 June 2005; and make administrative changes to the Farm Help program;

  Farm Household Support Amendment Act 2003

  to make a minor technical correction; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make a consequential amendment. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  to extend time frames in relation to: past period lump sum claims for family tax benefit (FTB) and child care benefit; payment of top-ups of FTB as a result of income reconciliation; and exchange, use and destruction of tax file number data for income reconciliation purposes; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments to allow tax advisers’ fees for FTB lump sums claims that relate to the 2001-02 income year to be tax deductible. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum