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TOTAL RESULTS: 106
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21 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill: enables the collection and administration of a horse disease response levy from horse registration bodies; imposes penalties for unpaid levies and the remission of any penalties resulting from late payments; introduces information gathering powers to allow for the collection of information and documents as specified by the Commonwealth; and provides for regulations to prescribe details for the collection of the levy.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to provide VET FEE-HELP assistance to full fee paying students in Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma courses accredited as VET qualifications and where credit toward a higher education award is available for Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses.
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- Date
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13 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: remove the requirement for higher education providers to meet the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and the National Governance Protocols as a condition of Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding; and make minor technical amendments.
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- Date
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16 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to: enable eligible patients to access up to $4,250 in dental benefits over two consecutive calendar years; and introduce new dental items on the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
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16 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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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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Introduced with the Higher Education Endowment Fund Bill 2007, the bill amends the
Future Fund Act 2006
to extend the Future Fund Board’s functions in relation to the Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF); and the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to make gifts of money to the HEEF tax deductible.
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- Date
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16 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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The bill: establishes the Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) to generate earnings for capital expenditure and research facilities in higher education institutions; grants the Treasurer and Finance Minister the power to credit cash amounts to the HEEF; grants the Future Fund Board of Guardians (the Board) statutory responsibility for managing the investments of the HEEF; expands the Future Fund Management Agency’s operational activities to provide executive support to the Board and be responsible for the operational activities associated with the investment of the HEEF; requires responsible ministers to issue an Investment Mandate to the Board regarding the investment of the HEEF and determine rules for the maximum level of payments from the HEEF; and establishes the Higher Education Endowment Fund Advisory Board to advise the Education Minister on matters related to the making of grants to eligible higher education institutions.
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- Date
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21 Jun 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to extend FEE-HELP assistance to full-fee-paying students in Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses that are accredited as vocational education and training qualifications and where credit toward a higher education award is available.
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- Date
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24 May 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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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
Higher Education Support Act 2003
in relation to funding amounts for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme, Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships; maximum tertiary student contribution amounts for certain units of study; funding agreements; grant adjustment mechanisms; removal of certain restrictions on the proportion of domestic undergraduate fee-paying places; grants for the practical component of teacher education courses; and grants to support structural reform by universities; and Australian Research Council Act 2001
to increase annual caps on funding and add funding years.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
to: establish a legislative framework to enable the introduction of an accreditation scheme for practices providing diagnostic imaging services covered by the Radiology Quality and Outlays Memorandum of Understanding; and allow for the extension of accreditation schemes to other diagnostic imaging services in the future.
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- Date
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29 Mar 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Health Insurance Act 1973
, Medicare Australia Act 1973
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to replace and strengthen existing prohibitions on inducements and payment of benefits by providers of Medicare funded pathology and diagnostic imaging services to requesters of such services.
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