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TOTAL RESULTS: 280
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18 Jun 1997
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Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio
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09 Mar 2000
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House of Representatives
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Community Services portfolio
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21 Sep 2011
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992
to: provide for a minimum long service leave entitlement for all eligible employees in the black coal mining industry; require the Board of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation to make rules relating to the calculation of amounts employers are to be reimbursed; amend the long and short titles of the Act; change the structure and representation of the Board; increase the terms of directors; and make consequential amendments; Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Act 1992
and Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992
to make consequential amendments; Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992
to: amend definitions to reflect remuneration practices in the black coal mining industry; and place requirements on employers relating to the levy, including submitting returns and annual reports to the Board; Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Act 2009
to: clarify the calculation of long service leave entitlements for non-award employees; and provide for: transitional arrangements; recognition of long service before 1 January 2012; long service leave record keeping before 1 January 2012; and the Board to seek actuarial advice about the adequacy of the levy.
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02 Nov 2006
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House of Representatives
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Education, Science and Training
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Amends: the
Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management Act 2005
(CRWM Act) to provide for the return of nominated Aboriginal land used for a radioactive waste management facility, when no longer required for the facility; and indemnifies traditional owners, following the land return, against any damages claims arising from the use of the land for a facility; and the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997
(ADJR Act) and the CRWM Act to make land nominations non-reviewable under the ADJR Act.
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18 Nov 2009
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House of Representatives
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Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992
to: ensure that employers are reimbursed from the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Fund for long service leave payments they make to employees which are preserved by the Fair Work Act 2009
and paid under industrial instruments and contracts; and preserve existing long service leave entitlements for employees in the black coal industry.
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26 Aug 1999
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House of Representatives
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Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business portfolio
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14 Sep 2006
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
and 7 other Acts in relation to: a new child support formula; independent review of child support decisions by the Social Security Appeals Tribunal; court enforcement of the new Child Support Scheme; family tax benefit Part A maintenance income test; child support agreements and court orders; income definitions used to calculate child support and family tax benefit; minimum payment rules; exclusion of re-establishment costs from child support calculations; suspension of child support payments during reconciliation; inclusion of step-children as dependants in calculating child support; and “change of assessment” processes and rules.
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14 Sep 2006
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Consequential on the commencement of the proposed
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
, the bill: amends the Native Title Act 1993
to correct a technical error in the definition of “registered native title body corporate”; amends 10 Acts to make consequential changes to certain references and terminology; contains transitional arrangements for the conversion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976
to corporations registered under the proposed Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
; and repeals the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976
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14 Sep 2006
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House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Consequential on the commencement of the proposed
Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
, the bill amends the Corporations Act 2001
to remove duplication between these two Acts in certain areas and clarify that the Corporations Act 2001
otherwise applies to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation registered under the proposed Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
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10 May 2006
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
to: increase and index the minimum annual child support payment; provide for a new method of assessing a parent’s capacity to earn; and reduce the cap on adjusted income for child support assessment purposes and make a consequential amendment to the proposed Child Support Legislation Amendment Act 2006
; Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
to increase the limit on prescribed non-agency payments from 25 to 30 per cent; and Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989
and Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988
to address a constitutional issue with the application of the Child Support Scheme to exnuptial children in Western Australia.
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