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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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20 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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Environment, Heritage and the Arts
- Summary
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Establishes Screen Australia (SA) as a body corporate, sets out functions and powers, and establishes a governing board and management. SA will replace the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited and Film Australia Limited.
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14 Feb 2008
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House of Representatives
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: extend the qualification for, and increase the rate of, the utilities allowance; and increase the annual rate of seniors’ concession allowance; and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to increase the rate of telephone allowance for certain income support recipients who have an internet connection at home.
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13 Feb 2008
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Establishes Skills Australia as a statutory body to provide advice on Australia’s current, emerging and future workforce development and skills needs.
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16 Aug 2007
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House of Representatives
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Workforce Participation
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: extend participation exemptions to principal carers who are relatives but not parents of children; make administrative changes in relation to transfers between income support payments; clarify the waiver of certain social security debts; and enable the making of ministerial guidelines in relation to the determination of a person’s capacity to work.
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16 Aug 2007
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House of Representatives
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Environment and Water Resources
- Summary
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Amends the
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001
to extend the repeal date of the Act to 19 September 2033.
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07 Aug 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Family Assistance)(Administration) Act 1999
, Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to establish a national income management regime for certain welfare payment recipients; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and A New Tax System (Family Assistance)(Administration) Act 1999
to amend baby bonus payment arrangements for claimants subject to the income management regime; and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to replace the Community Development Employment Projects program in the Northern Territory with other employment services.
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21 Jun 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Finance and Administration
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Amends the superannuation and defence force superannuation laws to: make contributions to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) voluntary; allow members of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) to leave the PSS and make other superannuation arrangements for future contributions; enable members of the CSS to obtain early release of funded account balances on severe financial hardship and compassionate grounds; provide for the restoration of pensions for remarried widows and widowers; and amends the
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
scheme in relation to post retirement marriages and benefits payable on marriage breakdowns.
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20 Jun 2007
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House of Representatives
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Workforce Participation
- Summary
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
in relation to: mobility allowance for those persons undertaking vocational rehabilitation, receiving parenting payment or working at least 15 hours per week under the supported wage system; qualification for youth allowance; access to certain benefits and concessions for partnered parenting payment recipients with a partial capacity to work; eligibility for certain allowances for persons with at least 14 per cent care of a child; parenting payment participation requirements; the activity test for newstart allowance; and makes a technical correction.
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24 May 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Vocational and Further Education
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Amends the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Social Security Act 1991
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to provide $2,000 over two years to Australian apprentices under the age of 30 who are undertaking an Australian apprenticeship in a trade occupation identified as experiencing national skills shortages; and to exempt the payment from assessment as income.
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23 May 2007
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House of Representatives
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Education, Science and Training
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Amends the
Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004
to: increase per capita assistance to State and non-government education authorities for newly arrived humanitarian entrant students under the English as a Second Language-New Arrivals Program for the 2008 program year; and provide for additional funding for 2008 for non-government schools in rural and remote regions, based on redefined remoteness classifications.
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