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• Family and Community Services and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2004 Election Commitments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to establish the utilities allowance and the seniors concession allowance;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase the number of hours that carers may spend in work, training or study, without losing qualification for carer payment;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide eligible grandparents with access to child care benefit for up to 50 hours of approved child care a week; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to increase bereavement payments in respect of persons receiving above general rate disability pension. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family and Community Services and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2004 Budget Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to exempt fee waiver and fee pay scholarships from the income tests for income support payments; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: expand the carer allowance to carers who provide certain care for an adult with a disability, even if they do not live with that adult; and correct a drafting error. 

  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

• Family and Community Services (2000 Budget and Related Measures) Bill 2000

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Jun 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable: Centrelink to make oral submissions to Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) hearings; SSAT to give oral reasons on ‘affirmed’ cases; and SSAT members to be appointed for a term of up to five years;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to repeal redundant references to disability wage supplement and rehabilitation allowance; and

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  ,

  Native Title Amendment (Technical Amendments) Act 2007

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide for: modified arrangements for advance payments of family tax benefit (FTB); and the payment of FTB Part A supplement for a child turning four conditional on that child receiving a health check prior to starting school;

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to determine a parent’s taxable income by using their previous taxable income, indexed by growth in wages, when a tax return has not been lodged;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to require payers of compensation to notify Centrelink of proposed payments of compensation; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  in relation to the maternity immunisation allowance to: restructure payment of the allowance; extend eligibility to certain adopted children; and modify the rules for determining entitlement;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the partner service pension to: cease eligibility for partners who are separated but not divorced from their veteran spouse and who have not reached pension age; and set the eligibility age for partners of veterans in receipt of certain pensions; and

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  and

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to amend the child support formula in relation to percentage of care, Social Security Appeals Tribunal decisions, departure from assessments, terminating events, minimum annual rates, overseas liabilities and crediting prescribed payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to expand eligiblity for the seniors’ work bonus to pensioners;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase family assistance by up to $4200 a year for families with teenagers undertaking full-time secondary study or a vocational education equivalent;

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

  to enable eligible baby bonus claimants to access a larger portion of the baby bonus upfront from 1 July 2011;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to ensure that annuity payments made from the Thalidomide Australia Fixed Trust are not taken into account as income; and

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

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to income management arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that only Australian residents qualify for disability support pensions;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that leave payments are included when calculating income concessions; provide that the work bonus rules apply to couples who receive separate income support payments from different agencies; and respond to recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs report

  Building trust: Supporting families through Disability Trusts

  by reducing the work capacity and trust purpose requirements for special disability trusts;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide that students studying overseas full-time are treated for family tax benefit purposes similarly to full-time students studying in Australia; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2009 Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable three additional parcels of land in the Northern Territory to be granted to the relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: enable people in Cape York who receive age pension or carer payments to have their payments income managed; and make changes to the treatment of residual balances when a person again become subject to income management, or dies;

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

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to the administrative functions of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify that a gift that has been returned does not have to be assessed as a deprived asset for the purposes of the social security assets test;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify the requirements for an individual to pass the control test in relation to a controlled private trust; and

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

  to require notification within 26 weeks to be given when a child for whom baby bonus is paid leaves an individual’s care. Also makes minor and technical amendments to five Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum