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• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Male Total Average Weekly Earnings Benchmark) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence portfolio 

  Bill

• Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008

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  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the automatic grant of intermediate and temporary special rate disability pensions to eligible dependants of veterans or members;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend eligibility for income support supplements to certain war widows and widowers; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend a tax exempt bereavement payment to the estate of certain single pensioners who die in indigent circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to extend nuclear test participant eligibility to certain Australian Protective Service officers;

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to enable Defence Service Homes Insurance to pay the New South Wales State Emergency Services levy;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: time limits for claims for certain travel expenses; the aggravation of war-caused or defence-caused injury or disease remaining compensable; dependants of veterans who were prisoners of war; and review of the Statement of Principles;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the serving of notices or other documents;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: require that certain lump sum compensation payments are made into the recipient’s account; and make technical amendments; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable Victoria Cross and decoration allowance recipients to receive a Victoria Cross allowance, decoration allowance or annuity under the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and from a foreign country. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform) Bill 2009

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  Date

  12 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: increase the single maximum basic rate of veterans' affairs pensions from 20 September 2009; index veterans' affairs pensions using the Pensioner and Beneficiary Living Cost Index; index veterans' affairs pensions using a combined couple benchmark; increase veterans' affairs pensions to compensate for anticipated increases in the living cost index arising from the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; increase the income test taper rate and remove the additional income test free area for dependent children; introduce a Work Bonus so that certain income is disregarded as ordinary income; close the pension bonus scheme from 20 September 2009; increase the pension age for persons other than veterans from 65 to 67 years; enable certain veterans' affairs pension recipients to apply for an advance of veterans' affairs entitlements;

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to consolidate a number of smaller payments and allowances into one pension supplement;

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to allow veterans' affairs pensioners to transition to the new arrangements; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  in relation to the calculation of total assessable income for residents in aged care. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that Australian Defence Force members with British nuclear test defence service are eligible for pensions, treatment and other benefits; lower the age of domicile of choice from 21 to 18 years of age; and cease eligibility for war widow or widower pension for widows and widowers who enter into a de facto relationship prior to claiming the pension;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to provide that certain submarine special operations between 1978 and 1992 will be reclassified as operational and qualifying service; and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to reclassify certain service in Ubai in Thailand as qualifying service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2015 Budget Measures) Bill 2015

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  Date

  25 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the Veterans’ Vocational Rehabilitation Scheme to: include medical management and psychosocial services in the scheme; and make changes to the intermediate and special rate disability pensions;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to provide for a single appeal path for the review of original determinations made under the Act; and

  Defence Act 1903

  to expand the war graves regulation making power to include graves of service dependants buried in Terendak Military Cemetery in Malaysia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2016

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  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: enable payments to be made to a person before they receive a Commonwealth superannuation benefit in circumstances where it is not possible to determine the level of incapacity payments because information has not been received from the relevant agencies; and provide that veterans continue to receive incapacity payments until they become eligible for the age pension; and the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for Non-Liability Health Care treatment for certain mental health conditions to all current and former permanent members of the Australian Defence Force. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2009

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  Date

  28 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable veterans’ affairs pensions, allowances and other pecuniary benefits to be paid into accounts with foreign banks or other financial institutions;

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to extend eligibility for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme to persons eligible for assistance; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to cease payment of dependants’ pensions and provide for a lump sum payment to existing recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2017

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  Date

  24 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to enable eligible Australian participants in the British Nuclear Testing Program to access treatment for any condition, not just malignant neoplasia; extend eligibility for treatment to Australian veterans of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and civilians present at a British nuclear test area during a relevant period; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  ; 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to amend the work history requirements for eligibility for the Special or Intermediate Rates of Disability Pension; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to enable the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to determine a class of persons eligible to participate in an early access to rehabilitation pilot programme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: enable the secretary to arrange for the use of computer programs to make decisions and determinations, exercise powers or comply with obligations and do anything else related to those actions; enable the secretary to disclose information about a particular case or class of cases where the secretary certifies that it is necessary in the public interest to do so; and enable information sharing between the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and the Secretary of the Department of Defence or the Chief of the Defence Force;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to amend the short title of the Act once it is enacted; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum