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  • Date
    28 May 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Bill 2008, the bill makes consequential amendments to the
    Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990
    and
    Defence Service Homes Act 1918
    to provide for eligible members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to transition into the new Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme and close the scheme established under the
    Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990
    to serving ADF members who have not yet exercised their rights under that scheme as at 30 June 2010. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    20 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans’ Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
    and
    Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948
    to: index Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (DFRB) and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) retirement pensions, invalidity pensions, and reversionary pensions from 1 July 2014 in the same way as age and services pensions are indexed; and exempt DFRB and DFRDB members from a tax liability for the one-off capitalised value of the benefit improvement relating to past service as at 1 July 2014. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990
    to extend the operation of the Defence HomeOwner Scheme from 31 December 2007 to 30 June 2008. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    31 May 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990
    to extend the operation of the Defence HomeOwner Scheme from 31 December 2006 to 31 December 2007. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    10 Feb 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Defence Act 1903
    to provide for: a comprehensive regime for drug testing Australian Defence Force members; the incorporation into Defence Instructions of any instrument in force from time to time; and the delegation of the power to issue Defence Instructions. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 Jun 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Implements certain recommendations of the Review of Defence Support to National Counter-Terrorism Arrangements by amending the
    Defence Act 1903
    to: permit states and territories to request that the Commonwealth call out the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in a wider range of circumstances; enable call out orders to authorise the ADF to operate in multiple jurisdictions, as well as the offshore area; authorise the ADF to respond to incidents that cross a border into a jurisdiction that has not been specified in an order in certain circumstances; allow the ADF to be pre-authorised to respond to land and maritime threats, in addition to aviation threats; increase the requirements for the ADF to consult with state and territory police where it is operating in their jurisdictions; simplify, expand and clarify the power of the ADF to search and seize, and to control movement during an incident; remove the distinction between general security areas and designated areas; for the purposes of expedited call out, clarify that acting ministers are to be treated as substantive ministers and add the Minister for Home Affairs as an alternative authorising minister; and make technical amendments. Also makes a consequential amendment to the
    Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Defence 
    Summary
    Clarifies the extent of the ADF’s exemption from the operation of particular State and Territory road transport laws in certain circumstances, to enable the operation of the Australian Defence Force Road Transport Exemption Framework recently negotiated between the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and State and Territory road transport authorities by. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    12 Oct 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Collection of Datacasting Transmitter Licence Fees) Bill 2006, the bill imposes annual licence fees on channel A datacasting transmitter licence holders based on their revenue. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    08 Apr 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts Portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    02 Dec 2004 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 10 bills in relation to the establishment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the bill amends the
    Datacasting Charge (Imposition) Act 1998
    to replace existing references to the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) with references to the ACMA. Also contains transitional provisions providing for the continuing effect of certain determinations made by the ACA. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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