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• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Imposition-Excise) Bill 1999

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  Date

  02 Dec 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Bill 2021

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  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: nine Acts to: exempt certain payments, known as the adjusted disability pension, from the social security income test; and remove the Defence Force Income Support Allowance; the

  Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986

  to: remove the disability income rent test; replace references to 'disability pension' with references that clarify the nature of the payment as a compensation payment; and adjust the mechanism for indexation of certain payments; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to establish a non-liability rehabilitation pilot to provide veterans with access to rehabilitation support without the requirement to have lodged a compensation claim. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Wellbeing of Veterans and Their Families) Bill 2020

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  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a new position on the Repatriation Commission and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to represent the families of veterans;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the provision of assistance or benefits to former Australian Defence Force members to assist them to transition into civilian work; and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for the quarterly energy supplement to holders of gold cards under the

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

  and

  Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Service Homes Amendment Bill 2019

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  Date

  19 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to expand eligibility for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme to current and former members of the Australian Defence Force who have at least one day of continuous full-time service, including reservists and peacekeepers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Veterans’ Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Bill 2019

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  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  The bill: provides a general recognition of veterans and their families; sets out the Australian Defence Force Covenant; provides statements that veterans’ affairs portfolio legislation will be interpreted with a beneficial intention and that the Commonwealth is committed to working cooperatively with veterans, their families and ex-service organisations to address issues facing veterans; and provides that the Commonwealth may issue pins, cards and other artefacts to veterans and their family members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2017

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  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: amend provisions in relation to the operation of the Veterans’ Review Board and the Specialist Medical Review Council; enable international agreements to be made to cover the provision of benefits and payments including rehabilitation that are comparable to those provided by the Repatriation Commission or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and make minor corrections;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the provision of certain rehabilitation assistance under an Employer Incentive Scheme;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: enable information sharing between the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation in relation to certain service related compensation claims; and provide for the delegation of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs’ powers and functions;

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable certain legislative instruments to incorporate matters contained in another non-disallowable legislative instrument or other non-legislative writings as in force from time to time;

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

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment (Defence Force) Act 2017

  ; and

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. Also amends five Acts to remove spent veterans’ affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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  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

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment (Defence Force) Bill 2017

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  Date

  09 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  The bill: creates the

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

  which will be a re-enacted version of the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  that is modified to apply only to members of the Defence Force and their dependants; and amends: the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to remove entitlement to compensation for members of the Defence Force and their dependants; eight Acts to make consequential amendments; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to interactions between compensation and other benefits provided to members of the Defence Force and their dependants. 

  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