Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Amendment Bill 2018

Type: Government
Portfolio: Health
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 45

Summary

Amends the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 to implement certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) by: replacing the representative-based structure of the AIHW board with a skills-based board comprised of members from a range of different fields; providing for board members to be appointed by the minister rather than the Governor-General; providing for members to be appointed for terms of up to five years; specifying employment conditions and administrative arrangements in relation to the membership and operation of the board; and making transitional arrangements.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	28 Mar 2018
Second reading moved	28 Mar 2018
Second reading debate	25 Jun 2018
Second reading agreed to	25 Jun 2018
Third reading agreed to	25 Jun 2018

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	25 Jun 2018
Second reading moved	25 Jun 2018
Second reading debate	12 Sep 2018
Second reading agreed to	12 Sep 2018
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 1 Government agreed to	12 Sep 2018
Third reading agreed to	12 Sep 2018

House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendment	12 Sep 2018


Finally passed both Houses	12 Sep 2018
Assent Act no: 105 Year: 2018	21 Sep 2018

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Supplementary explanatory memorandum

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Government [sheet GR130]

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendment made by the Senate

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Bills Digest

Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (08/05/2018): Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights; Report 6 of 2018
Considered by scrutiny committee (09/05/2018): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 6 of 2018
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

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