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  • Date
    30 Aug 2000 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Mar 1999 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    11 Nov 1998 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    03 Dec 2008 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
    to increase lump sum compensation to $400,000 and to $110 a week (to be increased annually) for benefits paid to each prescribed child in the event of a work-related death;
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: extend the Sickness Allowance and Parenting Payment (single) which prevents a person from receiving payment while there is an Assurance of Support in force; and clarify rent assistance entitlements for Austudy and ABSTUDY receipts. Also makes technical amendments to the
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999
    and
    Social Security Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures for Students) Act 2007

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    07 Dec 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Disability Services Act 1986
    to support the staged introduction of contestability for vocational rehabilitation services by: removing the requirement for the provision of individual rehabilitation programs to be approved under the Act; and broadening the Secretary’s delegation powers; and
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    in relation to: pensioner education supplement; mobility allowance debt calculation; changed and redundant terminology; income tests; financial case management debts; and indexation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Further to the
    Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005
    , the bill amends the
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work and Other Measures) Act 2005
    and
    Social Security (International Agreements) Act 1999
    to: replace, amend or repeal terminology and provisions to clarify the policy intent of certain Welfare to Work measures, including the new income support payment compliance framework; allow parenting payment partnered recipients who have a temporary incapacity exemption to have access to pharmaceutical allowance; allow the continuation for 14 weeks of the same rate of Newstart Allowance or Youth Allowance for single principal carer parents following the death of a child; and extend access to an Employment Entry Payment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    09 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005, the bill amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    in relation to: workforce participation and returns to work for people receiving allowances; a new compliance framework; and RapidConnect, an initiative to provide faster access to Job Network for newstart and youth allowees;
    Disability Services Act 1986
    in relation to approval of rehabilitation programs; and
    Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and other 2001 Budget Measures) Act 2003
    to repeal the requirement for a ministerial review of the parenting payment participation agreements and flexible participation requirements for mature age newstart allowees regime. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 Jun 1998 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill

  • Date
    07 May 1997 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs portfolio 

    Bill

  • Date
    18 Sep 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills to implement a tuition protection model for students participating in the VET Student Loans program and for higher education students accessing FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP assistance at a private education provider or TAFE, the bill amends the:
    VET Student Loans Act 2016
    and
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to: provide for the administration of each sector by a Tuition Protection Director with specific functions; provide for each sector to be supported by a separate Tuition Protection Fund Advisory Board; require non-exempt providers to contribute annual levies, commensurate with their size and risk; establish two special accounts (the VET Student Loans Tuition Protection Fund and the HELP Tuition Protection Fund); provide assistance to students who may complete their studies with another provider or may have their loan balance re-credited for units of study commenced but not completed due to the provider’s default; and impose certain obligations on default providers and replacement providers;
    VET Student Loans Act 2016
    to enable the secretary to refuse to revoke an approval on request if certain compliance action is being taken; and
    Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum