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  • Date
    12 May 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Administration 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation Bill 2005, the bill amends 8 Acts and the Trust Deed of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme as a consequence of the establishment of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) as a separate superannuation scheme. Also amends the
    Superannuation Act 1990
    to close the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme to most new employees and officeholders following the commencement of the PSSAP. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    12 May 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Administration 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005, the bill provides for: the establishment of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan as a scheme separate from the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, for employees and officeholders who commence employment or appointment on or after 1 July 2005; and a framework for Australian Government employers to offer employees and office holders with choice of funds. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 May 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Superannuation Contributions Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
    ,
    Superannuation Contributions Tax (Members of Constitutionally Protected Superannuation Funds) Assessment and Collection Act 1997
    and
    Termination Payments Tax (Assessment and Collection) Act 1997
    to abolish the surcharge payable on individuals’ surchargeable superannuation contributions and relevant termination payments, with effect from 1 July 2005. Also makes consequential amendments to 7 other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    26 May 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995
    ,
    Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
    and
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    to: allow the Superannuation Holding Accounts Special Account to be an eligible choice fund until 30 June 2006; close the Account to new employer deposits from 1 July 2006; and clarify certain employer obligations in relation to employees’ choice of fund; and
    Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997
    to allow regulations to prescribe exemptions for retirement savings account providers from the “no employer kick back” provision. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 Jun 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Administration 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Superannuation Act 1976
    ,
    Superannuation Act 1990
    and
    Superannuation Act 2005
    to: provide for the application to the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS) Board of the new fitness and propriety operating standard under the
    Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
    ; reduce the reliance on acting members of the CSS Board, and for the use of proxies at Board meetings; allow the CSS and Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) Boards to delegate certain functions to their staff; and broaden the type of information that can be provided to members via their employers; and
    Superannuation Act 1976
    to: allow negative crediting rates to be applied to CSS member accounts; validate the payment of incorrect benefits to certain members of the CSS; and allow for debt recovery by set-off against benefits payable. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    07 Sep 2005 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Science and Training 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Student Assistance Act 1973
    and
    Social Security Act 1991
    to: clarify that a student cannot apply for assistance under the Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS) after the commencement of this proposed Act; align the SFSS repayment thresholds and indexation with the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP); and apply the definition of taxable income used under the HELP arrangements to the SFSS. Also makes a minor technical amendment to the
    Student Assistance Act 1973
    and consequential amendments to the
    Taxation Administration Act 1953

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Nov 2005 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    The bill: amends 33 Acts to correct minor technical and drafting errors and misdescribed amendments; and repeals 27 obsolete Acts that have no current or future operation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    16 Feb 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Education, Science and Training 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004
    to: include a new definition of “special assistance school” to ensure maximum general recurrent funding to non-government schools that cater primarily for students with social, emotion of behavioural difficulties who are at risk of leaving mainstream schooling; vary the grant years of certain capital infrastructure grant funding; include a regulation-making power to allow programme funding to be varied to another programme year without needing to amend the Act; move unspent Tutorial Voucher Initiative funding for 2004 under the
    States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000
    to the 2006 year of the National Projects element of the Literacy, Numeracy and Special Learning Needs Programme under the Act; and correct a cross reference. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    29 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance and Administration 
    Summary
    Following government endorsement of the recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review), the bill amends the
    Superannuation Act 1976
    ,
    Superannuation Act 1990
    ,
    Superannuation Act 2005
    and the proposed
    Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Superannuation Safety and Other Measures) Act 2006
    to consolidate in one entity (the Australian Reward Investment Alliance), and revise, the governance arrangements for the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme, the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan, with effect from 1 July 2006. Also amends the
    Superannuation Act 1976
    to correct misdirected amendments made by the
    Superannuation Legislation (Commonwealth Employment) Repeal and Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 Mar 2006 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    and 9 other Acts to: remove anomalies; clarify the operation of certain provisions; make technical corrections and changes; and make technical amendments as a consequence of the commencement of the
    Legislative Instruments Act 2003
    . Also repeals 7 redundant housing Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum