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  • National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019

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    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    National Disability Insurance Scheme 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
    to establish a database for nationally consistent worker screening for people who provide NDIS supports and services through a registered NDIS provider. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2019

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    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Health Act 1953
    to: introduce a fee for applications by pharmacists for approval to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines at particular premises; and enable pharmaceutical benefits to continue temporarily to be supplied following bankruptcy or where there is an external administrator in relation to the pharmacy. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Rental Affordability Scheme Amendment Bill 2019

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    Date
    04 Jul 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families and Social Services 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008
    to: expand and clarify the object of the National Rental Affordability Scheme; expressly identify the constitutional powers being relied upon and giving the Act operation within the scope of those constitutional powers; and expand and clarify the power to make regulations under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Amendment Bill 2018

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    Date
    18 Oct 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Act 2018
    to: establish the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Special Account to provide loans to the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) to support its function of providing loans to registered community housing providers under the Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator; provide that members of the NHFIC Board collectively have particular qualifications, skills or experience in specified fields; and require a review of the operation of the Act as soon as possible after 30 June 2020. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (ASIC Fees) Bill 2018

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    Date
    24 May 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills to enable the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to recover its costs for specific regulatory activities, the bill amends the
    National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Act 2009
    to provide that the credit fees regulations may prescribe different fees for a chargeable matter based on the type of entity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018

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    Date
    10 May 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018, the bill amends the:
    Social Security Act 1991
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to provide that payments made under the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse are exempt from the income test;
    Bankruptcy Act 1966
    to ensure that payments made under the national redress scheme are quarantined from the divisible property of a bankrupt person;
    Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1997
    to exempt decisions made under the national redress scheme from judicial review;
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to exempt protected information from disclosure under the Act;
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    to enable the use and disclosure of protected information if it is done for the purposes of the national redress scheme; and
    Age Discrimination Act 2004
    to enable the exclusion of children applying to the national redress scheme if they will not turn 18 during the life of the scheme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Bill 2018

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    Date
    10 May 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Social Services 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018, the bill implements the joint response of the Commonwealth Government, the government of each participating state and territory, and each participating non-government institution to recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s
    Redress and Civil Litigation Report
    by: establishing the National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse to operate for a 10-year period from 1 July 2018; providing a payment of up to $150 000 to survivors; providing access to counselling and psychological services to survivors; and providing an option for survivors to receive a direct personal response from the responsible institution. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Amendment (Excess Levels for Private Health Insurance Policies) Bill 2018

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    Date
    28 Mar 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Health 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills to increase maximum excess levels for private hospital cover, the bill amends the
    A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999
    to: give effect to new maximum voluntary excess levels that are permitted for a complying health insurance policy to exempt the holder from the Medicare Levy Surcharge; and remove the grandfathering provisions that provided Medicare levy surcharge exemptions for certain policies that pre-date the commencement of the
    Private Health Insurance Act 2007
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018

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    Date
    15 Feb 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Bill 2018, the bill amends the:
    Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977
    to provide an exemption from the requirement to provide reasons for certain decisions; and
    Freedom of Information Act 1982
    to exempt the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation from the operation of the Act in relation to documents in respect of its commercial activities. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Bill 2018

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    Date
    15 Feb 2018 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018, the bill: establishes the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) as a corporate Commonwealth entity to make loans and investments and issue grants, within constitutional limitations, to improve housing outcomes; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the NHFIC Board, CEO, staff and consultants; enables and requires the minister, by legislative instrument, to give the board directions that together constitute the Investment Mandate; and specifies the arrangements for the NHFIC’s final affairs in relation to maintenance of adequate capital and reserves, payment of dividends, borrowings, Commonwealth guarantee and taxation. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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