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• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: revise the maximum funding amounts for the operation of the Research Quality Framework; reflect changes to the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes; clarify the administration of the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) and arrangements for Commonwealth supported students; provide for suspension of higher education providers by legislative instrument; and rename Victoria University of Technology to Victoria University. Also makes amendments to the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1998

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and the

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003[eitls] to limit the time for students to claim an entitlement to Commonwealth support. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Repeal Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Pre-transfer Contracts) Bill 2006, the bill repeals the

  Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Act 1996

  if the Commonwealth divests its ownership of the pre-transfer contracts written by the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Pre-transfer Contracts) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation (Transfer of Assets and Abolition) Repeal Bill 2006, the bill provides the framework to enable the Commonwealth to divest ownership of the remaining mortgage insurance contracts (known as the pre-transfer contracts) written by the Housing Loans Insurance Corporation prior to its abolition in 1997. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to: transition funding for 2007; and repeal of the Higher Education (HECS) Account;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: funding and grant levels for certain purposes; increases to FEE-HELP limits; extending summer school provisions to winter schools; setting student contribution amounts and tuition fees; rounding calculations of HELP debts; electronic communications; and regulation of higher education in external territories; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to reflect updated annual caps on funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance) Bill 2006

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  Date

  31 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Health Act 1953

  to expand the powers of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman in dealing with complaints and conducting investigations on his or her own initiative or at the Minister’s request, particularly in relation to health care providers or brokers; and

  Private Health Insurance Incentives Act 1998

  to allow additional time for Medicare Australia to provide the Australian Taxation Office with information regarding private health insurance rebates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health and Other Services (Compensation) Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

  to: repeal the sunset clause (due to take effect on 1 July 2006) to enable the continuation of the Advanced Payment Option for compensation claimants to access the major proportion of compensation money at the time of their judgement or settlement; remove the definition of “fatal injury” to ensure that Commonwealth benefits paid in situations involving a fatal injury or disease must also be repaid after judgement or settlement; provide a formal pathway for review of certain decisions; replace certain superseded wording; and clarify the value of a “small amount”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Pharmacy Location Arrangements) Bill 2006

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  Date

  16 Feb 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to: extend the operation of pharmacy location rules and their administration by the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA) to 30 June 2010; increase the membership of the ACPA to include a consumer representative; provide for a Ministerial discretionary power in relation to approval of a pharmacist; clarify the Secretary’s ability to approve more than one pharmacist to supply pharmaceutical benefits in respect of particular premises and the Minister’s power to determine conditions relating to premises applying to approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits; simplify the approval process for pharmacists wishing to expand or contract their premises; and make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to: extend, until 30 June 2006, the existing arrangements for approving pharmacists to supply medicines subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; clarify that dependants of contributors to a health benefits fund with appropriate cover, as well as the contributors, are covered by the fund;

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to: clarify the scope of the power to make Medicare Tables; and enable the Minister to make legislative instruments determining that Medicare benefits are not payable for professional services in specified circumstances; and

  Medical Indemnity Act 2002

  to replace references to the Health Insurance Commission with references to the Chief Executive Officer of Medicare Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2005 Measures No. 4) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: insert a category of Table C providers to enable certain foreign-owned and operated universities to be listed as overseas higher education providers; include Carnegie Mellon University as the first Table C provider; and clarify the tuition assurance arrangements for higher education providers other than Table A providers; and

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

  as a consequence of the commencement of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Medical Specialists) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to amend procedures and prerequisites for the recognition of certain medical specialists and consultant physicians for Medicare rebate purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum