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• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Consumer Lease Exclusion) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CAMERON, Sen Doug 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that consumer leases are excluded goods for the purposes of the income management regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment and Other Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend and simplify the ordinary waiting period for all working age payments from 1 July 2015; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance from 1 July 2016; provide for a four-week waiting period for certain persons aged under 25 years applying for youth allowance (other) or special benefit from 1 July 2016; and pause indexation on certain income free and income test free areas and thresholds for three years; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to cease the low income supplement from 1 July 2017; and four Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Improving the Comcare Scheme) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  in relation to: eligibility requirements for compensation; the financial viability of the Comcare scheme; medical expense payments; the requirements for determining compensation payable; household and attendant care services; the suspension of compensation payments for certain citizens absent from Australia; taking or accruing leave while on compensation leave; the calculation of compensation payments; the compulsory redemption threshold; legal costs for proceedings before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; compensation for permanent impairment; single employer licences; gradual onset injuries and associated injuries; obligations of mutuality; exception of defence-related claims from certain changes; and definitions;

  Military, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

  in relation to the vocational nature of rehabilitation services; and return to work outcomes; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  to provide that decisions relating to compensation paid for detriment caused by defective administration are not subject to review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that certain persons cannot be paid social security payments when they are in psychiatric confinement because they have been charged with a serious offence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Boosting Superannuation for Women) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  to provide that discrimination by an employer against a female employee is not unlawful if the discrimination involves the employer making a superannuation contribution that is more than otherwise required by law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Caring for Single Parents) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to enable single parents to access the parenting payment (single) until their youngest child has turned 16 years of age;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for payments under this Act; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide for an enforceable right to request flexible work arrangements for people with caring responsibilities, including single parents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 4) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: pause indexation on certain income free and income test free areas and thresholds for three years from 1 July 2015; index parenting payment single to the consumer price index; and pause indexation of income free areas and other means-test thresholds for student payments, including student income bank limits; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  : to maintain the standard family tax benefit (FTB) child rates for two years in the maximum and base rate of FTB Part A and the maximum rate of FTB Part B from 1 July 2015; and in relation to FTB (from 1 July 2015) by: revising end-of-year supplements to their original values and ceasing indexation; reducing the primary earner income limit; limiting FTB Part B; and introducing a single parent supplement; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend and simplify the ordinary waiting period for all working age payments from 1 January 2015; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance from 1 January 2015; and provide for 26-week waiting periods and non-payment periods from 1 January 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the pensioner education supplement from 1 January 2015; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the education entry payment from 1 January 2015; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to remove the three months’ backdating of disability pension from 1 January 2015; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 5) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: pause indexation of income test free areas for pensions (other than parenting payment single) and deeming thresholds for three years from 1 July 2017; index pensions (other than parenting payment single) to the consumer price index from 20 September 2017; reduce social security and veterans’ entitlements income test deeming thresholds from 20 September 2017; and increase the age pension qualifying age, and the non-veteran pension age, from 67 to 70 years by six months every two years, commencing on 1 July 2025; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stop Dumping on the Great Barrier Reef Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

  to prohibit offshore dumping of dredge spoil within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and provide that dumping which has been approved after 9 December 2013 cannot proceed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Measures) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jul 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable an interest charge to be applied to certain debts relating to austudy payment, fares allowance, youth allowance payments to full-time students and apprentices, and ABSTUDY living allowance payments; and nine Acts to replace the student start-up scholarship with an income-contingent student start-up loan. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum