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• Fisheries (Validation of Plans of Management) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Validates certain plans of management determined, amended and/or revoked under the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  . Also validates things done under or for the purposes of those plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to extend the farm income support scheme to 30 June 2008; and make procedural and administrative changes to the scheme, including an increased emphasis on using strategic information, analysis and professional advice to support decision-making. Also contains application and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (More Help for Families—Increased Payments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for an ongoing increase in the maximum and base rates of family tax benefit (FTB) Part A supplement;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide for a new maternity payment and maternity immunisation allowance which will replace the current maternity allowance and the Baby Bonus; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: reduce the rate at which FTB Part A reduces from the maximum rate to the base rate; reduce the rate at which FTB Part B is withdrawn; and increase the income free area for FTB Part B. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (More Help for Families—One-off Payments) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide for a one-off payment to eligible families; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide for one-off payments to carer allowance and carer payment recipients. Also establishes an administrative scheme to provide payments if the statutory one-off payments regime does not produce an appropriate result. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Deterrence Measures and Other Matters) Bill 2003 [2004]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  in relation to: deterrence and compliance regimes to deter foreign fishers from illegally fishing in Australian waters; the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s management of Commonwealth fisheries resources; and ecologically sustainable management of Commonwealth fisheries. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (High Seas Fishing Activities and Other Matters) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2003 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas; and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to strengthen the Australian Fisheries Management Authority’s ability to deliver and enforce fisheries management in Commonwealth fisheries. Also contains a saving provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to extend time frames in relation to: past period lump sum claims for family tax benefit (FTB) and child care benefit; payment of top-ups of FTB as a result of income reconciliation; and exchange, use and destruction of tax file number data for income reconciliation purposes; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments to allow tax advisers’ fees for FTB lump sums claims that relate to the 2001-02 income year to be tax deductible. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Initiatives and Other Measures) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  in relation to correspondence and payment nominees; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend carer payment eligibility to carers of terminally ill profoundly disabled children. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Special Benefit Activity Test) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Sep 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Family and Community Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to require holders of certain specified visas issued for temporary protection, humanitarian or safe haven purposes to satisfy a special benefit activity test similar to the one that currently operates in relation to newstart allowance, and other newstart allowance conditions;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (Australians Working Together and Other 2001 Budget Measures) Act 2002

  to ensure that activity test requirements are applied consistently to both special beneficiaries and newstart allowees; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999

  and

  Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (1999 Budget and Other Measures) Act 1999

  to correct cross-references as a result of the enactment of the

  Youth Allowance Consolidation Act 2000

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to ensure that appropriate means test assessment is applied to superannuation interests that are split pursuant to the

  Family Law Legislation Amendment (Superannuation) Act 2001

  ;

  Family Law Act 1975

  to: clarify the valuing of superannuation interests; enable the consolidation of superannuation plans and the transfer of a superannuation interest to a successor plan; and make minor technical and correcting amendments; and

  Judges’ Pensions Act 1968

  to authorise the making of regulations for determining the proportion of a pension that had accrued at the time of a judge’s marriage breakdown. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum