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• Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Amendment (Norfolk Island) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Mar 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure 

  Summary

  Part of a package of eight bills to reform the legal and governance framework for Norfolk Island, the bill amends the

  Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Act 2003

  to extend the risk equalisation levy on private health insurers to Norfolk Island. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance and Resources Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015

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  Date

  12 Feb 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  (PGPA Act) to: remove ambiguities in relation to governance arrangements; support the administration of goods and services tax obligations by non-corporate Commonwealth entities; clarify provisions in relation to reporting periods and the description of corporate plans; and streamline the administration of the transfer of functions between non-corporate Commonwealth entities; the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014

  to further clarify arrangements in relation to the implementation of the resource management framework under the PGPA Act; the

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  to: provide that the Clean Energy Regulator and the Climate Change Authority are not bodies corporate and do not have a separate legal identity from the Commonwealth; and list the relevant roles, membership, functions and powers of each entity for the purposes of the PGPA Act; 22 Acts to make consequential amendments; and 11 Acts in relation to various Commonwealth entities to clarify obligations, roles and responsibilities, and financial arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2014

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  Date

  04 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  and

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: transfer the functions of the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman to the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman from 1 July 2015; provide for references to a base premium (previously intended to be used to calculate the private health insurance rebate) included in the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to be taken never to have been so included; and validate any overpayment that may have been made to private health insurers by the Commonwealth because of the inclusion of references to base premiums. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Nov 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to provide that: the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), or a Deputy Commissioner or a senior executive AFP employee nominated by the Parliamentary Presiding Officers be a member of the Security Management Board; and a function of the board is the operation of security measures. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2014

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  Date

  02 Oct 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to: amend the short title of the Act to the

  Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002

  ; impose certain limits on access to the parliamentary retirement travel entitlement; reduce the number of trips available under the entitlement; remove the ability of spouses or de facto partners (other than those of a former prime minister) to access the entitlement; reduce the entitlement of spouses or de facto partners of a former prime minister; and require that all travel under the entitlement be subject to a public benefit test; and the

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to: apply a 25 per cent loading to any adjustment to a prescribed travel benefit; limit the domestic travel entitlement of dependent children of senior officers to those under 18 years of age; and enable the recovery of payments made which are beyond the entitlement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014

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  Date

  24 Sep 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to pause the income thresholds which determine the tiers for the Medicare levy surcharge and the government rebate on private health insurance for three years from the 2015-16 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends: 246 Acts to: replace references to the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  ; rationalise provisions relating to conflicts of interest, termination of appointments, corporate planning and annual reporting requirements; the

  Public Service Act 1999

  and

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to address a recommendation of the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to reduce potential confusion regarding the duties for public officials and the Australian Public Service Code of Conduct for APS employees and the Parliamentary Service Code of Conduct for parliamentary service employees; and the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to guarantee that parliamentary departments will have access to their appropriations over the course of the financial year. Also repeals the

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 1), (No. 3) and (No. 5)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (No. 2), (No. 4) and (No. 6)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends six Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential Modifications of Appropriation Acts (Parliamentary Departments)) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills, the bill amends four Acts which appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments to make amendments consequential on the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum