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• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to extend the cashless debit card trial in three sites, and the income management program in Cape York, to 30 June 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Supporting Retirement Incomes) Bill 2018

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  Date

  29 Nov 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families and Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: establish new means test rules to accommodate the development of new innovative income streams; amend the current rules for lifetime income streams; increase the Work Bonus from $250 to $300 per fortnight and extend its application to income earned from remunerative work that involves personal exertion, including self-employment and work undertaken by contractors or consultants; and expand the Pension Loans Scheme to increase the access of certain classes of persons to the scheme; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Shipping Registration Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Shipping Registration Act 1981

  to make technical amendments necessary for the remaking of the Shipping Registration Regulations 1981, including: removing provisions requiring the regulations to prescribe the form of shipping registration certificates; removing references to prescribed forms of certificates; and clarifying an appropriate head of power for provisions in the regulations where required. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Student Reform) Bill 2018

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  Date

  15 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the parental income cut-off for students accessing the regional workforce independence criteria from $150 000 to $160 000, plus $10 000 for each additional child in the family; and amend the formula for determining the maintenance income test reducible amount;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to ensure the consistent application of the maintenance income test reconciliation process for youth allowance; and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable the minister to determine that a course, that is no longer an eligible course, is to be treated as an eligible course for specified persons in specified circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018

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  Date

  30 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to: expand the cashless debit card arrangements to a further trial site, the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay area, to run until 30 June 2020; specify the class of trial participants for the area and increase the total number of trial participants overall to 15 000; provide for an exception from the restrictive trade practices provisions of the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  for merchants that implement product level blocking systems to identify that a cashless debit card is being used for payment and, if any restricted products are being purchased, decline the transaction; and limit the use of the restricted portion of a payment to prevent the portion being used to obtain cash-like products which could be used to obtain alcohol or gambling. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Space Activities Amendment (Launches and Returns) Bill 2018

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  Date

  30 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Jobs and Innovation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Space Activities Act 1998

  to: broaden the current regulatory framework to include arrangements for launches from aircraft in flight and launches of high power rockets; reduce barriers to participation in the space industry by streamlining processes and insurance requirements for launches and returns; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018

  ; and

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Amendment (ASIC Fees) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to enable the recovery of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s costs for specific regulatory activities, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Auditor Registration Imposition Act 2012

  to increase the cap on fees in relation to an application for registration to be a self-managed superannuation fund auditor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment (ASIC Fees) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to enable the recovery of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) costs for specific regulatory activities, the bill amends the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to impose fees in relation to an application to vary or revoke the conditions, or cancel the registration, of an approved self-managed superannuation fund auditor. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Payments for Carers) Bill 2018

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  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to introduce a fixed and non-indexed family income test of $250 000 per annum for Carer Allowance and Carer Allowance (child) Health Care Card only claimants, to apply to singles and couples from 20 September 2018. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update (Autumn 2018) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: five Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  ,

  National Land Transport Act 2014

  and

  National Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992

  to update references to ‘the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia’ with references to ‘Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand’; the

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991

  to make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ; 22 Acts to remove obsolete references to the Crown in right of Norfolk Island; and the

  Social Security Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments for Carers) Act 2005

  and

  Telstra Corporation Act 1991

  to repeal spent provisions. Also repeals 40 obsolete Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum