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• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card Extension) Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Mar 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for full repatriation health care (that is, the Gold Card) to Australian veterans who are aged 70 or over and who have post-World War 2 qualifying service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Further Budget 2000 and Other Measures) Bill 2002

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  Date

  21 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: treatment of periodic compensation payments and recovery of compensation debts from payers and insurers; treatment of unrealisable financial assets for the purposes of the assets test hardship provisions and income test deeming provisions; inclusion of small superannuation accounts in definitions relating to income and assets; operation of income streams rules; and rounding of service pensions and income support supplement payments to the nearest cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2001 Budget Measures) Bill 2001

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  Date

  28 Jun 2001 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Bill 2001

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  Date

  30 Nov 2000 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999

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  Date

  29 Jun 1999 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs portfolio 

  Bill

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in British Nuclear Tests) Bill 2011

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  Date

  22 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable the Repatriation Commission to determine, by legislative instrument, that Australian personnel involved in the maintenance, transporting or decontamination of aircraft used in the British nuclear test program are eligible for compensation and health care under the Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011

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  Date

  01 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: create a prisoner of war recognition supplement; and clarify when compensation offsetting applies;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the temporary incapacity allowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Weekly Payments) Bill 2010

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  Date

  21 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide for weekly payments of certain periodic payments to persons who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to extend nuclear test participant eligibility to certain Australian Protective Service officers;

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to enable Defence Service Homes Insurance to pay the New South Wales State Emergency Services levy;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: time limits for claims for certain travel expenses; the aggravation of war-caused or defence-caused injury or disease remaining compensable; dependants of veterans who were prisoners of war; and review of the Statement of Principles;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the serving of notices or other documents;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: require that certain lump sum compensation payments are made into the recipient’s account; and make technical amendments; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable Victoria Cross and decoration allowance recipients to receive a Victoria Cross allowance, decoration allowance or annuity under the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and from a foreign country. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

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  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that Australian Defence Force members with British nuclear test defence service are eligible for pensions, treatment and other benefits; lower the age of domicile of choice from 21 to 18 years of age; and cease eligibility for war widow or widower pension for widows and widowers who enter into a de facto relationship prior to claiming the pension;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to provide that certain submarine special operations between 1978 and 1992 will be reclassified as operational and qualifying service; and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to reclassify certain service in Ubai in Thailand as qualifying service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum