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• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: reduce from 26 to six weeks the period during which age pension and other payments with unlimited portability can be paid outside Australia at the means-tested rate; and pause for three years the indexation of various income thresholds that apply to certain social security benefits and allowances and the income test free area for parenting payment single; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the pensioner education supplement; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the education entry payment; and seven Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016, the bill amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: increase family tax benefit (FTB) Part A fortnightly rates by $10.08 for each FTB child in the family up to 19 years of age; restructure FTB Part B by: increasing the standard rate by $1000.10 per year for families with a youngest child aged under one; maintaining certain standard rates for families, single parents who are at least 60 years of age, grandparents and great-grandparents; introducing a reduced rate of $1000.10 per year for individuals with a youngest child aged 13 to 16 years of age who are not single parents aged 60 or more or grandparents or great-grandparents; and removing the entitlement for single parent families who are not single parents aged 60 or more or grandparents or great-grandparents from the start of the calendar year their youngest child turns 17 years of age; and phase out the FTB Part A and Part B end-of-year supplements;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to increase certain youth allowance and disability support pension fortnightly rates by approximately $7.48 for recipients under 18 years of age; and

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

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Youth Employment) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2016 

  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; extend youth allowance (other) to 22 to 24 year olds in lieu of newstart allowance and sickness allowance; and provide for a four-week waiting period for certain persons aged under 25 years applying for youth allowance (other) or special benefit and require these job seekers to complete certain pre-benefit activities; and

  Farm Household Support Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Aug 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends 15 Acts to correct technical errors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 3) 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Apr 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister 

  Summary

  Amends 15 Acts to correct technical errors. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 2) 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 18 Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Public Lending Right Act 1985

  to insert generic references; and the

  International Labour Organisation (Compliance with Conventions) Act 1992

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to remove obsolete provisions. Also repeals the

  Forestry Marketing and Research and Development Services (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2007

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Update Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 100 Acts to replace references to penalties expressed as a number of dollars with penalties expressed as a number of penalty units; 27 Acts to replace references to ‘maximum penalty’ with references to ‘penalty’; 32 Acts to provide that provisions relating to the evidentiary status of a certificate (or other instrument or register) clearly provide that it is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in it; and the

  Antarctic Treaty (Environment Protection) Act 1980

  ,

  Crimes (Aviation) Act 1991

  ,

  Crimes (Currency) Act 1981

  and

  Maritime Powers Act 2013

  to update references to aircraft registered in accordance with the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Choice of Fund) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to provide that employees are able to choose their own superannuation fund for their compulsory employer contributions where they are employed under a workplace determination or enterprise agreement made after 1 July 2016. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Transparency Measures) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require trustees of regulated superannuation funds with five or more members to publish a choice product dashboard for each of their fund’s ten largest choice investment options; exempt pooled superannuation trusts and eligible rollover funds from the product dashboard requirements; implement the existing portfolio holdings disclosure obligations; and require that funds publish, for each of their investment options, information about the nature and value of financial products or other property that the fund or associated entity of the fund, has directly invested in. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Consistent Treatment of Parental Leave Payments) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum