TOTAL RESULTS: 78

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Supporting the Wellbeing of Veterans and Their Families) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a new position on the Repatriation Commission and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to represent the families of veterans;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the provision of assistance or benefits to former Australian Defence Force members to assist them to transition into civilian work; and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility for the quarterly energy supplement to holders of gold cards under the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans (VSL Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to implement a tuition protection model for students participating in the VET Student Loans program and for higher education students accessing FEE-HELP or HECS-HELP assistance at a private education provider or TAFE, the bill imposes the VSL tuition protection levy, specifies the amounts that are payable by various classes of providers, and prescribes the levy components and the manner in which, and by whom, they will be determined each year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Partner Service Pension and Other Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Aug 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: extend eligibility for the partner service pension to former partners of veterans, regardless of marital status, for 12 months after separation from the veteran partner or indefinitely where specified circumstances exist (or until they enter into a new relationship); and reclassify service on submarine special operations between 1 January 1993 and 12 May 1997 as operational and qualifying service; and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Defence Services Homes Act 1918

  to amend certain definitions to ensure consistency with changes to the definition of marriage. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Sep 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to enable the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) to make a claim for liability for a current serving Australian Defence Force member, where the member has given consent for the CDF to make the claim on their behalf for a service injury or disease;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to expand the existing power of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to request certain information to include any Commonwealth, state or territory departments and authorities, and other persons; and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide that exempt lump sum determinations made by the Secretary of the Department of Social Services will apply as exempt lump sums from the income test that applies to Department of Veterans' Affairs' income support clients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Aug 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to authorise the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to deduct an overpayment of a service pension, income support supplement or social security pension from a specified payment paid to the surviving partner, where the partner had the benefit of that overpayment and the overpayment was due to the death of the deceased. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 2) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to provide former members of the Australian Defence Force with incapacity payments at 100 per cent of their normal weekly earnings where they are studying full time as part of their approved rehabilitation plan;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: create a Veteran Suicide Prevention pilot aimed at providing coordinated care to veterans who have attempted suicide, have suicide ideation or are in crisis; deem a submariner’s service on a submarine on a special submarine operation between 1 January 1978 and 31 December 1992 as operational service; and extend eligibility for the Long Tan Bursary scheme to the grandchildren of a veteran who has operational service in Vietnam; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: allow a wholly dependent partner up to 2 years to decide whether to take a lump sum, a pension or a combination of both as compensation for their partner’s death; and enable veterans to lodge a claim for compensation orally. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: provide additional support, including childcare arrangements, brief intervention counselling, and additional household services and attendant care, to families and members and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who have rendered warlike service, post 1 July 2004; and enable the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to specify conditions and compensation for household and attendant care services for ADF members who have sustained a catastrophic injury or disease;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a Veteran Payment to provide certain veterans with early access to financial support prior to a claim for a mental health condition being determined; enable the automation of a qualifying service determination; update references to the Specialist Medical Review Council; and make technical amendments;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to create a Coordinated Veterans’ Care mental health pilot to provide mental health support for veterans in rural and regional areas;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to make technical amendments in relation to defence-related claims; and

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  to extend the gold card eligibility for those members of the ADF who served in Japan prior to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. Also makes consequential amendments to 16 Acts and contingent amendments to three Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vaporised Nicotine Products Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  LEYONHJELM, Sen David
  ROBERTS, Sen Malcolm 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Airports Act 1996

  to provide that the regulation of smoking at airports does not apply to the use of e-cigarettes (vaping);

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to exclude e-cigarettes from regulation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration; and

  Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992

  to provide that the ban on the advertising of smoking does not apply to the advertising of vaping. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to enable eligible Australian participants in the British Nuclear Testing Program to access treatment for any condition, not just malignant neoplasia; extend eligibility for treatment to Australian veterans of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force and civilians present at a British nuclear test area during a relevant period; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006

  ; 10 Acts to make consequential amendments; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to amend the work history requirements for eligibility for the Special or Intermediate Rates of Disability Pension; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to enable the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to determine a class of persons eligible to participate in an early access to rehabilitation pilot programme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: amend provisions in relation to the operation of the Veterans’ Review Board and the Specialist Medical Review Council; enable international agreements to be made to cover the provision of benefits and payments including rehabilitation that are comparable to those provided by the Repatriation Commission or the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and make minor corrections;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to the provision of certain rehabilitation assistance under an Employer Incentive Scheme;

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to: enable information sharing between the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission and the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation in relation to certain service related compensation claims; and provide for the delegation of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs’ powers and functions;

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable certain legislative instruments to incorporate matters contained in another non-disallowable legislative instrument or other non-legislative writings as in force from time to time;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the proposed

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment (Defence Force) Act 2017

  ; and

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. Also amends five Acts to remove spent veterans’ affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum