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TOTAL RESULTS: 106
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- Date
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09 Sep 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Education
- Summary
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Amends the:
Higher Education Support Act 2003
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 July 2009; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; and require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks.
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- Date
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11 Feb 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Education
- Summary
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Amends the:
Higher Education Support Act 2003
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 July 2009; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks; and Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: broaden the guidelines-making powers to vary the VET FEE-HELP debt; allow different requirements to apply to different students undertaking VET units of study; and provide that officers of Tertiary Admission Centres have the same status and duty of care as those of higher education providers in relation to processing student information.
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- Date
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04 Feb 2009
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Summary
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Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to provide for the payment of a one-off $950 bonus to: eligible students returning to study or training in 2009 and certain other income support recipients; and farmers and farm-related small business owners receiving exceptional circumstances related income support payments; Social Security Act 1991
to: reduce the qualification period for the education entry payment from 12 months to four weeks of continuous receipt of income support payments; and provide for an education entry payment supplement of $950 to those eligible for the education entry payment; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: provide for the payment of a one-off $950 per child bonus to families eligible for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A and certain children who receive a carer payment or disability support pension; and provide for a single income family bonus payment of $950 for families entitled to the FTB Part B. Also: enables the establishment of administrative schemes to provide bonus payments in circumstances where the statutory regime does not produce an appropriate result; and makes further consequential amendments to four other Acts.
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21 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill amends the
Australian Animal Health Council (Live-stock Industries) Funding Act 1996
to enable horse disease response levies to be appropriated to the Australian Animal Health Council to repay amounts paid by the Commonwealth due to an outbreak of an emergency horse disease. Any excess levies are to be used for research and development activities or the promotion or maintenance of horse health.
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- Date
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21 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill imposes a levy on the first registration of horses, to enable the horse industry to repay amounts paid by the Commonwealth on behalf of the horse industry in the event of an outbreak of an emergency horse disease.
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- Date
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21 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a horse disease response levy, the bill: enables the collection and administration of a horse disease response levy from horse registration bodies; imposes penalties for unpaid levies and the remission of any penalties resulting from late payments; introduces information gathering powers to allow for the collection of information and documents as specified by the Commonwealth; and provides for regulations to prescribe details for the collection of the levy.
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07 Feb 2007
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Human Services
- Summary
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Establishes a framework for the Health and Social Services Access Card to replace the Medicare Card and other cards and vouchers used to access Australian Government health and social service benefits.
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- Date
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05 Aug 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the:
Higher Education Support Act 2003
in relation to: addition of Melbourne University Private to the list of Table B higher education providers; new maximum aggregate funding levels for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme; operation of summer schools; extension of time within which students must submit their Commonwealth assistance request; entitlement to HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP and OS-HELP assistance; repayments by higher education providers of advances; and definition of undergraduate and postgraduate higher education award; Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003
to: provide for transitional arrangements for the repayment of special purpose grants; and OS-HELP prior study requirements; Australian National University Act 1991
to extend the time within which the Minister must make appointments to the ANU Council; and Australian Research Council Act 2001
to update annual funding caps.
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- Date
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19 Feb 2004
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Special Minister of State
- Summary
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Implements a recommendation of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to maintain at the next federal election the Northern Territory’s representation in the House of Representatives at its current level of two members.
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- Date
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17 Sep 2003
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Part of a package of three bills to establish a framework for the Commonwealth funding of higher education, the bill amends the proposed
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to abolish compulsory student unionism in higher education institutions which receive Commonwealth funding.
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