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TOTAL RESULTS: 188
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27 Nov 2019
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Agriculture
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Amends the:
Farm Household Support Act 2014
to: provide that the rate of Farm Household Allowance (FHA) is not varied by the level of a person's income; and amend the FHA assets test so that all farm and non-farm assets (including water rights) will be subject to a combined single net value threshold of $5.5 million; and Farm Household Support Act 2014
and Farm Household Support Minister's Rule 2014 to: remove the requirement to have farm financial assessments conducted by a person prescribed by the minister's rules; specify that the amount of farm financial assessment supplement is the amount provided in the invoice for the farm financial assessment; require a person conducting a farm financial assessment to have appropriate qualifications or expertise; increase the maximum amount of activity supplement to $10 000; and extend the amount of activity supplement to include certain travel and accommodation costs associated with eligible activities.
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27 Nov 2019
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Social Services
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Introduced with the National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005
, Interactive Gambling Act 2001
and Privacy Act 1988
to establish a National Self-exclusion Register to allow individuals to exclude themselves from being provided interactive wagering services by all licensed interactive wagering service providers in Australia.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Migration Amendment (Regulation of Migration Agents) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Act 1997
to provide that a person who paid the non-commercial application charge in relation to their current period of registration, but gives immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis, is liable to pay an adjusted charge.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Home Affairs
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Introduced with the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Migration Act 1958
to: remove unrestricted legal practitioners from the regulatory scheme that governs migration agents; allow eligible restricted legal practitioners to be both registered migration agents and restricted legal practitioners for a period of up to two years; enable the time period in which a person can be considered an applicant for repeat registration as a migration agent to be specified in delegated legislation; remove the 12-month time limit within which a person must apply for registration following completion of a prescribed course; clarify that the powers under Part 3 of the Act are exercisable by the minister; enable the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA) to refuse an application to become a registered migration agent where an applicant has failed to provide information or answer questions in relation to their application; require registered migration agents to notify MARA if they have paid the non-commercial application charge for their current period of registration but give immigration assistance otherwise than on a non-commercial basis; and provide that the definitions of 'immigration assistance' and 'makes immigration representations' include assisting a person in relation to a request to the minister to exercise his or her power under the Act to revoke a character-related visa refusal or cancellation decision.
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27 Nov 2019
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Social Services
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Introduced with the Interactive Gambling Amendment (National Self-exclusion Register) Bill 2019, the bill imposes a levy on persons who provide licensed interactive wagering services to allow the Australian Communications and Media Authority to recover the costs associated with the regulation of the National Self-exclusion Register.
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27 Nov 2019
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House of Representatives
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Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
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Allows the owner, charterer, master or agent of a special recreational vessel to apply for a temporary licence for a special recreational vessel under the
Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012
; and applies the Act to the extent necessary to regulate voyages conducted by special recreational vessels under such licences.
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27 Nov 2019
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Treasury
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Amends the
Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
to provide that employees under workplace determinations or enterprise agreements have the right to choose their superannuation fund.
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24 Oct 2019
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House of Representatives
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Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Appropriates money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to meet certain Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations in relation to the World Bank’s International Development Association and debt relief schemes, including the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; the Asian Development Bank’s Asian Development Fund; the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund; and the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
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23 Oct 2019
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019, the bill amends the
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Act 2015
to impose reconciliation fees on developers who sell a near-new dwelling to a foreign person under a near-new dwelling exemption certificate.
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23 Oct 2019
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House of Representatives
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Health
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Amends: the
National Health Act 1953
and Health Insurance Act 1973
to: enable information held by the Chief Executive Medicare (CEM) to be subject to data-matching for the purposes of ensuring the integrity of medicare programs including the Medicare Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; and enable the CEM to authorise a Commonwealth entity to carry out data matching for the same purposes on the CEM’s behalf; four Acts to make consequential amendments; and the Health Insurance Act 1973
and Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
to enable services involving a professional attendance provided under certain laws administered by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs to be considered for a prescribed pattern of services, but not unacceptable conduct, for the purposes of the Professional Services Review scheme.
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