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- Date
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07 Dec 2006
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Part of a package of six bills in relation to reform of the superannuation system, the bill realigns the tax treatment of superannuation payments for persons departing Australia with the new superannuation taxation regime.
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25 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Treasury
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Introduced with the Temporary Residents’ Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, the bill amends the
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Act 2007
to increase the departing Australia superannuation payment withholding tax rates by five per cent.
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- Date
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25 Jun 1997
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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- Date
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26 Jun 2003
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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
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Amends the
Student Assistance Act 1973
to: close the Student Financial Supplement Scheme to new applications from ABSTUDY students from 1 January 2004 and continue loan repayment arrangements for existing loans; and make a minor technical amendment to extend the regulation-making power relating to notifications.
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14 Feb 2002
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Education, Science and Training
- Summary
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Amends the
Student Assistance Act 1973
to: permit social security, veterans’ and family assistance legislation overpayments to be offset against benefits payable under the Assistance for Isolated Children and ABSTUDY schemes; update certain definitions to reflect that the Aboriginal Overseas Student Assistance Scheme no longer exists; and increase the 7-day notification period, within which students are obliged to notify certain prescribed events, to a 14-day period.
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23 Nov 2011
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Part of a package of three bills to implement the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory framework, the bill: repeals the
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007
and makes certain consequent saving and transitional arrangements; and amends the: Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
to: make amendments consequent on the repeal of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007
; and enable Land Councils, if requested to do so, to provide assistance to owners of community living areas; Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995
to: provide that the restriction on prohibited material will continue, with the Minister for Indigenous Affairs responsible for determining to which areas this restriction applies; require the minister to review these restrictions after seven years; and provide for the sunset of the restriction of prohibited material provisions after ten years; Crimes Act 1914
to enable customary law and cultural practice to be considered in bail and sentencing decisions for certain offences; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make an amendment consequent on the repeal of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007
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- Date
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24 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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SIEWERT, Sen Rachel
- Summary
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Establishes a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal to decide and make recommendations on claims for reparation.
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- Date
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14 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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13 Sep 2007
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Senate
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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BARTLETT, Andrew
- Summary
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The bill: provides for compensation payments for certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons removed from their families; establishes the Stolen Generations Tribunal and Stolen Generations Fund and their functions and powers; and provides for additional support services.
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13 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
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Further to the package of bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill establishes a framework for the Steel Transformation Plan comprising of a $300 million entitlement program for the Australian steel manufacturing industry over four years from the 2012-13 financial year. Also provides for: the minister to approve competitiveness assistance advances up to the value of $164 million in the 2011 12 financial year; administrative details relating to the plan to be included in a legislative instrument; and a monitoring regime.
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