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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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27 May 2009
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Consequent on the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009, the bill amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
in relation to: redundant references; activity test relief; short term or episodic carers qualification for a health card; and principal beneficiaries of special disability trusts; Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
in relation to: redundant references; and backdating claims for carer payments made between 1 July and 1 October 2009; and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
in relation to principal beneficiaries of special disability trusts.
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13 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Establishes Safe Work Australia (SWA) as a statutory body, with power to make recommendations directly to the Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council in relation to occupational health and safety outcomes and workers’ compensation arrangements. SWA will replace the Australian Safety and Compensation Council.
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13 May 2009
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to change confidentiality provisions to enable Centrelink to use and disclose protected information to facilitate the Digital Switch-over Household Assistance Program.
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12 May 2009
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House of Representatives
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to introduce a non-indexed Carer Supplement, payable to carers currently receiving qualifying payments; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to exempt the supplement from income tax; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
to remove indexation of higher income thresholds for certain family assistance payments until 2012.
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18 Mar 2009
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House of Representatives
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
to: enable a person who qualifies for a carer payment to automatically qualify for a carer allowance; provide that the qualification criteria and assessment process for carer payments for care provided to children with a disability or medical condition will be based on the level of care required; and allow a person to qualify or remain qualified for a carer payment while a child care receiver is in hospital for an unlimited number of days per calendar year; and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to make consequential changes to the administrative structure for the carer allowance.
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12 Mar 2009
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
to: reduce the length of the liquid assets waiting period by doubling the maximum reserve threshold for liquid assets to $5,000 for singles without dependants or $10,000 for others for a two year period from 1 April 2009; and remove the surrender value of life insurance policies from the definition of ‘liquid assets’ for social security purposes. Also makes technical amendments to five other Acts.
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11 Nov 2008
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House of Representatives
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Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
, Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to provide for economic security strategy payments (to be made as lump sum payments from 8 December 2008) to age, disability support, wife, widow B and veterans’ service pensioners and people receiving income support supplements, carer payments, and partner, widow and bereavement allowances. Also establishes administrative schemes to provide for payments in certain circumstances; and makes consequential amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
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- Date
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25 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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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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24 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2008, the bill provides financial assistance to the states and territories for non-government schools for
2009-2012 to: maintain the current socioeconomic status funding and indexation arrangements to ensure that total recurrent funding for schools will not fall below 2008 levels; provide recurrent funding for Indigenous Supplementary Assistance and an Indigenous Funding Guarantee; provide a remoteness loading; provide funding for capital grants; provide for establishment assistance grants in 2009; implement a school performance information and reporting framework; and require authorities and schools to implement the National Curriculum before the 2012 school year commences.
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24 Sep 2008
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Amends the
Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to: implement a job seeker compliance system to apply to certain job seekers in receipt of newstart allowance, parenting payment, youth allowance and special benefit; give effect to employment pathway plans; remove references to the Personal Support Programme; and make minor technical and consequential amendments.
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