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TOTAL RESULTS: 165
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04 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Introduced with the Safe Work Australia Bill 2008, the bill repeals the
Australian Workplace Safety Standards Act 2005
and amends three Acts consequent upon the establishment of Safe Work Australia.
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- Date
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04 Sep 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 68 Acts to: extend the meaning of ‘de facto partner’, ‘child’ and ‘parent’ to include same-sex relationships; introduce a tracing rule to identify family relationships; and provide for transitional arrangements, including empowering the Governor-General to make regulations of a transitional nature.
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- Date
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27 Aug 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
, Student Assistance Act 1973
and Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to make receipt of income support payments conditional on parents ensuring their children of compulsory school age are enrolled in school and attending regularly.
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- Date
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29 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
, Social Security Act 1991
and Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
to cease eligibility and payment of the employment entry payment, from 1 July 2008.
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- Date
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28 May 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends 14 Acts in relation to Commonwealth civilian and military (defined benefit) superannuation schemes, parliamentary, judicial and statutory legal officer pension schemes and the Governor-General’s pension scheme to ensure that same-sex partners and their children are able to access reversionary superannuation benefits upon the death of a scheme member and in related taxation treatment of superannuation benefits.
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- Date
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14 May 2008
- Chamber
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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
- Summary
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Amends the:
Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
, Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
and seven other Acts to provide one-off payments to certain older Australians, veterans and carers; and Social Security Act 1991
, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
, Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
and proposed Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Act 2008
to provide for concession cards to remain current for up to 13 weeks when the cardholder travels overseas. Also establishes administrative schemes to provide payments in circumstances where the one-off payment regime does not produce an appropriate result.
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- Date
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20 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Summary
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Amends the
Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997
to: clarify certain aspects of the operation of the Slot Management Scheme; enable the minister to vary the operation of the Compliance Scheme regime; and enable the minister to delegate his or her power to appoint members to the Compliance Committee.
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- Date
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19 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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The bill: amends 40 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 27 obsolete Acts; and amends 88 Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language.
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- Date
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13 Mar 2008
- Chamber
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Senate
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Act
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Portfolio
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Finance and Deregulation
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Amends: 29 Acts to reflect the introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) and establishment of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; five superannuation Acts to reflect the new regime for legislative instruments under the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
; and the Superannuation Act 1976
and Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
to meet a change to the superannuation guarantee requiring employers to use ordinary time earnings as the earnings base for employees. Also repeals the Schedule to the Superannuation Act 1990
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20 Feb 2008
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Act
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Portfolio
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Environment, Heritage and the Arts
- Summary
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Amends the
Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to make amendments consequential upon, and transitional to, the establishment of Screen Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive. Also repeals the Australian Film Commission Act 1975
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