Servicing public debt

Summary of proposal

Request sought the total amount of government ten-year Treasury bonds that could be issues in 2020-21, assuming $27.8 billion (in today's dollars) was set aside to cover public interest costs over ten years.

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Profitable corporations to return JobKeeper payments

Summary of proposal

This proposal would require the 65 companies listed in Attachment A to repay the entire amount of the JobKeeper payments that they have received.

The policy would have effect from 1 July 2021.

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Profitable corporations to return JobKeeper payments

Summary of proposal

This proposal would require the 65 companies listed in Attachment A to repay the entire amount of the JobKeeper payments that they have received.

The policy would have effect from 1 July 2021.

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Profitable corporations to return JobKeeper payments

Summary of proposal

This proposal would require the 65 companies listed in Attachment A to repay the entire amount of the JobKeeper payments that they have received.

The policy would have effect from 1 July 2021.

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Replace a weak and compromised Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to fight for the rights of banking customers (PER674)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has four components that would provide funding for banking regulation changes.

Component 1: Install the ACCC as the conduct (competition and consumer) regulator over retail banks, large superannuation funds, insurance companies and retail grade intermediaries, and maintain ASIC as the conduct regulator for the rest of the financial sector.

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Replace a weak and compromised Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to fight for the rights of banking customers (PER674)

Summary of proposal

This proposal has four components that would provide funding for banking regulation changes.

Component 1: Install the ACCC as the conduct (competition and consumer) regulator over retail banks, large superannuation funds, insurance companies and retail grade intermediaries, and maintain ASIC as the conduct regulator for the rest of the financial sector.

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Abolish the Cashless Debit Card (ECR129)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would abolish the Cashless Debit Card and mandatory Income Management from 1 July 2022.

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Abolish the Cashless Debit Card (ECR129)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would abolish the Cashless Debit Card and mandatory Income Management from 1 July 2022.

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Abolish the Cashless Debit Card (ECR129)

Summary of proposal

The proposal would abolish the Cashless Debit Card and mandatory Income Management from 1 July 2022.

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Expanding the Pacific Labour Scheme (ECR138)

Summary of proposal

Component 1

This component would bring the Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) under the Temporary Work (International Relations) (subclass 403) visa in line with Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) (subclass 482) visas in terms of treatment of secondary applicants.

PLS secondary applicants would be subject to the following conditions (in line with those for TSS secondary applicants):

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