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- Start of Business
- OZCAR
- DELEGATION REPORTS
- HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MIDWIVES AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS) BILL 2009
- MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (COMMONWEALTH CONTRIBUTION) SCHEME BILL 2009
- MIDWIFE PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY (RUN-OFF COVER SUPPORT PAYMENT) BILL 2009
- NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY AMENDMENT BILL 2009
- AVIATION TRANSPORT SECURITY AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2009
- STATUTE STOCKTAKE (REGULATORY AND OTHER LAWS) BILL 2009
- PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES BILL 2009
- CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME) BILL 2009
- CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY ON TERMINATION PAYMENTS) BILL 2009
- HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT BILL 2009
- THERAPEUTIC GOODS AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2009
- AUTOMOTIVE TRANSFORMATION SCHEME BILL 2009
- ACIS ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILL 2009
- TAX AGENT SERVICES (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2009
- TRADE PRACTICES AMENDMENT (AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER LAW) BILL 2009
- COMMITTEES
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- MIGRATION AMENDMENT (ABOLISHING DETENTION DEBT) BILL 2009
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- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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- OZCAR
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HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (VET FEE-HELP AND PROVIDERS) BILL 2009
NATION-BUILDING FUNDS AMENDMENT BILL 2009
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (MEDICARE LEVY AND MEDICARE LEVY SURCHARGE) BILL 2009
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2009 -
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2009 BUDGET MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2009
RURAL ADJUSTMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2009 - HEALTH WORKFORCE AUSTRALIA BILL 2009
- MIGRATION AMENDMENT (ABOLISHING DETENTION DEBT) BILL 2009
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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Main Committee
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CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS
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Herbert Electorate: USS
- Australian Council of Local Government
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- Fremantle Electorate: Marine Bioregional Planning Process
- Kenneth John Oram
- Gorton Electorate: Father Norman Gray
- Civil Liberties
- Leichhardt Electorate: Petrol
- Swan Electorate: Bullying
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- COMMITTEES
- Adjournment
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Ms ROXON (Minister for Health and Ageing) (9:55 AM)
—I move:
That this bill be now read a second time.
The scheme established by this bill will ensure that professional indemnity insurance protection extends to eligible midwives once they have ceased to practise.
The purpose of the Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009 is to impose a tax—the run-off cover scheme, or ROCS, support payment.
This tax will apply to premium payments for professional indemnity insurance by eligible midwives and will help to cover the costs of run-off cover claims against their colleagues who cease to practise due to retirement, disability or maternity.
The government will commit $5 million in 2010-11 to assist in covering such claims in the period before sufficient funds are accumulated through the ongoing contribution of ROCS support payments.
The bill provides that the rate of ROCS support payments must not exceed 15 per cent.
The actual rate will be set through rules detailed in a legislative instrument that will be tabled in parliament.
It is expected that the actual rate will be initially set, on the advice of the Australian Government Actuary, at 10 per cent of premiums.
This is the rate at which ROCS contributions started in the initial years of the Run-off Cover Scheme for doctors.
Debate (on motion by Mr Wood) adjourned.