Bill
Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01. Treasury portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Treasury
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-08-17
- second reading — 2017-08-17
- second reading — 2017-10-23
- second reading — 2017-10-24
- second reading — 2017-10-25
- second reading — 2017-10-25
- committee — 2017-10-25
- third reading — 2017-10-25
- introduced — 2017-11-13
- second reading — 2017-11-13
- other — 2019-07-01
Divisions
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill's main idea — 2017-10-25, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 66, noes 75
- Medicare Levy Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea — 2017-10-25, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 76, noes 67
- The majority voted against [Labor amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-10-25.16.1), which means they were unsuccessful. The amendments concerned people who earn less than $87,000 per year and would have lessened the Medicare Levy they have to pay under these bills. ### What do these bills do? This package of bills will fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme by, for example, increasing the Medicare levy from 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent of a person’s taxable income. Read more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd046). — 2017-10-25, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 67, noes 76
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