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• AusLink (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  AusLink (National Land Transport) Act 2005

  to: ensure that projects for the development of off road facilities used by heavy vehicles (such as a weigh station or rest area) may be funded as AusLink projects; enable the allocation of funds to a particular state while a receiving entity is determined; exempt the Roads to Recovery List from the sunsetting provisions of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and extend the Roads to Recovery Program until 30 June 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to agreements between Australia and Japan, in relation to the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Datum) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Energy and Tourism 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum Act 2006

  to correct a technical error resulting from the

  Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Act 2008

  in relation to geodetic data references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  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. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove tax deductibility for contributions and gifts to political parties, independent members and independent candidates; and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments to ensure political parties, independent members and independent candidates continue to access goods and services tax concessions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to enable regulations to be made to permit Air Security Officers to lawfully discharge firearms on board an aircraft in Australian territory or an Australian aircraft in foreign territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Legislation Amendment (International Airline Licences and Carriers' Liability Insurance) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Air Navigation Act 1920

  to: transfer the regulatory framework for international airline licences (IALs) to the Air Navigation Regulations; enable the Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Local Government to grant, vary, suspend and cancel IALs; require decisions about certain IAL applications to be subject to merits review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Adelaide Airport Curfew Act 2000

  ,

  Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  . Also amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959

  to enable the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to enforce a system of mandatory insurance for airline carriers; and makes amendments consequential on the

  Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Act 2008

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to further simplify the internal government financial management framework and makes consequential amendments to the

  Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973

  ,

  Public Service Act 1999

  ,

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  and

  Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008

  . Also effects a transfer of funding for the Water Smart Australia program from the National Water Commission to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Water portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  in relation to: mandatory public disclosure of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions; the calculation and publication of the alternative methods used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions; registration of corporations; compliance by corporations with external auditors; and reporting of greenhouse gas projects and offsets of emissions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide private health insurance policy holders with capital gains tax relief when insurers demutualise; limit lineal descendants to children or grandchildren of the test individual or their spouse; and remove the ability for family trusts to make a variation to the test individual specified in a family trust election. Also makes technical amendments to eight other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum