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• Customs Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: implement rules of origin to determine goods eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters and producers of eligible goods to a party to the agreement for which a preferential rate of customs duty is claimed; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Sep 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement Implementation) Bill 2021 to implement Australia's obligations under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide a free rate of customs duty for goods that are Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) originating goods; specify the phasing rates of customs duty for certain RCEP originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain goods; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Customs Tariff Amendment (2022 Harmonized System Changes) Act 2021

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Offences and Preventing Multiple Voting) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: enable the Electoral Commissioner to declare an elector to be a ‘designated elector’ on the basis of a reasonable suspicion that the elector has voted more than once in an election; provide for decisions regarding declarations of designated electors to be subject to review by the Electoral Commissioner or the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and provide examples of the types of conduct and behaviours that may constitute the offence of interference with political liberty, and increase the penalty for this offence. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: enable Export Finance Australia to make equity investments, including to support infrastructure investments in the Indo-Pacific or export-linked projects in Australia; and provide Export Finance Australia with the ability to offer guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions without also needing to provide a loan to the same transaction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response—Better Advice) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  and three other Acts to: expand the role of the Financial Services and Credit Panel to operate as a single disciplinary body for financial advisers; create new penalties and sanctions for financial advisers who have breached their obligations under the

  Corporations Act 2001

  ; introduce a two-stage registration process for financial advisers; transfer functions from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to the minister and to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; and introduce a single registration and disciplinary system for financial advisers who provide tax (financial) advice services; and Corporations Act 2001 to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Act 2020

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Improving Supports for At Risk Participants) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  National Disability Insurance Scheme 

  Summary

  Implements certain recommendations of the

  Independent review of the adequacy of the regulation of the supports and services provided to Ms Ann-Marie Smith, an NDIS participant, who died on 6 April 2020

  by amending the

  National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

  to: expand the compliance and enforcement powers of the Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission; clarify provider registration provisions; and enable information sharing between the National Disability Insurance Agency and the commission and the disclosure of information to relevant state and territory bodies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022 and Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to reduce the excise-equivalent customs duty rates for fuels, including petrol and diesel and similar petroleum based products, including oils and grease by 50 per cent for a six-month period from 30 March to 28 September 2022. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022 and Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to reduce the excise duty rates for fuels, including petrol and diesel and similar petroleum-based products, including oils and grease by 50 per cent for a six-month period from 30 March to 28 September 2022. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Road Vehicle Standards (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018

  to extend the duration of the transitional period provided for by this Act from 12 to 24 months after the full commencement of the

  Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018

  on 1 July 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Support and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Mar 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022 and Customs Tariff Amendment (Cost of Living Support) Bill 2022, the bill amends the:

  A New Tax System (Medicare levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide an income tax deduction for taxpayers who incur relevant COVID-19 testing expenses in gaining or producing their assessable income; update the list of deductible gift recipients to include six new entities; and increase the low and middle income tax offset by $420 for the 2021-22 financial year;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to provide regulatory relief to allow businesses to create employee share schemes which they would otherwise be unable to operate due to requirements under the Act;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to reduce the gross domestic product adjustment factor for the 2022-23 financial year to 2 per cent;

  National Health Act 1953

  to lower the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme safety net thresholds for concessional to 36 scripts and general to $1457.10 from 1 July 2022;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide for the payment of a cost of living payment of $250 to certain income support recipients, compensation payment recipients and concession card holders; and

  Product Stewardship (Oil) Regulations 2000

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum