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• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Transport Safety Investigation Amendment Bill 2009, the bill amends the:

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  to: establish a Civil Aviation and Safety Authority Board appointed by the minister; and provide for the board's functions and powers; and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to: create an offence for negligently consigning or carrying dangerous goods on an aircraft; extend the period of Enforceable Voluntary Undertakings from six to 12 months; and clarify certain provisions in relation to: entitlements to certain protections for reporting information, the demerit points scheme, automatic stay, investigative powers, search and seizure procedures, and oversight of foreign aircraft operations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to authorise the Treasurer to increase the cap on the face value of Commonwealth Government Securities on issue by $125 billion in special circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Financial Relations (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009, the bill makes amendments and repeals parts of five Acts consequent on the proposed

  Federal Financial Relations Act 2009

  . Also repeals the

  Health Care (Appropriation) Act 1998

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Financial Relations Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Federal Financial Relations (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009, the bill appropriates funds to provide financial assistance to the states by implementing COAG’s Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations through general revenue assistance (including GST payments), National Specific Purpose Payments and National Partnership payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Household Stimulus Package Bill (No. 2) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide for the payment of a one-off $950 bonus to: eligible students returning to study or training in 2009 and certain other income support recipients; and farmers and farm-related small business owners receiving exceptional circumstances related income support payments;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: reduce the qualification period for the education entry payment from 12 months to four weeks of continuous receipt of income support payments; and provide for an education entry payment supplement of $950 to those eligible for the education entry payment;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide for the payment of a one-off $950 per child bonus to families eligible for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A and certain children who receive a carer payment or disability support pension; and provide for a single income family bonus payment of $900 for families entitled to the FTB Part B. Also: enables the establishment of administrative schemes to provide bonus payments in circumstances where the statutory regime does not produce an appropriate result; and makes consequential amendments to four other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill (No. 2) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlement Act 1986

  to: ensure bonus payments are not treated as income for tax and welfare related purposes; and provide for administrative arrangements applicable to the bonus payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill (No. 2) 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Government’s Nation Building and Jobs Plan, the bill authorises the Commissioner of Taxation to make payments of up to $900 to eligible taxpayers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: provide for a 20 per cent reduction of the pay as you go (PAYG) instalment for the quarter that includes 31 December 2008 for certain small business taxpayers; and include a regulation making power to allow the amount of the PAYG instalment to be reduced in the future in circumstances specified by regulations; the

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments and in relation to: dates for statements and payments of unclaimed money; unclaimed and lost member registers; and information, access and records; and six Acts to make consequential amendments. Also amends 13 Acts to expand income tests used to determine eligibility for a range of government financial assistance programs, including particular offsets and obligations to pay the Medicare levy surcharge. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Transport Safety Investigation Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Feb 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2009, the bill amends the

  Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

  to: establish the Australian Transport Safety Bureau as a statutory agency from 1 July 2009; and allow for regulations to be made to establish voluntary and confidential reporting schemes. Also makes consequential amendments to four other Acts and provides for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2008-2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2008-2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum