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• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to: extend the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme to 2015-16; reduce the maximum grant to $150 000; reduce the maximum number of grants available for an individual recipient to seven; cap intellectual property registration expenses at $50 000; increase the minimum expenses threshold to $20 000; increase the income limit for members of approved joint ventures/consortia to $50 million; remove approved trading houses as an eligible special approval applicant category; reinstate disqualifying convictions; enable Austrade to impose conditions on the accreditation of EMDG consultants; and make changes in relation to applications submitted by accredited EMDG consultants. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Farm Household Support Amendment (Ancillary Benefits) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Farm Household Support Act 1992

  to facilitate a pilot of drought policy measures to assist farmers to be trialled in Western Australia for 2010-11. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: 11 Acts in relation to: the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) preventive powers, correction powers, failure management powers, and data collection powers, APRA’s and the Australian Taxation Office’s investigation powers, auditors and actuaries, and the Financial Claims Scheme; six Acts in relation to the methodologies governing the determination of financial sector levies; and four Acts to make technical amendments. Also repeals five redundant Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends 11 Acts to make amendments consequential on the Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 and provide for transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to ensure superannuation fund assets are protected in the event of a default on a limited recourse borrowing arrangement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2010 GST Administration Measures No. 3) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

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

  in relation to: GST and cross-border transport supplies; GST relief for telecommunications supplies for global roaming in Australia; and adjustments for third party payments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 3) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

  to: freeze indexation of the co-contribution income threshold for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 financial years; and maintain the current matching rate and maximum co-contribution payable on an individual’s eligible superannuation contributions;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to modify the thin capitalisation rules in relation to the application of accounting standards for authorised deposit-taking institutions;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable certain officers to declare that a specified entity is not subject to Commonwealth tax law in relation to a specified transaction;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that unexpended income of a special disability trust is taxed at a certain rate; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to managed investment trusts and withholding tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that Australian Defence Force members with British nuclear test defence service are eligible for pensions, treatment and other benefits; lower the age of domicile of choice from 21 to 18 years of age; and cease eligibility for war widow or widower pension for widows and widowers who enter into a de facto relationship prior to claiming the pension;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to provide that certain submarine special operations between 1978 and 1992 will be reclassified as operational and qualifying service; and

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to reclassify certain service in Ubai in Thailand as qualifying service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Foreign Source Income Deferral) Bill (No. 1) 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to repeal the foreign investment fund and the deemed present entitlement rules; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  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 pensioners below pension age; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum