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• Nation-building Funds Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Nation-building Funds (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 and further to the COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008, the bill establishes three financial asset funds to provide capital investment in transport, communications, energy, water, higher and vocational education and health infrastructure: the Building Australia Fund, the Education Investment Fund and the Health and Hospitals Fund. The funds will be established as special accounts in the Consolidated Revenue Fund and will be managed by the Future Fund Board of Guardians. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Agent Services Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes a national Tax Practitioners Board as a statutory authority within the Australian Taxation Office; requires certain entities that provide tax agent services and Business Activity Statement (BAS) services to be registered; introduces a Code of Professional Conduct to govern tax and BAS agents; provides for disciplinary sanctions to be imposed by the Board; and replaces criminal penalties for certain misconduct by agents and unregistered entities with civil penalties and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008 and Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009, the bill appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to provide for payments through the Economic Security Strategy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008 and Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009, the bill appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to make payments to states, territories and local government authorities for the Economic Security Strategy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide for economic security strategy payments (to be made as lump sum payments from 8 December 2008) to age, disability support, wife, widow B and veterans’ service pensioners and people receiving income support supplements, carer payments, and partner, widow and bereavement allowances. Also establishes administrative schemes to provide for payments in certain circumstances; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority as an independent statutory authority responsible for the management of national curriculum, assessment and data management, and analysis and reporting for schools education; and provides for the Authority's governance, including a review of its role within six years of establishment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• COAG Reform Fund Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasurer's portfolio 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the COAG Reform Fund as a Special Account for the purpose of making grants of financial assistance to the States and Territories; and provides that the terms and conditions of grants are set out in written agreements between the Commonwealth and states and territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Bond Security) Act 2006

  to reflect business model changes to aged care services so that: approved provider status is linked to the allocation of funded aged care places; providers maintain appropriate expertise; 'key personnel' includes anyone with authority for controlling activities of a provider; assessments by Aged Care Assessment Teams are minimised; and accommodation bonds and similar payments are protected under the Accommodation Bond Guarantee Scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008 to give effect to Australia's obligations under the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: provide preferential rates of duty for Chilean originating goods; and impose certain obligations on Australian exporters and producers of goods who claim preferential tariff treatment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs portfolio 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2008 to give effect to Australia's obligations under the Australia-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide duty-free and preferential rates of customs duty for certain goods of Chilean origin; and phase the preferential rates of customs duty to zero by 2015. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum