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• Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Asbestos-related Claims (Management of Commonwealth Liabilities) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005, the bill centralises the management of all common law asbestos-related condition claims against Australian Government agencies within Comcare. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to: appropriate additional funding to provide tutorial assistance to Indigenous students who move away from their remote communities to attend school; and transfer transitional assistance funding for independent Indigenous vocational education and training providers to appropriations under the proposed

  Skilling Australia’s Workforce Act 2005

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Transport Security Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Maritime Transport Security Act 2003

  to: amend the long title of the Act and rename it as the

  Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003

  ; extend application of the Act to Australia’s offshore oil and gas facilities; and introduce the Maritime Security Identification Card which will cover unmonitored personnel who are required to be in maritime security zones and offshore security zones. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation Bill 2005, the bill amends 8 Acts and the Trust Deed of the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme as a consequence of the establishment of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) as a separate superannuation scheme. Also amends the

  Superannuation Act 1990

  to close the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme to most new employees and officeholders following the commencement of the PSSAP. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2005, the bill provides for: the establishment of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan as a scheme separate from the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme, for employees and officeholders who commence employment or appointment on or after 1 July 2005; and a framework for Australian Government employers to offer employees and office holders with choice of funds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 3) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase flexibility for charitable funds, ancillary funds and prescribed private funds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: reinstate the taxation of Australian companies with foreign branch income and gains from the operation of ships or aircraft in international traffic to that applying prior to the implementation of the

  New International Tax Arrangements (Participation Exemption and Other Measures) Act 2004

  ; and introduce a standard definition of a dependent child;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to allow disclosure of relevant taxpayer information to the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to make a technical correction in relation to rebatable employer status of government institutions that are charitable institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to: reduce the lowest marginal tax rate from 17 per cent to 15 per cent; and provide for increases in personal income tax thresholds for the 42 per cent and 47 per cent tax brackets; and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the income threshold for taxpayers who are eligible for the senior Australians tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Technical Colleges (Flexibility in Achieving Australia's Skills Needs) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Further to the

  Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004

  , the bill establishes Australian Technical Colleges for year 11 and 12 students in 24 regions throughout Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Legislation Amendment (Australian Community Pharmacy Authority) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Health Act 1953

  to extend, until 31 December 2005, the existing arrangements for approving pharmacists to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines; and

  Health Legislation Amendment (Podiatric Surgery and Other Matters) Act 2004

  to correct a misdescription. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Skilling Australia's Workforce (Repeal and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Skilling Australia’s Workforce Bill 2005, the bill: repeals the

  Australian National Training Authority Act 1992

  and

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  ; and provides for transitional arrangements for the transfer of functions and responsibilities from the Australian National Training Authority to the Department of Education, Science and Training. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum