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• Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: extend the Paid Parental Leave Scheme to certain working fathers and partners so that they receive two weeks’ dad and partner pay at the rate of the national minimum wage; and clarify provisions relating to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’); and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Shipping Reform (Tax Incentives) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill provides the mechanism for tax concessions for the shipping industry by: the issue of certificates to applicants who meet certain requirements; the issue of notices to first time applicants to confirm they meet the necessary requirements; enabling the department to collect and collate data; and enabling disputed decisions to be reviewed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill amends the

  Shipping Registration Act 1981

  to: establish the Australian International Shipping Register and the Australian General Register; and establish the administration of the international register by providing for: the application process for registration; employment conditions for seafarers; collective agreement negotiation processes; enforcement powers for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority; and a civil penalty and infringement notice regime. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990

  ,

  Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991

  and

  Navigation Amendment Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Shipping Reform) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Mar 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of five bills in relation to the Australian shipping industry, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide for: a new category of exempt income for ship operators under certain circumstances; an accelerated depreciation of shipping vessels through a cap of 10 years to the effective life of those vessels; roll-over relief from income tax for eligible ship owners; a refundable tax offset for employers of Australian resident seafarers in certain circumstances; and the disclosure of tax information by the Australian Taxation Office in certain circumstances; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to exempt from royalty withholding tax payments made for the lease of shipping vessels in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. Also amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to increase the cap on the face value of stock and securities that can be on issue under the Treasurer’s standing borrowing authority to $300 billion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2011-2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  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 the

  Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2011-2012

  and

  Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2011-2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Schoolkids Bonus Budget Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide for the schoolkids bonus ($410 per child in primary school and $820 per child in high school) to be paid in January and July each year from 2013; remove the Education Tax Refund (ETR) from the 2011-12 financial year; and provide for a one-off transitional lump sum ETR payment ($409 per child in primary school and $818 per child in high school) in June 2012; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970

  to transfer the functions of the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel;

  Acts Publication Act 1905

  and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to confer on the First Parliamentary Counsel certain functions previously undertaken by the secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum