Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2013

Type: Government
Portfolio: Treasury
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Before Senate
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the:
Parliamentary Service Act 1999
to: require the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) to publish a report on designated parliamentary parties’ publicly announced policies by 30 days after a government forms following a general election; and set out the framework for the PBO to obtain information from Commonwealth bodies during the caretaker period; and Taxation Administration Act 1953 to enable the Australian Taxation Office to provide the PBO with otherwise protected taxpayer information.

Progress

House of Representatives
14 Mar 2013	Introduced and read a first time
14 Mar 2013	Second reading moved
28 May 2013	Second reading debate
28 May 2013	Second reading agreed to
28 May 2013	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 13 Government agreed to
28 May 2013	Third reading agreed to

Senate
17 Jun 2013	Introduced and read a first time
17 Jun 2013	Second reading moved

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum
Revised explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
Government [Sheet CP251]

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

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Text of bill

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Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
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Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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