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  • Date
    13 May 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 15 bills to implement a three-year progressive budget repair levy, the bill amends the
    Fringe Benefits Tax Act 1986
    to increase to 49 per cent the rate of fringe benefits tax. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Farm Household Support Bill 2014, the bill: repeals the
    Farm Household Support Act 1992
    ; and makes consequential and contingent amendments to 10 Acts and two proposed Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Farm Household Support (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2014, the bill replaces the Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment by providing for up to three years of financial assistance (the Farm Household Allowance) for eligible farmers and their partners in financial hardship without the need for a climatic trigger. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    06 Mar 2014 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    MADIGAN, Sen John
    XENOPHON, Sen Nick 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Flags Act 1953
    to require that all Australian flags flown, used or supplied by the Commonwealth are manufactured in Australia from materials manufactured in Australia. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Feb 2014 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    in relation to: requests for extended periods of unpaid parental leave; the payment of annual leave upon termination of employment; taking or accruing leave while receiving workers’ compensation; the requirements for flexibility terms in modern awards and enterprise agreements and individual flexibility arrangements made under those terms; the negotiation of single-enterprise greenfields agreements; the transfer of business rules; application for a protected action ballot order; right of entry framework; the Fair Work Commission not having to hold a conference or hearing to dismiss an unfair dismissal application; and interest payments on unclaimed monies. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    14 Nov 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Portfolio
    Employment 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Fair Work Act 2009
    and
    Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
    to: establish the Registered Organisations Commission and provide it with investigation and information gathering powers to monitor and regulate registered organisations; and provide for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner (who will assume the investigations, enforcement advice and assistance responsibilities in relation to registered organisations currently undertaken by the General Manager of the Fair Work Commission); and
    Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009
    to: amend the requirements on officers’ disclosure of material personal interests and change grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for office; increase financial accounting and disclosure obligations for registered organisations and their officers; and increase civil penalties and introduce criminal offences for serious breaches of officers’ duties and new offences in relation to the conduct of investigations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    27 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    MADIGAN, Sen John 
    Summary
    Requires trade agreements to include a binding requirement that goods sold comply with all applicable product standards that apply in the purchaser’s country or that the selling company or entity selling the products ensures that the goods are improved to Australian product standards. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    20 Jun 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Not Proceeding 
    Sponsor
    MADIGAN, Sen John 
    Summary
    Requires the Commonwealth, through the minister, to ensure that an amended or new trade agreement with a country includes a binding agreement for minimum standards about workers’ rights in the other country’s domestic law. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 13 bills in relation to funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (DisabilityCare Australia), the bill amends the
    Family Trust Distribution Tax (Primary Liability) Act 1998
    to increase to 47 per cent the rate of family trust distribution tax. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    15 May 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 13 bills in relation to funding for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (DisabilityCare Australia), the bill amends the
    Fringe Benefits Tax Act 1986
    to increase to 47 per cent the rate of fringe benefits tax. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum