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• Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill imposes: a tax rate of 15 per cent for the second income year, and 7.5 per cent for later income years, of the new withholding tax regime for distributions of managed investment trust income to foreign residents of certain jurisdictions; and a 30 per cent withholding tax rate on residents of countries with which Australia does not have effective exchange of information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BILLSON, Bruce, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to prohibit subscription television based interactive gambling. 

  Bill

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: allow for township leases to be for a period of between 40 and 99 years and provide for rights of renewal; expand the functions of the Executive Director of Township Leasing; allow for the grant of 13 areas of Aboriginal land which will be operated as national parks; and make minor amendments; and

  Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007

  to: provide processes for payments to landholders for the acquisition of five-year leases; and make minor and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to appropriate additional funding for Indigenous students to: expand intensive literacy and numeracy programs; enable teachers to develop individual learning plans; and establish three new boarding accommodation facilities in the Northern Territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax (First Home Saver Accounts Misuse Tax) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill imposes the First Home Saver Accounts misuse tax to be payable on any gain made by an account holder from the improper use of a First Home Saver Account. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  GEORGIOU, Petro, MP 

  Summary

  Provides for the appointment of an independent person to review the operation, effectiveness and implications of laws relating to terrorism. 

  Bill

• Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Road Transport Charges (Australian Capital Territory) Repeal Bill 2008, the bill amends the

  Interstate Road Transport Charge Act 1985

  to enable regulations to be made to implement national heavy vehicle charges set out in the 2007 Heavy Vehicle Charges Determination under the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme for registered vehicles. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Establishes Infrastructure Australia to advise governments, investors and owners of Australia’s future infrastructure needs and other related infrastructure issues. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to appropriate additional funding to enable the employment of 200 additional teachers in Northern Territory Indigenous communities affected by the Northern Territory Emergency Response. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (Cape York Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Aug 2007 

  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 enable Indigenous students in certain Cape York communities to access the Making Up for Lost Time in Literacy (MULTILIT) program and for students’ parents to establish Student Education Trusts to finance their children’s education. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum