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• Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the National Access Regime in Part IIA of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in relation to: binding time limits and limited merits review; applications by certain persons that a certain service is ineligible to be a declared service; enabling the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to accept access undertakings with fixed principles that will apply to subsequent undertakings; enabling the ACCC to issue an amendment notice proposing amendments to a proposed access undertaking submitted by a service provider; administrative processes of the National Competition Council and the Australian Competition Tribunal; and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009

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  Date

  21 Oct 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (ESS)) Bill 2009, the bill amends: six Acts in relation to shares or rights granted under employee share schemes; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to the application of the non-commercial losses rules for taxpayers with an adjusted taxable income of $250,000 or more; and the

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  ,

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to require superannuation providers to transfer the balance of certain lost members’ accounts to the Commissioner of Taxation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 5) Bill 2009

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  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Act) 1999

  ,

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in response to the Federal Court decision in

  Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v PM Developments Ltd

  to confirm that a representative of an incapacitated entity is responsible for the GST consequences arising during its appointment;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to change the basis on which a pay as you go (PAYG) instalment liability is calculated;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide that the outer regional and remote payment made under the Helping Children with Autism package is exempt from income tax; and provide that payments made under the Continence Aids Payment Scheme are exempt from income tax; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to exempt Commonwealth debt issued in Australia from interest withholding tax. Also enables the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund Independent Advisory Panel to use donations for a broader range of purposes than the tax law considers charitable; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists) Bill 2009

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  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Complementary to the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Bill 2009, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide that the resale royalty collecting society is not taxed on amounts it collects on behalf of resale royalty right owners. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to: enable owners and operators of computer networks to undertake activities to operate, maintain and protect their networks; enable Commonwealth agencies, security authorities and eligible State authorities to ensure their network is appropriately used by employees, office holders or contractors of the agency or authority; limit secondary use and disclosure of information obtained through network protection activities; and require the destruction of records obtained by undertaking network protection activities when the information is no longer required for those purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to prevent Telstra from acquiring specified bands of spectrum which could be used for advanced wireless broadband services unless it structurally separates and divests its hybrid fibre coaxial cable network and its interests in Foxtel;

  National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to: set up-front prices and non-price terms for declared services; make binding rules of conduct for the supply of declared services; remove the option to apply for exemptions from access obligations or undertakings; and remove merits review of regulatory decisions made by the ACCC;

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: remove the requirement for the ACCC to undertake consultation before issuing a Part A competition notice; and clarify that content services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers are subject to the competition notice regime;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the universal service provider to supply standard telephone services and payphones as determined by the minister; and provide for the minister to establish minimum Customer Service Guarantee performance benchmarks; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require service providers to offer a priority assistance service; and establish an infringement notice regime to deal with breaches of civil penalty provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Network Information) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require utilities to provide information, as well as telecommunications providers, specified by the minister; specify the purposes for which protected network information is permitted to be disclosed and used; and change sunset periods so that information can be disclosed and used during the roll-out of the national broadband network. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009

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  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to increase the research and development expenditure cap for eligibility to the tax offset from $1 million to $2 million;

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  , and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in relation to private ancillary funds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide capital gains tax relief to certain friendly societies; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to losses transferred to the head company of a consolidated group by a joining entity. Also amends 15 Acts relating to taxation laws to make various minor amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require utilities to provide information, as well as telecommunications providers, specified by the minister; specify the purposes for which protected network information is permitted to be disclosed and used; and change sunset periods so that information can be disclosed and used during the roll-out of the national broadband network. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Agent Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Jun 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Consequent on the

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  , the bill: amends eight Acts; and provides for transitional arrangements for certain entities providing tax agent services before the commencement of the

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum