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• Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from customs duty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from excise duty. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation as a body corporate; establishes the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Special Account and appropriates funds to that account; establishes the board of the corporation responsible for decision making and managing the corporation’s investments; requires responsible ministers to issue an investment mandate to the board about the performance of its functions; requires the board to formulate and publish policies relating to the investment strategy for the corporation, benchmarks and standards for assessing the performance of the corporation and risk management strategy; provides for the corporation to share information with certain organisations; and provides for a review of the operation of the Act and other related matters to be undertaken as soon as practicable after 1 July 2016. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Phoenixing and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with the power to wind up a company that has been abandoned in certain circumstances; include a regulation making power to prescribe methods of publication of notices relating to events before, during and after the external administration of a company; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Amendment (Reducing Business Compliance Burden) Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: permit small business entities and certain other persons to defer the settlement of customs duties from a weekly to a monthly cycle; and clarify administrative arrangements for periodic settlement permissions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave) Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992

  to: provide for a minimum long service leave entitlement for all eligible employees in the black coal mining industry; require the Board of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation to make rules relating to the calculation of amounts employers are to be reimbursed; amend the long and short titles of the Act; change the structure and representation of the Board; increase the terms of directors; and make consequential amendments;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Act 1992

  and

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992

  to make consequential amendments;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Payroll Levy Collection Act 1992

  to: amend definitions to reflect remuneration practices in the black coal mining industry; and place requirements on employers relating to the levy, including submitting returns and annual reports to the Board;

  Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Amendment Act 2009

  to: clarify the calculation of long service leave entitlements for non-award employees; and provide for: transitional arrangements; recognition of long service before 1 January 2012; long service leave record keeping before 1 January 2012; and the Board to seek actuarial advice about the adequacy of the levy. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Competition and Consumer Amendment (Horticultural Code of Conduct) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: establish a mandatory code of conduct to regulate the commercial relationships between agents/merchants and sellers of horticultural produce; and establish the Horticultural Code Management Committee to implement, monitor and develop the code. 

  Bill

• Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a tax on the issue of carbon units issued as a result of an auction, or for a fixed charge, or on a unit shortfall, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a tax on the issue of carbon units issued as a result of an auction, or for a fixed charge, or on a unit shortfall, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum