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• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Making Marine Parks Accountable) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: require the minister, before the Governor-General declares an area of sea or an area of land and sea as a Commonwealth reserve, to establish an independent scientific reference panel, a stakeholder advisory group and to commission an independent assessment of social and economic impacts of any proposal, including any relevant compensation costing; require the minister to publish the reports of the scientific reference panel and the stakeholder advisory group; and provide that a Commonwealth reserve declaration be subject to disallowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• International Fund for Agricultural Development Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Fund for Agricultural Development Act 1977

  to allow Australia to accede to the Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development under Australian law. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax Amendment (Protecting Revenue) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  to provide that any increases in state royalties after 1 July 2011 be disregarded when calculating royalty credits for the minerals resource rent tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: require the minister to establish a health advisory panel to monitor, assess and report on the health of offshore entry persons who are taken to regional processing countries; establish the qualifications of members appointed to the panel; outline how the panel will carry out its functions; require the panel to report every six months on the health of offshore entry persons to the Parliament; and provide the panel with specific powers to obtain certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Banking Amendment (Banking Code of Conduct) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Banking Act 1959

  to provide for: the minister to make, by legislative instrument, a mandatory Banking Code of Conduct stipulating standards to be complied with by authorised deposit-taking institutions when dealing with their customers; the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to accept and investigate complaints by bank customers and to name banks found to be non-compliant; amendments to the code to be made after consultation; and a three-yearly review of the code. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Livestock Export (Animal Welfare Conditions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  to: provide that live-stock exported for slaughter are transported and slaughtered humanely; make the secretary responsible to ensure that live-stock exported for slaughter under a live-stock export licence are treated humanely and if not, cease their export; and penalise the holder of a live-stock export licence if they fail to inform the secretary of inhumane treatment of live-stock. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Special Conditions for Not-for-profit Concessions) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends taxation legislation to: restate the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for income tax exempt entities, ensuring that they generally must be operated principally in Australia and for the broad benefit of the Australian community; standardise the other special conditions entities must meet to be income tax exempt; standardise the term ‘not-for-profit’; and codify the ‘in Australia’ special conditions for deductible gift recipients ensuring that they must generally operate solely in Australia, and pursue their purposes solely in Australia (with some exceptions, such as overseas aid funds and some environmental organisations). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment (Small Business—Penalty Rates Exemption) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Aug 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to provide that businesses in the restaurant and catering or retail industries with fewer than 20 full-time and full-time equivalent employees are only required to pay penalty rates where an employee has worked more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period, or more than 38 hours in a seven-day period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Public Interest Test) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to apply a public interest test to changes in the control of certain media operations on or after 28 June 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 4) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Assent 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to limit the concessional tax treatment of living-away-from-home allowances and benefits to certain employees for a maximum period of 12 months;

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

  to clarify the goods and services tax consequences when a representative of an incapacitated entity is a creditor of that entity; and

  Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 2) Act 2012

  in relation to consolidation events so that no interest is payable if an overpayment of income tax arises because of a deduction under the pre-rules and no shortfall interest or administrative penalty is payable if additional tax becomes payable under the pre-rules or interim rules. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum