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• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Reducing Illegal Early Release and Other Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Unlawful Payments from Regulated Superannuation Funds) Bill 2012, the bill amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to provide for civil and criminal penalties for persons who promote a scheme that has resulted, or is likely to result, in the illegal early release of superannuation benefits;

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to require that superannuation benefits that are rolled over into self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are captured as a designated service; and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide for administrative directions and penalties for contraventions relating to SMSFs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Laws Amendment (MySuper Capital Gains Tax Relief and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide income tax relief to superannuation funds where there is a mandatory transfer of default members’ account balances to a MySuper product in another superannuation fund; and

  Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments as a result of the proposed

  Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Increased Concessional Contributions Cap and Other Measures) Bill 2013, the bill imposes a 15 per cent tax on income earners whose income and concessionally taxed superannuation contributions exceed $300 000 for an income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Excess Concessional Contributions Charge) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sugar Research and Development Services Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, the bill enables the minister to: enter into a funding contract with an eligible company to enable it to receive and invest levies collected by the Commonwealth for research and development and to receive the Commonwealth’s matching funding for eligible research and development, up to a determined funding cap; and declare the company to be the industry services body or that it is no longer the industry services body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments—Excise) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  18 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Sugar Research and Development Services (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Sugar Research and Development Services Bill 2013, the bill amends the:

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  to set the levy rate to a maximum of 70 cents per tonne of sugar cane that is processed, or sold for processing, and allow for the rate to be amended by regulation;

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  ,

  Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 1991

  , Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Regulations 1999 and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991 to make consequential amendments; and Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Regulations 1991 to: provide for an instalment system for payment of the levy to commence on 1 March 2014; and a penalty for late payment. Also: repeals the Sugar Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1990 to abolish the Sugar Research and Development Corporation on 1 October 2013; and contains transitional provisions relating to the transition to a new industry services body. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Student Identifiers Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before House of Representatives 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education 

  Summary

  Establishes a framework for the introduction of a student identifier for individuals undertaking nationally recognised vocational education and training from 1 January 2014 by: providing for how the student identifier may be assigned, collected, used and disclosed; providing for the creation of an authenticated transcript of an individual’s record of nationally recognised training undertaken; establishing the Student Identifiers Agency to administer the scheme; providing for the functions, powers, appointment and terms and conditions of the Chief Executive Officer of the agency; and making technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SIEWERT, Sen Rachel 

  Summary

  Establishes a Stolen Generations Reparations Tribunal to decide and make recommendations on claims for reparation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Stocktake (Appropriations) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Repeals 84 redundant Appropriation Acts which are spent, exhausted or lapsed. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum