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• 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

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

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  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

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

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  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Superannuation (Sustaining the Superannuation Contribution Concession) Imposition Bill 2013, the bill amends: the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to increase the superannuation concessional contributions cap to $35 000 for the 2013-14 financial year for individuals aged 60 years and over, and to $35 000 for the 2014-15 financial year and later financial years for individuals aged 50 years and over; the

  Superannuation (Government Co-contribution for Low Income Earners) Act 2003

  to make technical amendments; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to reduce the tax concession that individuals whose income exceeds $300 000 receive on their concessionally taxed superannuation contributions made from 1 July 2012 to 15 per cent; and eight Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

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  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: ensure that the small business connected entity test and the capital gains tax scrip for scrip roll-over stakeholder tests apply appropriately; exempt from income tax Disaster Income Recovery Subsidy payments made in relation to natural disasters which occurred during 3 January to 30 September 2013; and add a new general category to the list of deductible gift recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy) Bill 2013

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  Date

  15 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to increase the Medicare levy low-income threshold amounts for families and the dependent child-student component of the threshold from the 2012-13 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aboriginal Land Rights and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to: enable the town of Jabiru and two adjacent portions of Northern Territory land to be granted as Aboriginal land to the Kakadu Aboriginal Land Trust; and enable Northern Territory Portion 7021 in Patta to also be granted as Aboriginal land; and

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide that world heritage, natural and cultural values of Kakadu National Park continue to be protected in relation to Jabiru; and amend existing management plan and town plan requirements for development of towns in Commonwealth reserves. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: provide that any period of unpaid special maternity leave taken by an eligible employee does not reduce that employee’s entitlement to unpaid parental leave; increase the maximum period of concurrent unpaid parental leave from three to eight weeks; allow that leave to be taken in separate periods within the first 12 months of the birth or adoption of a child; expand access to the right to request flexible working arrangements; require employers to consult with employees about changes to regular rosters or ordinary work hours; enable pregnant employees to transfer to a safe job regardless of their period of service; require the Fair Work Commission (FWC) to take into account the need to provide additional remuneration for certain employees; enable an employee who is bullied at work to apply to the FWC for an order to stop the bullying; establish a framework under which permit holders may enter premises for investigation and discussion purposes; expressly confer on the FWC the function of promoting cooperative and productive workplace relations and preventing disputes; and make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum