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  • Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Claims for Travel Expenses) Bill 2010

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    Date
    28 Sep 2010 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to extend the time period for lodging a claim for non-treatment related travel expenses to 12 months and enable further extensions of time in exceptional circumstances. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011

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    Date
    13 Oct 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Consolidation) Bill 2011

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    Date
    03 Nov 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Paid Parental Leave Act 2010
    to clarify provisions relating to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; and
    Fair Work Act 2009
    to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’). 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    13 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Marriage Act 1961
    to: remove discriminatory references based on sexual orientation and gender identity; and allow marriage regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Fair Work (Job Security and Fairer Bargaining) Amendment Bill 2012

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    Date
    27 Feb 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Fair Work Act 2009
    in relation to: the objects of the Act; permitted matters in enterprise agreements; settling disputes; industrial action related workplace determinations; notice requirements for industrial action; and the termination of protected industrial action. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Malabar Headland Protection Bill 2012

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    Date
    09 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Special Minister of State 
    Summary
    Provides for the protection of environmental, heritage and cultural features contained in the Malabar Headland, New South Wales, following divestment to New South Wales. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

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    Date
    21 Jun 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Military Court of Australia Bill 2012, the bill amends: the
    Defence Force Discipline Act 1982
    to: retain courts martial and Defence Force magistrates; provide for a right of election for trial; clarify the status and character of service offences; remove references to old system offences; and maintain cooperation where military discipline and criminal law jurisdictions overlap; and 22 other Acts to make consequential amendments. Also abolishes the Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal by repealing the
    Defence Force Discipline Appeals Act 1955
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Military Court of Australia Bill 2012

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    Date
    21 Jun 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Portfolio
    Attorney-General 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Military Court of Australia (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes the Military Court of Australia and provides for the court’s management, jurisdiction, administration within the infrastructure of the Federal Court of Australia, and practice and procedure. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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

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    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

  • Competition and Consumer Amendment (Australian Food Labelling) Bill 2012

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    Date
    17 Sep 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before House of Representatives 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Competition and Consumer Act 2010
    to: create specific requirements for country of original labelling for food; provide that the labelling is based on the ingoing weight of the ingredients and components; and create penalties and defences; and
    Imported Food Control Act 1992
    to make a consequential amendment. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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