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

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends: the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Act 2007
    and
    Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999
    to provide that income tax is generally not payable on the interest paid by the Commonwealth on unclaimed money from 1 July 2013; the
    Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
    to: align the airline transport fringe benefits rules with the in-house property and in-house residual fringe benefit provisions; and update the method for determining the taxable value of airline transport fringe benefits; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to enable participants in the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program to choose to make payments they derive under the program free of income tax, with expenditure related to infrastructure improvements required under the program then being non-deductible; the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Income (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to: enable corporate tax entities to carry-back losses to previous income years; and make consequential amendments; and 18 Acts to make technical amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and Multinational Profit Shifting) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    13 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    ,
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    in relation to: the operation of the general anti-avoidance rule; the application of the arm’s length principle in transfer pricing rules aligning with international transfer pricing standards; rules for trusts and partnerships; record keeping requirements and penalties; and consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Higher Education Support Amendment (Asian Century) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    14 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Portfolio
    Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Higher Education Support Act 2003
    to expand eligibility for OS-HELP assistance and provide additional incentives for university students to undertake part of their course of study in Asia from 1 January 2014. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Marriage Act 1961
    to: define marriage as a union of two people; clarify that ministers of religion are not bound to solemnise marriage by any other law; remove the prohibition of the recognition of same sex marriages solemnised in a foreign country; and include a regulation making power so that consequential amendments can be made to other Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Small Business Commissioner Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    25 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    The bill: establishes the Office of the Small Business Commissioner; provides for the appointment, functions and powers of the commissioner; and includes an annual reporting requirement and a regulation making power. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Criminal Code Amendment (Misrepresentation of Age to a Minor) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    26 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Criminal Code Act 1995
    to: create a criminal offence for a person over 18 years of age to intentionally misrepresent their age in online communications to a person they reasonably believe to be under 18 years of age for the purposes of encouraging a physical meeting, or with the intention of committing an offence; and impose penalties. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2]

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to create two visa subclasses: temporary protection (offshore entry) visas and temporary protection (secondary movement offshore entry) visas, for persons who have arrived in Australia illegally or at an excised offshore place and are found to have engaged Australia’s protection obligations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Pharmaceutical Transparency) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    28 Feb 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
    to: create offences related to the provision of payments, services or certain other inducements to medical practitioners by pharmaceutical companies; and provide for: penalties for making such inducements; and reporting requirements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Broadcasting Services Amendment (Material of Local Significance) Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    12 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Amends the
    Broadcasting Act Services Act 1992
    to include regional South Australia in the areas to which regional aggregated commercial television broadcasting licences apply so that specific local content requirements are met. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Citizen Initiated Referendum Bill 2013

    Track (What's this?)

    Date
    12 Mar 2013 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Before Senate 
    Sponsor
     
    Summary
    Enables Australian citizens to initiate legislation that provides for the holding of a referendum to alter the Constitution by: setting out the process to be followed and the requirements to be met; providing for rules applicable to the holding of a citizen initiated referendum; setting the first referendum year as 2016 and every fourth year after that; and providing for related miscellaneous matters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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