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• 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

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Service Providers and Other Governance Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to require registrable superannuation entity licensees that are also responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes to comply with requirements on adequate resources and risk management systems;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to: over-ride any provision in the governing rules of a registrable superannuation entity that requires the trustee to use a specified service provider, investment entity or financial product; enable the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to issue infringement notices for a broader range of breaches of the Act; require superannuation trustees to provide eligible persons, generally on request, with the reasons for decisions made in relation to a complaint; require persons seeking to take legal action against a director for a breach of their duties to first seek leave from the court; extend the availability of certain legal defences to directors and trustees; remove restrictions on director voting; clarify the definition of ‘superannuation contribution’ to include defined benefits; and make consequential amendments;

  Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993

  to increase the time limits within which beneficiaries can lodge complaints with the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal regarding total and permanent disability claims;

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Superannuation Legislation Amendment (MySuper Core Provisions) Act 2012

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 6) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to clarify that native title benefits are not subject to income tax (including capital gains tax);

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: update the list of deductible gift recipients; extend the immediate deductibility of exploration and prospecting expenditure provided to mining and petroleum explorers to geothermal energy explorers; and clarify that the definition of ‘limited recourse debt’ includes arrangements where, in substance or effect, the debtor is not fully at risk in relation to the debt;

  Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Act 2011

  to extend the interim streaming rules for managed investment trusts until the end of the 2013-14 financial year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to apply an income test to the rebate for medical expenses from 1 July 2012;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to remove the concessional fringe benefits tax treatment for in-house fringe benefits accessed by way of salary packaging arrangements; and Retirement Savings Accounts Regulations 1997, Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 and five 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

• Telecommunications Amendment (Mobile Phone Towers) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998

  to require the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council to review certain radiofrequency exposure standards every five years, with the first review to be completed within six months of this bill commencing; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: require certain owners and occupiers of land to be consulted when a mobile phone tower is to be installed; require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to be satisfied that the precautionary principle is taken into account when the site of a mobile phone tower is determined; remove the exemption for low-impact facilities from state and local government planning processes; remove the exemption on the application of state and territory laws; and require carriers to prepare local telecommunications network plans each financial year, for the next five years. 

  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

• Transport Safety Investigation Amendment (Incident Reports) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003

  to impose a penalty on any persons who improperly influence a ‘responsible person’ reporting an incident to aviation authorities. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Military Compensation Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  in relation to rehabilitation and transition management; the

  Military, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  in relation to: the date of effect for periodic impairment compensation; the inclusion of a lifestyle factor in the calculation of interim permanent impairment compensation; recalculation of permanent impairment compensation for certain people; an increase to the rate of periodic compensation payable for dependent children; expansion of the eligibility criteria for the special rate disability pension; superannuation; remittal power of the Veterans’ Review Board; increase in the membership of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and access to rehabilitation and compensation for certain categories of persons; the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase the compensation for financial advice and cover legal advice; five Acts to: expand the lump sum compensation options for wholly dependent partners of deceased members; and require that eligible claims for existing conditions aggravated by defence service on or after 1 July 2004 be determined under the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  ; the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to issue Repatriation Health Cards (for specific conditions) to certain eligible persons; the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify the appropriation of costs for certain aged care services; the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the entitlement for travelling expenses to the partner of certain eligible persons; the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify administrative arrangements for the nomination of bank accounts for payments; and the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Jun 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify arrangements for the payment of travel expenses for treatment;

  Defence Service Homes Act 1918

  to extend eligibility for benefits;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that reimbursements made under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the MRCA Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme are exempt from income tax;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that certain bereavement payments in respect of indigent veterans or members are exempt income for the purposes of the social security income test;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: align maintenance income and attendant allowance provisions with those in the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ; provide for provision of special assistance by inclusion in a legislative instrument; clarify administrative arrangements for certain travel; and clarify that debt recovery provisions apply to all provisions of the Act, the regulations and any legislative instrument made under the Act;

  War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920

  to: amend the long and short titles of the Act; and repeal inoperative provisions; and

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Schoolkids Bonus Budget Measures) Act 2012

  ,

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Water (Crisis Powers and Floodwater Diversion) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Enables the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to manage the water resources of the basin as a single system during periods of extreme crisis. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum