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• Australia Council Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australia Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, the bill: provides for the functions, powers and governance structure and arrangements of the Australia Council; establishes a governing board and provides for the terms and conditions of appointed board members, procedures of the board, and enables the board to establish committees; provides for the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer and staff and consultants; requires an annual corporate plan to be prepared; provides for financial arrangements; and provides for annual reporting requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: require body corporates to issue a two-part simple corporate bonds prospectus when certain bond issuances occur; enable simple corporate bonds to be traded using simple retail corporate bonds depository interests; provide that directors have liability for any misinformation in a disclosure document in certain circumstances; and provide that the use of the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ are restricted to those with licences to provide advice on designated financial products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Great Barrier Reef) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: prohibit developments within and outside existing port areas along the Great Barrier Reef coastline; implement a moratorium from 20 March 2013 on approval of developments impacting on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until a strategic assessment is completed and deemed adequate by the World Heritage Committee; and prohibit approval of any developments that do not deliver a net benefit to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (New Mandate and Other Measures) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Competitiveness 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to: provide for the circumstances in which the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) can provide insurance or another financial service or product on its commercial account; enable EFIC to guarantee loans for foreign based subsidiaries of certain Australian based companies; exclude public service personnel from the EFIC board; and apply competitive neutrality principles to EFIC’s commercial account operations; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013, the bill: imposes an annual celebrant registration charge with a statutory limit of $600 for the 2013-14 financial year; and provides for indexation of the statutory limit in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Marriage Amendment (Celebrant Administration and Fees) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Marriage (Celebrant Registration Charge) Bill 2013, the bill amends the

  Marriage Act 1961

  to: provide for a celebrant registration charge to be imposed from 1 July 2013 on Commonwealth-registered marriage celebrants who are authorised under the Marriage Celebrants Program to perform marriages; provide for the deregistration of celebrants who do not pay the celebrant registration charge or obtain an exemption; enable the imposition of a registration application fee for prospective celebrants seeking registration; provide for exemptions and the imposition of processing fees for applications for exemptions; remove the requirement for performance reviews every five years of marriage celebrants; and make minor amendments to the Marriage Celebrants Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: define ‘documentary’ in accordance with the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s guidelines; clarify that game shows are ineligible for film tax offsets; and update the list of deductible gift recipients;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Act 2011

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (2012 Measures No. 1) Act 2012

  to exempt from income tax certain ex-gratia payments made in relation to natural disasters during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 financial years;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to enable entities who currently pay their goods and services tax by instalments to continue to do so if they move into a net refund position;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to require trustees to establish and implement procedures in relation to the consolidation of multiple member accounts;

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

  to reduce the amount of superannuation co-contribution available from the 2012-13 financial year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to consolidate dependency tax offsets into the Dependant (Invalid and Carer) Tax Offset from 1 July 2012; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (Taxation of Financial Arrangements) Act 2009

  to clarify the operation of the taxation of financial arrangements regime. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: enable the minister to specify products that are taken not to be therapeutic goods; enable the secretary to remove products that are not therapeutic goods from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; clarify the secretary’s powers to approve product information for medicines accepted for registration in the register; and make amendments in relation to: compliance with advertising requirements; obtaining information and documents; use of restricted and prohibited representations in advertisements; conditions of registration or listing in the register; presentation of registered or listed goods; consent to the import, supply or export of goods; review of decisions; a package and its contents to constitute a kit; criminal offences and civil penalties for false or misleading statements in relation to variation requests; minimum notice period for cancellation of registration or listing in the register; secretary’s discretion to publish certain information on the department’s website; clarification of the merits review process; public notification and/or recall of registered or listed therapeutic goods, biologicals and medical devices; failure to comply with requirements to provide information; and specified information required for certain applications and requests. 

  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

• 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