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• Court Security Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Court Security (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2013, the bill enables all federal courts, the Family Court of Western Australia and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to manage security issues by: allowing them to appoint persons as security officers and authorised courts officers; prescribing powers that security officers are able to exercise; prescribing offences; enabling judicial officers of court exercising family law jurisdiction to make restraining or protective type orders in certain circumstances; providing for immunity from suit of security officers; providing for compensation for damage to certain devices or data; and enabling the delegation of certain powers and functions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Incorporation of Proposals) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to incorporate five technical alterations into the customs tariff that were contained in Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2013. 

  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

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to provide additional funding for the period 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2014 for: the School Nutrition Program and the Additional Teachers initiative under the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory National Partnership; and the Achieving Results Through Indigenous Education project to be administered through the Sporting Chance program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Measurement Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Industry and Innovation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Measurement Act 1960

  in relation to the: powers of trade measurement inspectors to issue a notice to remedy, to investigate potential breaches in public areas of business premises and to give directions to controllers of business vehicles; offences relating to the use and repair of measuring instruments; clarification of the extent to which the definition of ‘use for trade’ applies to the determination of fuel tax credits; and technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Disaster Recovery Allowance) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Emergency Management 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to create the Disaster Recovery Allowance to provide short-term income support to individuals with a demonstrated loss of income following a major on-shore disaster; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to provide that the allowance is subject to the Beneficiary Tax Off-Set scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 39 Acts to correct technical errors and misdescribed or redundant amendments and modernise language; the

  Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  and

  Inspector-General of Taxation Act 2003

  to repeal provisions relating to redundant acting appointments; the

  Fisheries Levy Act 1984

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to prescribe matters by reference to other instruments; 43 Acts to make amendments consequential on amendments to the

  Acts Interpretation Act 1901

  and the enactment of the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and 22 Acts to repeal spent and obsolete provisions. Also repeals the

  Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Collection) Act 2001

  and

  Air Passenger Ticket Levy (Imposition) Act 2001

  . 

  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

• 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