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• 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

• Export Market Development Grants Amendment Bill 2013

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  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  in relation to the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme to: increase the maximum number of grants to eight; provide that certain applicants claiming grants only receive support for expenses incurred to promote exports to markets other than the USA, Canada and the European Union member states; enable the minister to make a determination to specify a percentage of the scheme’s appropriation to fund administration for a financial year; prevent further approval of joint ventures after 30 June 2013; remove event promoters from the scheme; prevent the payment of grants to applicants engaging an EMDG consultant assessed to not be a fit and proper person; provide that if an amount grant is determined before 1 July following the ‘balance distribution date’, the grant becomes payable; and require applicants to acquit claims by paying for claimed expenses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

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  Date

  13 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012

  to reduce the amount of baby bonus for second and subsequent children to $3000; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to provide that family tax benefit continues until the end of the calendar year that a child completes secondary school; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend the double orphan pension qualification period for students completing study; the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: replace the baby bonus from 1 March 2014 with: an increase to the family tax benefit Part A payment of $2000 for a family’s first child and $1000 for second and subsequent children; and a stillborn baby payment; reduce to one year the claim period for family assistance lump sum claims; provide that certain students who are unable to attend school due to special circumstances are still eligible to receive the schoolkids bonus; enable certain clean energy supplement arrears to be paid straight away; and provide that a member of a couple is entitled to a clean energy advance top-up in certain situations; five Acts to clarify that the baby bonus is only paid at around the time a child first enters a person’s care; the

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to: enable a person to count previous paid parental leave towards satisfying the work test for the purposes of a new claim; and set out how paid parental leave applies to dad and partner pay claims made in prescribed circumstances; the

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to clarify that customers who end payment on a quarterly basis of clean energy supplement, pension supplement or seniors supplement do not have to wait to be paid arrears; and the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2013

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  Date

  07 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

   

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: increase the single rates of Newstart and Youth Allowance by $50 a week; and standardise the indexation arrangements for pensions and allowances; and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to provide that these payments are made from monies appropriated by the Parliament. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Feb 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Sport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  to: provide the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) Chief Executive Officer or their delegate with the power to issue a disclosure notice to compel persons to attend an interview with an investigator and to produce information and documents or things relevant to the administration of the National Anti-Doping Scheme; impose penalties for failing to comply with a disclosure notice; clarify the role of the Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel; provide that conflict of interest provisions apply to matters relating to activities of the panel or the Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee; and clarify that the eight year statute of limitations specified in the World Anti-Doping Code applies in Australia’s anti-doping arrangements; and

  Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006

  and

  Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989

  to enable Australia Post to share information with ASADA. 

  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

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Nov 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: require the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) to implement the Agvet Code having regard to certain principles; provide for the APVMA to develop, publish and have regard to guidelines (the risk compendium) when exercising powers and performing functions under the code; implement a mandatory scheme for the re-approval of active constituents and re-registration of chemical products to periodically review active constituents and products; enable consistent data protection; and remove disincentives for industry to generate and provide data;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994

  ,

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to: provide the APVMA with a graduated range of compliance and enforcement powers; and provide for a power to apply statutory conditions to registration and approvals;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products (Collection of Levy) Act 1994

  to enable any Commonwealth agency to collect the levy on product sales on behalf of the APVMA;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  to require a review at least every 10 years of all Commonwealth agricultural and veterinary chemicals legislation;

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to provide that legislative instruments remain subject to disallowance with two exceptions; and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994

  ,

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992

  and

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to remove redundant provisions and amend out of date provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum