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• Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:

  Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the tax-free threshold and second personal marginal tax rate; and

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  to maintain the maximum value, withdrawal rate and threshold rate for the low-income tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Further to the package of bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC); amends the

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  and

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  to make amendments consequent on the repeal; abolishes the CEFC Transitional Special Account established as a temporary measure; and enables the transfer of the corporation’s assets and liabilities to the Commonwealth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: repeals the six Acts which established the carbon pricing mechanism; amends 13 Acts to make amendments consequent on the repeals; enables the payment and future enforcement of carbon tax liabilities for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 financial years; amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: prohibit carbon tax-related price exploitation and false or misleading representations about the carbon tax repeal; and provide the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission with additional price monitoring powers in relation to the repeal;

  Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove the conservation tillage tax offset; and

  Australian Renewable Energy Agency Act 2011

  to change the future funding for the agency; and repeals the

  Steel Transformation Plan Act 2011

  to cease carbon tax-related assistance to steel industry businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill repeals the

  Climate Change Authority Act 2011

  to abolish the authority; and amends the

  Clean Energy Act 2011

  ,

  Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011

  ,

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  and

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to provide for certain periodic reviews of climate change measures to be undertaken by the minister; and the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to make amendments consequential on the repeal. Also enables the transfer of the authority’s assets and liabilities to the Commonwealth. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Above the Line Voting) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to remove group voting tickets; and provide for an optional preferential system for voting above and below the line for Senate elections. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to remove the carbon component rate from the rates of excise and excise equivalent customs duty imposed on aviation fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  ,

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Act 2012

  ,

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Act 2012

  and

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Act 2012

  ; amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide that companies can carry tax losses forward to use as a deduction for a future year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: amend the instant asset write-off threshold provisions for small business entities; provide that motor vehicle purchases made by small business entities will be treated as normal business assets for depreciation purposes; and provide that geothermal energy exploration and prospecting expenditure are no longer immediately deductible;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  to delay increases in the superannuation guarantee rate for a two-year period;

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

  to abolish the low income superannuation contribution;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the income support bonus payment; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

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

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to abolish the schoolkids bonus payment; and makes consequential amendments to 13 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Integrity Commission Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Establishes a National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency which will consist of the National Integrity Commissioner, the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner and the Independent Parliamentary Advisor and provide for: the investigation and prevention of misconduct and corruption in all Commonwealth departments and agencies, and federal parliamentarians and their staff; the investigation and prevention of corruption in the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission; and independent advice to ministers and parliamentarians on conduct, ethics and matters of proprietary. Also provides for the establishment of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Integrity Commission; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006

  ,

  Ombudsman Act 1976

  ,

  Privacy Act 1988

  and

  Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill provides for a transitional exemption from the carbon charge component of the levy charged on synthetic greenhouse gases imported between 1 April and 30 June 2014 if certain conditions are met. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum