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10 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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- Summary
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to ensure that goods and services tax adjustments are required in all situations when consideration is paid by an entity in the supply chain to a third party; and A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
to confirm that the rules allowing attribution in the current period applies to all input tax credits.
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10 Feb 2010
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House of Representatives
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The bill: amends eight Acts in relation to: approved superannuation clearing houses; forestry managed investment schemes; managed investment trusts; eligibility criteria for the entrepreneurs’ tax offset; and the corporate consolidation regime; and amends 13 Acts to make miscellaneous and technical amendments.
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11 Mar 2010
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House of Representatives
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Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
- Summary
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Amends the:
Aviation Transport Security Act 2004
to: allow the prohibited items list to be made by legislative instrument; and enable the secretary to delegate powers and functions to a Senior Executive Service (SES) officer in the Attorney-General’s Department; and Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
to: exempt ship operators from certain security requirements in certain circumstances; make regulations to define different classes of passenger ships and to enable screening officers to conduct frisk searches of passengers and crew; enable certain persons to be appointed as security assessment inspectors; enable the secretary to delegate powers and functions to agency heads and certain SES officers in other agencies in certain circumstances; and make amendments in relation to image recording powers.
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17 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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- Summary
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Amends: the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to: prevent shareholders of private companies accessing tax-free dividends from the provision of company assets for less than market value; and make consequential amendments; the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to extend existing arrangements for tax file number withholding to cover closely held trusts; the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to: provide that the HECS-HELP benefit is exempt from income tax; update the list of deductible gift recipients; and provide that the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute Limited is exempt from income tax for a four-year period; and 108 Acts to repeal certain unlimited periods for amending taxpayers’ assessments.
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17 Mar 2010
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House of Representatives
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The bill: rewrites provisions from the
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
in relation to: collection and recovery of tax; forgiveness of commercial debts; leases of luxury cars; farm management deposits; and general insurance; and amends 10 Acts to make consequential amendments.
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- Date
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17 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Portfolio
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Home Affairs
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In response to recommendations of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories report
Quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?: Inquiry into Governance on Norfolk Island
, the bill amends: the Norfolk Island Act 1979
in relation to: the voting system for the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly; when elections are held; the process for selecting a Chief Minister and Ministers; advice provided to the Administrator when assenting to bills; the role of the Governor-General and Minister responsible for Territories in processing legislation; and the implementation of a contemporary financial management framework; six Acts in relation to the review of administrative actions; 11 Acts to make consequential amendments; and the Christmas Island Act 1958
and Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955
to provide a vesting mechanism for powers and functions under Western Australian laws in these territories.
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17 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Health and Ageing
- Summary
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Amends the
Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
in relation to: the supply of medical devices that are not on the Therapeutic Goods Register; the listing of export-only variations of certain medicines already on the register; permissible ingredients for inclusion in medicines; information that may be considered by the minister when reviewing initial decisions; and the secretary’s information gathering powers.
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17 Mar 2010
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
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Further to the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill 2009, the bill amends: the
Trade Practices Act 1974
, Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
and Corporations Act 2001
to implement a national consumer law regime (the Australian Consumer Law) in relation to: general and specific consumer protections; misleading and deceptive conduct; unconscionable conduct; unfair practices; consumer transactions; statutory consumer guarantees; a standard consumer product safety law for consumer goods; and product-related services; the Trade Practices Act 1974
to rename it as the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
; and 61 Acts to reflect the change in title of the Trade Practices Act 1974
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18 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Treasury
- Summary
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Amends the:
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
in relation to: the formation and subsequent changes of GST groups and joint ventures; and indirect tax sharing agreements for GST groups and joint ventures; A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
, Excise Act 1901
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to include indirect tax rulings and excise advice in the general rulings regime; and A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
in relation to the requirements for tax invoices.
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18 Mar 2010
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Not Proceeding
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Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
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Amends the:
Telecommunications Act 1997
and Trade Practices Act 1974
to provide that optical fibre and fibre-ready fixed line facilities are installed in development projects approved from 1 July 2010; and Telecommunications Act 1997
to make a consequential amendment in relation to civil penalties for third party access regimes.
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