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TOTAL RESULTS: 125
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05 Jun 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Treasury
- Summary
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Introduced with the Capital Works (Build to Rent Misuse Tax) Bill 2024, the bill amends the:
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
, Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
and Taxation Administration Act 1953
to provide incentives for investors to support the construction of new build to rent developments by increasing the capital works deduction rate to 4 per cent per year and reducing the final withholding tax rate on eligible fund payments from eligible managed investment trust investments to 15 per cent; National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to extend the application of the Credit Code to buy now, pay later contracts and establish low cost credit contracts as a new category of regulated credit; Medicare Levy Act 1986
to exempt eligible lump sum payments in arrears from the Medicare Levy; Taxation Administration Act 1953
to impose a new reporting obligation on certain large multinational enterprises; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
to update the list of deductible gift recipients; Federal Financial Relations Act 2009
to update funding arrangements to support payments from the Commonwealth to the States in relation to skills and workforce development; and Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
to extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off by 12 months until 30 June 2025.
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- Date
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03 Jun 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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LEESER, Julian, MP
- Summary
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Establishes a commission of inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities.
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- Date
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03 Jun 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Sponsor
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GEE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Requires businesses to accept cash payments for certain transactions.
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- Date
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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes the statutory position of the Head of Environment Information Australia to provide access to, assess and report on environmental information and data.
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- Date
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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Summary
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Australia) Bill 2024, the bill provides for transitional provisions and amends the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
and 8 other Acts to support the establishment of Environment Protection Australia (EPA) and the Head of Environment Information Australia. Also amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to: confer compliance powers on the EPA; introduce protection orders and audit powers; and provide for the minister and secretary to delegate powers to the Chief Executive Officer of the EPA.
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- Date
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29 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Introduced with the Nature Positive (Environment Information Australia) Bill 2024 and Nature Positive (Environment Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024, the bill establishes Environment Protection Australia as a statutory Commonwealth entity to undertake regulatory and implementation functions under a range of environmental Commonwealth laws.
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- Date
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16 May 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Education
- Summary
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Amends the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
in relation to: new requirements for the ‘fit and proper’ provider test; giving certain information to registered providers; management of provider applications; registration requirements; automatic cancellation of a provider’s registration in certain circumstances; ministerial powers to determine enrolment limits on overseas students; and automatic suspension and cancellation of specified courses.
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- Date
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27 Mar 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Criminal Code Act 1995
to: extend for a further 3 years the declared areas offence that is scheduled to sunset on 7 September 2024; and provide that the provisions under which the Minister for Foreign Affairs can declare an area for the purpose of the declared areas offence also cease to have effect on 7 September 2024; and Intelligence Services Act 2001
to remove an obsolete provision which provides for the Parliamentary Joint committee on Intelligence and Security to review the declared areas provisions before 7 January 2024.
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27 Mar 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before House of Representatives
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Portfolio
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Attorney-General
- Summary
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Amends the:
Crimes Act 1914
, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
, and National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022
to clarify certain aspects of the framework relating to the seizure of digital assets; Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
to provide that information gathering powers and freezing orders apply to digital currency exchanges; Crimes Act 1914
to increase the Commonwealth penalty unit from $313 to $330; Telecommunications Act 1997
and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
to clarify the functions of the Communications Access Coordinator in the Attorney-General’s Department and create the position of Communications Security Coordinator in the Department of Home Affairs; and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979
in relation to information sharing between integrity agencies and oversight bodies.
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- Date
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27 Mar 2024
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
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Before Senate
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Portfolio
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
- Summary
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Amends the
Illegal Logging Prohibition Act 2012
to: enable testing of timber products at the border and beyond to ensure non-compliant illegally logged timber is not imported; introduce a requirement for importers and processors to give notice before importing or processing regulated timber products; add strict liability offences, injunctions and enforceable undertakings to enforcement powers; enable audits to be carried out to determine compliance with the due diligence requirements; and extend the time frame for issuing infringement notices to 24 months and enable the department to publish details of contraventions on their website.
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