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• Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make receipt of income support payments conditional on parents ensuring their children of compulsory school age are enrolled in school and attending regularly. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Political Contributions and Gifts) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove tax deductibility for contributions and gifts to political parties, independent members and independent candidates; and

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  to make consequential amendments to ensure political parties, independent members and independent candidates continue to access goods and services tax concessions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aviation Transport Security Act 2004

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to enable regulations to be made to permit Air Security Officers to lawfully discharge firearms on board an aircraft in Australian territory or an Australian aircraft in foreign territory. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aviation Legislation Amendment (International Airline Licences and Carriers' Liability Insurance) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Air Navigation Act 1920

  to: transfer the regulatory framework for international airline licences (IALs) to the Air Navigation Regulations; enable the Secretary of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development and Local Government to grant, vary, suspend and cancel IALs; require decisions about certain IAL applications to be subject to merits review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Adelaide Airport Curfew Act 2000

  ,

  Aircraft Noise Levy Collection Act 1995

  and

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  . Also amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  and

  Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959

  to enable the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to enforce a system of mandatory insurance for airline carriers; and makes amendments consequential on the

  Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Act 2008

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to further simplify the internal government financial management framework and makes consequential amendments to the

  Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1973

  ,

  Public Service Act 1999

  ,

  Reserve Bank Act 1959

  and

  Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme Act 2008

  . Also effects a transfer of funding for the Water Smart Australia program from the National Water Commission to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change and Water portfolio 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

  in relation to: mandatory public disclosure of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions; the calculation and publication of the alternative methods used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions; registration of corporations; compliance by corporations with external auditors; and reporting of greenhouse gas projects and offsets of emissions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide private health insurance policy holders with capital gains tax relief when insurers demutualise; limit lineal descendants to children or grandchildren of the test individual or their spouse; and remove the ability for family trusts to make a variation to the test individual specified in a family trust election. Also makes technical amendments to eight other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  In response to certain recommendations of the Senate Economics References Committee’s report into the effectiveness of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  in protecting small business, the bill amends section 46 of the

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: address predatory pricing; clarify the role of recoupment in predatory pricing cases; clarify the meaning of ‘take advantage’; confer jurisdiction on the Federal Magistrates Court in matters arising under the section; and amend the competition code similarly. Also amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Trade Practices Act 1974

  to: require a Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to have a small business background; remove the price thresholds applicable to unconscionable conduct cases; and clarify the ACCC’s information gathering powers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: opposite-sex and same-sex de facto couples accessing the federal family law courts on property and maintenance matters on relationship breakdown; financial agreements between married couples; separation declarations and superannuation splitting; and certificates provided during family dispute resolutions. Also makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts in relation to de facto financial matters; and makes a technical amendment to the

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Jun 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Hong Kong Bank of Australia Ltd v Australian Securities Commission

  (1992) by amending the

  Surveillance Devices Act 2004

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to ensure officeholders can validly authorise others to act on their behalf in performing legislative functions. Also makes minor technical amendments to the

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum