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• Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005

  to: allow the minister to determine by legislative instrument details of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme, particularly in relation to registration of products; introduce civil penalties to mirror existing and amended criminal offences; make administrative changes, including removal of the requirement for gazettal of registration decisions and providing for further five-year reviews of the operation of the scheme; and remove voluntary registration of products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Counsel and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970

  to transfer the functions of the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel;

  Acts Publication Act 1905

  and

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to confer on the First Parliamentary Counsel certain functions previously undertaken by the secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and pensioners below pension age; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Schoolkids Bonus Budget Measures) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  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

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide for the schoolkids bonus ($410 per child in primary school and $820 per child in high school) to be paid in January and July each year from 2013; remove the Education Tax Refund (ETR) from the 2011-12 financial year; and provide for a one-off transitional lump sum ETR payment ($409 per child in primary school and $818 per child in high school) in June 2012; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Health Reform Amendment (Administrator and National Health Funding Body) Bill 2012, the bill: responds to the Full Federal Court decision in

  Kutlu v Director of Professional Services Review

  (2011) 197 FCR 177 by validating certain acts; and amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  in relation to: the judgments in

  Daniel v Health Insurance Commission and Others

  (2003) 200 ALR 379 and

  Kelly v Daniel

  (2004) 134 FCR 64 by requiring the Chief Executive Medicare to request the Director of Professional Services Review to review services by a person if the services have been provided in circumstances that constitute a prescribed pattern of services; allied health practitioners; the meaning of service; the extension of time in certain circumstances for final reports and determinations; the Professional Services Review Committee or Determining Authority not continuing an investigation in certain circumstances; the date of effect for final determinations; referrals to the Medicare Participation Review Committee; referrals to appropriate regulatory bodies; disqualified practitioners; details to be included in patient referrals; and technical amendments consequent on the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012, the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to: enable a non-citizen visa holder, or certain other persons on behalf of the visa holder, to request to be given a prescribed form of evidence of a visa and require that person to pay the visa evidence charge; provide that the amount of charge be prescribed in the regulations and must not exceed the charge limit; insert a regulation making power in relation to various matters relating to the charge; require an officer to give a person evidence of a visa within a reasonable time after they have made a request and paid the charge; and allow the minister to direct that a specified document is not to be taken to be a passport or travel document for the purposes of the regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill: imposes a charge in relation to requests for prescribed evidence of a visa; establishes a charge limit of $250 for a visa evidence request made in the 2012-13 financial year; and provides for indexation of the charge limit in later financial years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. Also amends the

  Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911

  to increase the cap on the face value of stock and securities that can be on issue under the Treasurer’s standing borrowing authority to $300 billion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum