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• Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Land Scheduling) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable an area of land that is detailed in the Ammaroo Indigenous Land Use Agreement, National Native Title Tribunal Number DI2014/003 (Ammaroo Land), to be granted as Aboriginal land. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Defence Force Discipline Act 1982

  to: make changes in relation to the selection, remuneration and termination of members of the Judge Advocates' Panel (JAP); make changes in relation to the selection and termination of the Chief Judge Advocate; establish and provide for the selection and remuneration of the position of Deputy Chief Judge Advocate; make minor amendments in relation to the statutory offices of Registrar of Military Justice and Director of Military Prosecutions; and make other minor technical amendments; and

  Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001

  to: move the complaint, investigation and mediation scheme from regulations into the Act; make changes to the scheme, including to reduce the formality of complaint handling and investigations, vest certain powers in the Chief of the Defence Force (CDF), clarify the ability to provide certain information to various parties and introduce the option of a 'compulsory conference' as an alternative dispute resolution measure; and require the CDF to prepare annually a report in relation to the administration and operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Amendment Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Regional Services, Sport, Local Government and Decentralisation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014

  to: provide protection against ambush marketing by association for the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2020; and remove historical schedules related to the Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup 2015 and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Post-election Report) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Dec 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to change the deadline for publishing the post-election report of election commitments, which is prepared and published by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), from before the end of 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for a general election to the later of either 30 days after the end of the caretaker period for the general election to which the report relates or 7 days before the first sitting day of either or both Houses of the Parliament after the general election to which the report relates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Business Securitisation Fund Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Establishes the Australian Business Securitisation Fund (ABSF), and establishes and credits $2 billion to the ABSF special account, to increase the availability, and reduce the cost, of finance to small and medium enterprises (SME) by making targeted interventions in the SME securitisation market. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Supporting Craft Brewers) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to extend concessional rates of excise to brewers that supply draught beer in kegs or other containers that have a capacity of eight litres or more that are designed for use with a pressurised gas delivery system or pump delivery system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Infrastructure Financing) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991

  to expand the ability of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation to finance infrastructure projects by increasing its callable capital and granting it a new overseas infrastructure financing power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to extend the cashless debit card trial in three sites, and the income management program in Cape York, to 30 June 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Supporting Craft Brewers) Bill 2019, the bill amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to: increase the maximum number of allowable members in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) from four to six; align provisions that relate to SMSFs and small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority funds with the increased maximum number of members for SMSFs; and make contingent amendments to four Acts;

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to extend concessional rates of excise to brewers that supply draught beer in kegs or other containers with a capacity of eight litres or more that are designed for use with a pressurised gas delivery system or pump delivery system;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and to extend the exemption for Global Infrastructure Hub Limited from the liability to pay income tax on its ordinary and statutory income to 30 June 2023; and 12 Acts to make minor technical amendments and repeal inoperative provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Reforms No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  and

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to reduce the uplift rates that apply to certain categories of carried-forward expenditure;

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to remove onshore projects from the scope of the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT); and

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to remove certain exclusions from the PRRT that are no longer necessary following the exclusion of onshore petroleum projects. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum