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  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Income Tax Rates Act 1986
    to raise the tax-free threshold and adjust marginal tax rates from 1 July 2012 and again from 1 July 2015. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    ,
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    ,
    Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to provide for: the payment of lump sum clean energy advances and clean energy supplements to certain pensioners, veterans, self-funded retirees and families; and the clean energy supplement to be indexed by the Consumer Price Index;
    Farm Household Support Act 1992
    and
    Social Security Act 1991
    to provide for the payment of the lump sum clean energy advances to recipients of the exceptional circumstances relief payment;
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    and
    Taxation Administration Act 1953
    to provide for an annual lump sum low income supplement;
    Social Security Act 1991
    ,
    Social Security (Administration) Act 1999
    and
    Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
    to provide for an annual indexed payment of $140 to certain households requiring essential medical equipment;
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
    and
    A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
    to provide an annual payment of up to $300 for certain single income families; and Aged Care Act 1997 to increase the standard resident contribution received by aged care homes by approximately $3.50 per week per resident. Also makes consequential amendments to five Acts. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Fuel Tax Act 2006
    and
    Fuel Tax (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2006
    to reduce the business fuel tax credit entitlement for liquefied and gaseous transport fuels to provide a carbon emission charge on business through the fuel tax system. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Excise Act 1901
    and
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from excise duty. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the:
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    to increase aviation fuel excise by an amount equivalent to the carbon emission price of the fuel, had the aviation fuel been subject to carbon pricing; and
    Excise Act 1901
    ,
    Excise Tariff Act 1921
    and
    Excise Tariff Amendment (Taxation of Alternative Fuels) Act 2011
    to reduce the excise exemption for non-transport compressed natural gas (CNG) by an amount equivalent to the carbon emission price on CNG, had CNG been subject to carbon pricing. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    23 May 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Part of a package of three bills to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to provide that the non-transport use of compressed natural gas is exempt from customs duty. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to increase the customs duty rate applying to aviation and non-transport gaseous fuels by an amount equivalent to the carbon emission price of the fuel, had the gaseous fuels been subject to carbon pricing. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill: makes consequential amendments to 11 Acts and the Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997; amends five taxation laws to establish the income tax and goods and services tax treatment of emission units; amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    to provide for a conservation tillage refundable tax offset; and makes transitional arrangements for the transfer of functions to the Clean Energy Regulator and the Climate Change Authority. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    13 Sep 2011 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 
    Summary
    Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a tax on the issue of carbon units issued as a result of an auction, or for a fixed charge, or on a unit shortfall, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    19 Sep 2012 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 
    Summary
    Part of a package of seven bills to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, the bill amends the
    Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Act 2011
    to facilitate the removal of the price floor for carbon units by removing the requirement for a minimum auction reserve charge. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum