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  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Increasing and Extending the Instant Asset Write-Off) Bill 2019

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    Date
    13 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
    to: extend by 12 months to 30 June 2020 the period during which small business entities can access expanded accelerated depreciation rules (instant asset write-off); and increase the threshold below which amounts can be immediately deducted under the rules from $20 000 to $25 000 from 29 January 2019 until 30 June 2020. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Mutual Reforms) Bill 2019

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    Date
    13 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Implements certain recommendations of the
    Report on Reforms for Cooperatives, Mutuals and Member-owned Firms
    (the Hammond report) by amending the:
    Corporations Act 2001
    to: introduce a definition of 'mutual entity'; clarify for transferring financial institutions and friendly societies that the demutualisation provisions apply only if an entity no longer meets the new definition of a mutual entity; provide for mutual capital instruments as a new bespoke capital instrument for mutual entities; and provide for eligible mutual entities to amend their constitutions by a standardised process to take advantage of the new arrangements; and
    Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
    ,
    Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
    and
    Insurance Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1991
    to make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Wine Australia Amendment (Trade with United Kingdom) Bill 2019

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    Date
    13 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    Senate 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Agriculture and Water Resources 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Wine Australia Act 2013
    to ensure that the United Kingdom (UK) continues to be treated as an 'agreement country' for the purposes of the Act, during a transition period for the UK's exit from the European Union, as specified in the
    Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2018-2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2018-2019
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2018-2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2018-2019
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2018-2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Finance 
    Summary
    Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition to the appropriations provided for by the
    Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2018-2019
    . 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Customs Tariff Amendment (Craft Beer) Bill 2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Home Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    to allow for beer in containers between eight and 48 litres designed to be connected to pressurised gas or pump delivery systems to be subject to a reduced excise-equivalent customs duty rate. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Governor-General Amendment (Salary) Bill 2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Prime Minister 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Governor-General Act 1974
    to increase the salary of the Governor-General from $425 000 to $495 000, calculated by reference to the estimated average salary of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia over the notional five-year term of the appointment of the Governor-General. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans' Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Bill 2019, the bill makes consequential amendments to 12 Acts to: support the provision of medical treatment, through a Department of Veterans' Affairs treatment card (gold card), of members of Australian Civilian Surgical and Medical Teams that provided medical aid, training and treatment to local Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War; and provide for transitional arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Bill 2019

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    Date
    14 Feb 2019 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Veterans' Affairs 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019, the bill provides for medical treatment, through a Department of Veterans' Affairs treatment card (gold card), of members of Australian Civilian Surgical and Medical Teams that provided medical aid, training and treatment to local Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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