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• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  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

  to: lower the maximum child age of eligibility for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A from 24 to 21 years of age from 1 January 2012; and pause indexation for the: higher income free area for FTB Part A; FTB Part B income limit; and baby bonus income limit;

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  to extend the commencement date for indexation of the paid parental leave income limit;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to require people to test their future work capacity by participating in training or work-related activities in order to qualify for the disability support pension;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable income management to continue in the Cape York area for another 12 months; and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to clarify that the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  does not apply to Aboriginal Land Trusts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997

  to move the details for corporate plans of a government business enterprise into the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Regulations 1997;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to: provide for sunsetting and disallowance arrangements of various legislative instruments; provide that Chief Executive’s instructions are not legislative instruments; and clarify that the external auditor of a Financial Management and Accountability Act agency is the Auditor-General;

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to make consequential amendments;

  Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

  ,

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  and

  Science and Industry Research Act 1949

  to make technical amendments;

  Wheat Export Marketing Act 2008

  to expand the circumstances in which amounts can be credited to the Wheat Exports Australia Special Account; and

  Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

  to provide: when the Wine Australia Corporation must provide an annual operation plan to the responsible minister; and that members are appointed to the Geographical Indications Committee for no longer than three years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: trust beneficiaries continuing to use primary production income averaging in certain circumstances; the operation of the National Rental Affordability Scheme; and anti-avoidance rules for exempt entities used to ‘shelter’ the taxable income of a trust;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to enable trust beneficiaries to continue to use farm management deposits in certain circumstances;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to: capital gains and franked distributions of trusts; and phasing out the dependent spouse tax offset; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to provide for a single statutory rate of 20 per cent to determine the taxable value of car fringe benefits. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: create a prisoner of war recognition supplement; and clarify when compensation offsetting applies;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to make consequential amendments; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to abolish the temporary incapacity allowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aged Care Act 1997

  in relation to: consumer protection for accommodation bonds paid to aged care services; and Complaints Principles replacing Investigation Principles; and

  Aged Care Act 1997

  ,

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to remove redundant provisions. Also repeals the

  Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954

  and the

  Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Financial Viability) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: provide for the assessment and monitoring of the financial viability of large long day care centre operators of approved child care services; and authorise the secretary to engage an audit expert to carry out an independent audit of a centre operator if there are concerns about its ongoing financial viability. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Demand Driven Funding System and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: remove the annual caps on Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding; change the way in which higher education providers are eligible for that funding; abolish the student learning entitlement; require higher education providers to enter into mission-based compacts with the Commonwealth; and require higher education providers to uphold free intellectual inquiry in relation to learning, teaching and research. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  School Education, Early Childhood and Youth 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to provide funding for non-ABSTUDY payments for the 2013 calendar year; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to transfer funding for the 2012 and 2013 calendar years for the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education from the

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to the Other Grants Program. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Criminal Court Act 2002

  ,

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 1987

  to respond to the High Court decision in

  International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission

  (2009) 240 CLR 319 by providing that courts have the discretion to refuse to register a foreign proceeds of crime order if it would be contrary to the interests of justice to register the order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Parenting Payment Transitional Arrangement) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Social Security Act 1991

  to provide that parenting payment recipients are only covered by the transitional arrangement in respect of children who were in their care before 1 July 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum