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• Shortfall Interest Charge (Imposition) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill (No. 1) 2005, the bill imposes the new shortfall interest charge as a tax to the extent to which the charge cannot be validly imposed other than as a tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Amendment (Extension of Youth Allowance and Austudy Eligibility to New Apprentices) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend eligibility for Youth Allowance and Austudy payment to full-time new apprentices, including Newstart transferees; ensure that new apprentices have access to a low-income health care card rather than an automatically issued health care card; and correct a cross reference; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to exempt Commonwealth Trade Learning Scholarships and the Tools for your Trade initiative from assessment as income. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 2) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: the simplified imputation system; capital gains tax roll-over for registrable superannuation entities that merge under new superannuation safety arrangements; and the list of deductible gift recipients;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide capital allowance deductions for certain telecommunications rights;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to simplify transfer from annual to quarterly payment of pay as you go instalments for certain taxpayers;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  in relation to the goods and service tax and real property;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to tax treatment for superannuation annuities that have been split upon marriage breakdown; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  in relation to exemption from fringe benefits tax for payments to worker entitlement funds. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Improvements to Self Assessment) Bill (No. 1) 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Shortfall Interest Charge (Imposition) Bill 2005, the bill amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1958

  and 3 other Acts to provide for an interest regime (the shortfall interest charge) which will apply to under-assessments of income tax; and

  Tax Administration Act 1953

  to: abolish the penalty for tax shortfalls resulting from a failure to following a private ruling; require the Commissioner to provide an explanation in relation to certain penalties imposed; and clarify the definition of the term “reasonably arguable”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Civil Aviation Act 1988

  to: empower the Governor-General to make regulations inconsistent with the

  Disability Discrimination Act 1992

  and

  Sex Discrimination Act 1984

  ; validate existing civil aviation and civil aviation safety regulations and past actions based on those regulations; ensure consistent references to aircraft registered overseas; and ensure that certain conditions for the grant of Air Operator’s Certificates (AOCs) have effect as ongoing conditions on the AOCs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Consular Privileges and Immunities Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972

  to allow for additional privileges and immunities to be granted on a reciprocal basis to consular officers representing overseas countries in Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Telecommunications Interception and Other Measures) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of defences available in relation to certain telecommunications offences; and

  Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979

  in relation to: exceptions to the general prohibition against the interception of communications; warrants in connection with the investigation of certain ancillary offences; statistical information for named-person warrants; additional information to be included in the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s annual report; use of intercepted information in civil forfeiture proceedings; and clarification of the meaning of the term “an employee of a carrier”. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Environment and Heritage 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989

  to: confirm that importers or exporters of recycled or used methyl bromide or hydrochlorofluorocarbons are only required to hold a used substances licence; and ensure that reporting obligations for synthetic greenhouse gases manufactured in Australia mirror those for persons who import or export synthetic greenhouse gases; and

  Sydney Harbour Federation Trust Act 2001

  to provide for a trust land swap in Markham Close, Mosman, which will enable certain residential land to be incorporated into parkland and, in exchange, permit the sale of a disused Scout Hall site. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: enforcement of court orders; replacement of certain outdated terms (including introduction of the term “divorce”); recovery of child maintenance paid by a person found not to be a parent; operation of appeals; clarification of the rule-making power of the Family Court; and technical amendments; and

  Bankruptcy Act 1966

  to confer on the Family Court of Western Australia the same jurisdiction that is conferred on the Family Court of Australia in relation to concurrent family law proceedings where a party is a bankrupt. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Mar 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to abolish compulsory student unionism in higher education institutions which receive Commonwealth funding; and reduce grants to an institution that breaches the voluntary student unionism requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum