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• Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018

  to: amend the definition of 'communication activity' to capture a person that produces information or material on behalf of a foreign principal for the purpose of the information or material being distributed to the public; provide that a person's belief about the intention of a foreign principal may be taken into account when determining the purpose of an activity; provide that the reporting obligations under the foreign influence transparency scheme apply to persons that are liable to register, but who have not yet actually registered; extend the obligation to make disclosures in registrable communications activity to any person who undertakes a registrable communication activity on behalf of a foreign principal (not just to those who are already registered); and make technical amendments to certain offence provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Makes interim provision to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Supply Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Makes interim provision to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the ordinary annual services of the government. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Supply Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Makes interim provision to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999

  and

  Medicare Levy Act 1986

  to: increase the Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge low-income threshold amounts for individuals, families and individual taxpayers and families eligible for the seniors and pensioners tax offset; and increase the phase-in limits as a result of the increased threshold amounts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (North Queensland Flood Recovery) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: make certain flood recovery grants and restocking, replanting and farm infrastructure grants non-assessable non-exempt income if they relate to flooding that commenced in the period between 25 January and 28 February 2019 in North Queensland; and exempt from income tax certain payments to primary producers that relate to storm damage sustained on or around 25 October 2018. Also establishes a special appropriation of $1.75 billion to enable the implementation of a loan scheme to provide urgent assistance for eligible primary producers affected by the floods in Northern Queensland in 2019. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: introduce new offences that will apply to providers of internet, hosting or content services who fail to refer details of abhorrent violent material that records or streams conduct that has occurred, or is occurring, in Australia to the Australian Federal Police within a reasonable time after becoming aware of the existence of such material, or who fail to remove from, or cease hosting, on their services abhorrent violent material that is capable of being accessed within Australia; and enable the eSafety Commissioner to issue a written notice to a provider of a hosting or content service notifying them that abhorrent violent material can be accessed by, or is hosted on, their service. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Energy Assistance Payment) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Apr 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide a one-off energy assistance payment to recipients of the age pension, disability support pension, carer payment, farm household allowance, parenting payment, austudy, ABSTUDY Living Allowance, double orphan pension, newstart allowance, partner allowance, sickness allowance, special benefit, widow allowance, widow pension B, wife pension and youth allowance, and recipients of certain veterans’ payments, who are payable and residing in Australia on 2 April 2019; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that the energy assistance payment is exempt from income tax. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More Of Their Money) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: increase the base and maximum amounts of the low and middle income tax offset to $255 and $1080, respectively, for the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years; and increase the maximum amount of the low income tax offset from $645 to $700 from the 2022-23 financial year; and

  Income Tax Rates Act 1986

  to reduce the tax payable by individuals from the 2022-23 financial year by increasing the top threshold of the 19 per cent income tax bracket from $41 000 to $45 000, and from the 2024-25 financial year by reducing the 32.5 per cent income tax rate to 30 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Sunsetting of Special Powers Relating to Terrorism Offences) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jul 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to extend the operation of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s questioning and detention powers for a further 12 months to 7 September 2020. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum