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• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 5) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 4) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: provide for a 30% refundable tax offset in relation to the development of digital games in Australia; and update the list of deductible gift recipients;

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

  ,

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Regulations 2019

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to clarify that certain digital currencies continue to be excluded from the income tax treatment of foreign currency;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  to enable the commissioner to determine alternative records which may be kept and retained by employers for fringe benefit tax record keeping purposes;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide for temporary measures allowing certain small businesses to access 20% bonus deductions for eligible expenditure incurred on external training for employees, and expenses and depreciating assets for the purpose of digitising operations;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to extend existing reporting and auditing requirements to registerable superannuation entities;

  Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012

  to: amend the definition of 'responsible ministers' and specify that the minister administering the Act is also the nominated minister unless determined otherwise in writing; credit the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Special Account with $11.5 billion after commencement of the amendments; and enable additional amounts to be credited to the CEFC Special Account through additional appropriations of the Parliament; and

  Income Tax Assessment (1997 Act) Regulations 2021

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: amend the definition of 'superannuation income stream'; provide a non-refundable tax offset for certain members of the Military Superannuation Benefits Scheme and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme; and specify eligibility criteria and a framework for a veterans’ superannuation (invalidity pension) tax offset. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form; and provide that companies are not required to send documents to a member where contact details are known to be incorrect;

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  to enable certain regulatory bodies to hold virtual hearings and examinations;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995

  to allow electronic payments to be used; 11 Acts to require notices in newspapers to be published in an accessible and reasonably prominent manner;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: remove erroneous references and redundant definitions; apply consistent headings to definitions sections; and make minor technical amendments;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009

  to move five legislative instruments into primary law; and 15 Acts to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (2022 Measures No. 1) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: amend the definition of 'grandfathered student' to include students undertaking an honours course related to a course of study commenced before 1 January 2021; clarify that a student whose course of study is discontinued by their provider and transfers to a new course will be treated as a grandfathered student; enable the minister to make rules prescribing matters of a transitional nature; and enable the waiver of indexation on HELP debts for certain health practitioners while they are completing eligible work in rural or remote areas. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Information Disclosure, National Interest and Other Measures) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable carriers and carriage service providers to use and disclose information for purposes connected to the prevention of a serious threat to the life or health of a person; authorise the use and disclosure of unlisted numbers and associated addresses for the purposes of dealing with matters raised by a call to an emergency service number; confer civil immunities on telecommunications companies for the provision of reasonably necessary assistance to the Commonwealth, states or territories where a national emergency declaration is in force; and require more detailed records of information to be recorded for authorised disclosures; and

  Telstra Corporation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Amendment (Penalty Unit) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to increase the amount of the Commonwealth penalty unit from $222 to $275. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Radio) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: provide for applications for renewals of an existing community broadcasting licence to be considered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as a current service and not a proposed new service; enable the ACMA to grant community broadcasting licences and temporary community broadcasting licences with effect from a specified future date; amend the criteria for new temporary community broadcasting licences; enable the ACMA to limit the number of temporary community broadcasting licences that can share a particular frequency; provide for deadlines for late applications for the renewal of a community licence; and provide for expedited timelines for the ACMA to commence a process to allocate new community broadcasting licences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022, to implement Australia's obligations under the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: implement rules of origin to determine goods eligible for preferential tariff treatment in accordance with the agreement; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters that export goods to the United Kingdom and who make a claim that goods exported are originating goods in accordance with the agreement, and producers of such goods; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022 to implement Australia's obligations under the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: introduce rules of origin to determine if goods entering Australia from India are 'Indian originating goods'; enable regulations to prescribe certain record keeping obligations on exporters and producers that export goods to India; and enable an authorised officer to disclose certain information. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Tariff Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Oct 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Amendment (Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2022 to implement Australia's obligations under the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the bill amends the

  Customs Tariff Act 1995

  to: provide a free rate of customs duty for goods that are United Kingdom (UK) originating goods; specify phasing rates of customs duty for certain UK originating goods that will incrementally reduce to free; maintain rates of customs duty on certain alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products; provide a safeguard that would restore the customs duty rate to the rate applied before the commencement of the agreement for certain products; and maintain custom duty rates for certain UK originating goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum