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• Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Oct 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Foreign Affairs and Trade 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to restructure the export market development grants program which provides funding assistance to Australian small and medium enterprise exporters for their export-related marketing expenses; and

  Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985

  to enable decision-making powers of the Chief Executive Officer to be delegated to Australian Public Service employees of a non-corporate Commonwealth entity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

  to: provide that, where an approval bilateral agreement declares that an action in a class of actions does not require approval, the action may not be referred to the minister for assessment and approval under Part 7 of the Act; enable the minister to complete an assessment and approval of an action where a bilateral agreement with a state or territory is suspended or cancelled, or an approval bilateral agreement otherwise ceases to apply to a particular action; remove the current prohibition on approval bilateral agreements applying to an action that has, will have or is likely to have a significant impact on water resources (the water trigger); allow the minister to accredit a broader range of state and territory approval processes for the purposes of approval bilateral agreements; enable the states and territories to make minor changes to environmental assessment processes without the need for the amendment of a bilateral agreement or the re-accreditation of a management arrangement or authorisation process; and make technical amendments in relation to the making and operation of bilateral agreements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (Up-front Payments Tuition Protection) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Aug 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Higher Education (Up-front Payments Tuition Protection Levy) Bill 2020 to expand the Tuition Protection Service to include domestic up-front fee paying higher education students, the bill amends the:

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to: implement the extension of tuition protection arrangements to apply to domestic students that pay for their tuition fees up-front at a private registered higher education provider; and impose certain obligations on defaulting and replacement providers;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: provide for a single Higher Education Tuition Protection Director, Higher Education Tuition Protection Fund and Higher Education Tuition Protection Fund Advisory Board to administer and govern tuition protection for domestic up-front fee paying students and HELP students; authorise the collection, use and disclosure of certain information; and impose certain obligations on defaulting providers; and

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Higher Education Support (HELP Tuition Protection Levy) Act 2020

  ,

  Student Identifiers Act 2014

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Levies Legislation Amendment (Sheep and Lamb) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Customs Charges and Levies Legislation Amendment (Sheep and Lamb) Bill 2020, the bill amends the

  National Residue Survey (Customs) Levy Act 1998

  and

  Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

  to align the definition of 'lamb' for the purposes of imposing certain levies and charges that are duties of excise with the definition used for export and industry purposes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Education Legislation Amendment (2020 Measures No. 1) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Jun 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require students commencing from 1 January 2021, and all students from 1 January 2023, to have a unique student identifier (USI) in order to be eligible for Commonwealth assistance; provide that a student's HELP balance is taken to be reduced immediately after the census date for HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP, VET FEE-HELP assistance, and immediately after the census day for vocational education and training (VET) student loans; provide undergraduate students seeking FEE HELP loans with an exemption from the requirement to pay the 25 per cent loan fee for units of study with census dates from 1 April to 30 September 2020; and make minor and technical amendments; and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to require that all applications for VET student loans made on or after 1 January 2021 must include the student's USI. Also validates certain HELP loans and VET student loans by enabling the secretary to determine certain students who, due to having more than one Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number, have exceeded the HELP loan limit, and allow these students to repay the resulting excess debt amounts through the taxation system. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill 2020 in response to the Federal Court's decision in

  Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation

  [2019] FCA 1849, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to narrow the scope of petroleum-based oils and synthetic equivalents for which excise duties are imposed for the purposes of the Product Stewardship for Oil Scheme to exclude diesel and other fuels. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Control Legislation Amendment (Certification of Narcotic Exports) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Water and the Environment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Control Act 1982

  and

  Export Control Act 2020

  to allow for the export of certain narcotic goods, such as medicinal cannabis and low-tetrahydrocannibinol hemp products. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2019 and Export Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the enactment of the Export Control Bill 2019 and the proposed repeal of the

  Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2019 and Export Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the enactment of the Export Control Bill 2019 and the proposed repeal of the

  Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Amendment Bill 2019 and Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Amendment Bill 2019, the bill amends the

  Export Charges (Imposition—General) Act 2015

  to make amendments consequential on the enactment of the Export Control Bill 2019 and the proposed repeal of the

  Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum