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• Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Parliamentary Service Act 1999

  to: establish the Parliamentary Budget Office and the position of Parliamentary Budget Officer to provide independent and non-partisan analysis of the budget cycle, fiscal policy and the financial implications of proposals; and provide for the functions and governance of the Office;

  Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998

  to provide that parties with at least five members in Parliament may request election costings from the Departments of Treasury and Finance;

  Freedom of Information Act 1982

  to list the Office as an exempt agency; and

  Long Service Leave (Commonwealth Employees) Act 1976

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oils in the Antarctic Area) Bill 2011

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  Date

  25 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to implement amendments to Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships to ban the use or carriage of heavy grade oils on ships travelling in the Antarctic Area except when vessels are engaged in securing the safety of ships or saving life at sea. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities Amendment (Registration Commencement) Bill 2011

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  Date

  12 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to: provide that the Act commences before the Personal Property Securities national online register is available for public use; and make consequential amendments; and

  Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Act 2010

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Pay As You Go Withholding Non-compliance Tax Bill 2011

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  Date

  13 Oct 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 8) Bill 2011, the bill imposes a pay as you go (PAYG) withholding non-compliance tax on directors and, in some circumstances, their associates where their company has a PAYG withholding liability for an income year and the director or associate is entitled to a credit for amounts withheld by the company during the income year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Accounts and Audit Committee Amendment (Ombudsman) Bill 2011

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  Date

  01 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BROWN, Sen Bob 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951

  to expand the role of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit to include additional duties in relation to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, including: examining all reports tabled by the ombudsman; reporting to Parliament on matters relating to the ombudsman; and considering the operations and resources of the ombudsman. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes petroleum resource rent tax at a rate of 40 per cent on the profits of certain petroleum projects, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes petroleum resource rent tax at a rate of 40 per cent on the profits of certain petroleum projects, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (Imposition—General) Bill 2011

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  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill imposes petroleum resource rent tax at a rate of 40 per cent on the profits of certain petroleum projects, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills, the bill amends the:

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to: extend the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) to apply to all onshore oil and gas projects, as well as the North West Shelf project; apply the PRRT to shale oil and coal seam gas not subject to the minerals resource rent tax; establish the timing for deriving assessable receipts for petroleum projects; provide that certain receipts or service provision are assessable receipts; provide that expenditure in relation to environmental expenditure, resource rent tax expenditure and native title payments are deductible; enable certain interest holders to choose and apply a starting base valuation in relation to their interest; and reflect the Clean Energy Future package;

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide that certain groups of entities may form consolidated groups for PRRT purposes; and

  Crimes (Taxation Offences) Act 1980

  ,

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1987

  and

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Act 1987

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Consolidation) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  in relation to: ‘keeping in touch days’; debt recovery; notices; and delegation of the secretary’s powers; and

  Fair Work Act 2009

  to: clarify unpaid parental leave arrangements in the event of a stillbirth or infant death; enable early commencement of unpaid parental leave; and enable employees who are on unpaid parental leave to perform permissible paid work for short periods (‘keeping in touch days’). 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum