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  • Medicare Guarantee Bill 2017

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    Date
    01 Jun 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Medicare Guarantee (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2017, the bill establishes the Medicare Guarantee Fund for the purposes of funding Medicare benefits and payments under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Major Bank Levy Bill 2017

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    Date
    30 May 2017 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Treasury Laws Amendment (Major Bank Levy) Bill 2017, the bill imposes a levy on authorised deposit-taking institutions with total liabilities of more than $100 billion. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016

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    Date
    01 Sep 2016 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to give full effect to the
    Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Act 2014
    in relation to mandatory visa cancellation-related powers and the lawful disclosure of non-citizens’ identifying information where a non-citizen is suspected of being of character concern. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016

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    Date
    01 Sep 2016 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to establish a sponsorship framework for the sponsored family visa program to: separate sponsorship assessment from the visa application process for family sponsored visas; require the approval of persons as family sponsors before any relevant visa applications are made; impose statutory obligations on persons who are or were approved as family sponsors and provide for sanctions if those obligations are not satisfied; facilitate the sharing of personal information between parties identified in a sponsorship application; enable the refusal of a sponsorship application and the cancellation or barring of a family sponsor in certain circumstances; enable the regulations to prescribe details for, and in relation to, the operation of the sponsorship framework; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Medicare Levy Amendment (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015

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    Date
    03 Dec 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Part of a package of four bills to establish a new tax system for certain managed investment trusts, the bill amends the
    Medicare Levy Act 1986
    to impose the two per cent Medicare levy on trustees of attribution management investment trusts in certain circumstances. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015

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    Date
    11 Nov 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Repeals the
    Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Act 2012
    ; and amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to remove inoperative provisions relating to the issuing of visa labels; and make consequential amendments. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Charging for a Migration Outcome) Bill 2015

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    Date
    16 Sep 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to: establish a criminal and civil penalty regime to make it unlawful for a person to give or receive a benefit in return for a migration outcome in relation to certain skilled work visa programs; and enable visa cancellation to be considered where the visa holder has engaged in such conduct. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

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    Date
    09 Sep 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure and Regional Development 
    Summary
    Amends the:
    Navigation Act 2012
    to: ensure that the definition of ‘dangerous goods’ includes goods which are characterised in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; and correct minor drafting errors;
    Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981
    and
    Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
    to enable regulatory action to be taken against non-compliant vessel operators; and
    Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
    to prevent heavy grade oil being carried as ballast in Antarctic waters. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Amendment (Inter-State Voyages) Bill 2015

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    Date
    12 Aug 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Infrastructure and Regional Development 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003
    to provide that Australian ships that are used solely for inter-state voyages will no longer be regulated under the Act. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015

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    Date
    24 Jun 2015 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Border Protection 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Migration Act 1958
    to provide statutory authority for the Commonwealth to provide assistance to other countries to carry into effect arrangements for the processing and management of unauthorised maritime arrivals who have been taken to regional processing countries, including the expenditure of Commonwealth money on these arrangements. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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