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• Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of two bills in relation to the managed investment trust (MIT) withholding tax, the bill amends the

  Income Tax (Managed Investment Trust Withholding Tax) Act 2008

  to increase the MIT final withholding tax from 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent on fund payments made in the income years commencing on or after 1 July 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Income Tax (Seasonal Labour Mobility Program Withholding Tax) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to the Seasonal Labour Mobility Program and other taxation matters, the bill imposes a 15 per cent withholding tax on income derived by non-resident workers participating in the program from 1 July 2012. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indirect Tax Laws Amendment (Assessment) Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  , proposed

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2012

  and eight other Acts to align the self actuating system for the goods and services tax, the luxury car tax, the wine equalisation tax and fuel tax credits with the self assessment system for income tax;

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

  and

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to allow the Commissioner of Taxation to make a determination allowing a taxpayer to account for errors in relation to net amounts or net fuel amounts for prior tax and fuel tax return periods, providing the error is corrected during the relevant period of review;

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

  ,

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999

  and

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  to clarify the definition of ‘net amount’; and

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

  ,

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  The bill: prohibits the importation and sale of all timber products containing illegally logged timber; prohibits the processing of illegally harvested domestically grown raw logs; requires importers of regulated timber products and processors of raw logs to comply with due diligence requirements; requires the accurate description of legally logged timber products for sale in Australia; establishes enforcement powers and offences, and imposes penalties; and provides for a review of the first five years of the operation of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to enable regulations to be made to: establish a standard definition of flood for riverine flooding in home building and home contents insurance contracts and contracts held by small businesses and strata titles; and require insurance providers to provide consumers with a key facts sheet for home building and home contents insurance contracts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  and

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to change the title of certain statutory positions to ‘Chief Executive Officer’; and

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: allow information held by Indigenous Business Australia to be disclosed in limited circumstances; and remove certain references to two discontinued Aboriginal Hostels Limited schemes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Inventory) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Jul 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  to: provide that chemicals in products previously regulated by other Commonwealth agencies can be transferred to the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme; enable formal notification and assessment arrangements for ultra-violet filters in secondary sunscreen products; and enable summary assessment reports to be published online. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976

  to enable certain parcels of land to be granted to relevant Aboriginal Land Trusts;

  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005

  to: remove the connection between the election of members to the Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) and Queensland local government elections; and allow for changes to be made to the composition of the TSRA, following a governance review. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Bill 2011 [2012]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Innovation, Industry, Science and Research 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Patents Act 1990

  in relation to: the thresholds set for the grant of a patent; and exempting patent infringement of research and experimental activities;

  Patents Act 1990

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to: reduce delays in finalising patent and trade mark applications; enable trade marks and patent attorneys to practise through a corporate structure; and extend to trade marks and patent attorneys the same ‘advice’ privilege available to legal professionals;

  Copyright Act 1968

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  in relation to the enforcement regime for counterfeit trade mark and copyright goods; and

  Designs Act 2003

  ,

  Patents Act 1990

  ,

  Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994

  and

  Trade Marks Act 1995

  to provide that the intellectual property rights system can adapt to the electronic and global business environments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Interactive Gambling and Broadcasting Amendment (Online Transactions and Other Measures) Bill 2011 [2013]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Jun 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  XENOPHON, Sen Nick 

  Summary

  Prohibits corporations from offering certain gambling services and amends the:

  Interactive Gambling Act 2001

  to provide that customers may request a financial transaction provider to suspend or cancel an interactive gambling payment; and prohibit inducements to gamble;

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to require the Australian Communications and Media Authority to enforce certain conditions in relation to the advertising of betting venues, online gambling sites and betting odds by commercial broadcasters; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to create an offence and impose a penalty for match-fixing. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum