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• Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Feb 2012 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002

  to: close the Life Gold Pass (LGP) scheme prospectively so that certain members who enter, or re-enter the Parliament, will not be able to accrue an entitlement to a LGP; and reduce the travel entitlements for certain LGP holders and their spouses or de facto partners; and

  Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948

  and

  Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973

  to give the Remuneration Tribunal the power to determine portions of additional parliamentary officeholder salary and additional salary in relation to a minister of state that may be excluded from the calculation of superannuation benefits payable to certain ministers of state and parliamentary office holders. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) 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:

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  ,

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: requirements for an annual minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) return and starting base return; an assessment regime for the MRRT; collection and recovery; instalment payments of MRRT on a quarterly basis; record keeping rules; the transfer of MRRT information from one entity to another; powers to access documents and premises; the service of documents; choices available to taxpayers in determining their tax liabilities; public rulings; and an annual reporting requirement; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  ,

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

  ,

  Crimes (Taxation Offences) Act 1980

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  and proposed

  Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012

  to make consequential amendments. Also makes application and transitional arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals 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 minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals 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 minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals 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 minerals resource rent tax from 1 July 2012 at a rate of 30 per cent, reduced by a 25 per cent extraction allowance which recognises the expertise and capital that mining companies bring to mineral extraction, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Minerals Resource Rent Tax 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 establishes the framework for calculating a miner’s minerals resources rent tax liability on mining profits made from extracting taxable resources (mainly coal and iron ore) for a mining project interest for a year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011

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  Date

  22 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Transport 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Navigation Act 1912

  to create offences for: negligently operating a vessel in Australia’s waters in a manner that causes pollution or damage to the marine environment; and failure to report an incident by a ship in a mandatory reporting area;

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

  to increase and extend penalties for reckless or negligent discharge of oil or oil residues by ships; and proposed

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

  to repeal certain items. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012

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  Date

  21 Sep 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  Responds to the High Court’s decision in

  Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

  [2011] HCA 32 by amending the:

  Migration Act 1958

  to replace the existing framework for taking offshore entry persons to another country for assessment of their claims to be refugees; and

  Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

  in relation to the making and implementation of any decision to remove, deport or take a non-citizen child from Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment (Registration of Foreign Proceeds of Crime Orders) Bill 2011

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  Date

  26 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the

  International Criminal Court Act 2002

  ,

  International War Crimes Tribunals Act 1995

  and

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters 1987

  to respond to the High Court decision in

  International Finance Trust Company Ltd v New South Wales Crime Commission

  (2009) 240 CLR 319 by providing that courts have the discretion to refuse to register a foreign proceeds of crime order if it would be contrary to the interests of justice to register the order. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009

  to continue the appointment, remuneration and entitlement arrangements for the Chief Judge Advocate and two Judge Advocates for an additional two years or until the Minister for Defence declares, by legislative instrument, a termination day, whichever is sooner. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum