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• Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources, Water and Northern Australia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Water Act 2007

  to: establish the role of an independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance to monitor, and provide independent oversight of, water compliance; provide for the Inspector-General's powers and functions; introduce new offence and civil penalty provisions for unlawful conduct relating to the taking of water and new civil penalties for conduct relating to trading of water rights; and make minor amendments. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Basin Plan 2012

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures No. 2) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  to reduce the qualifying period of employment of Australian Defence Force firefighters in relation to primary site oesophageal cancer from 25 years to 15 years and change the requirement for firefighting to have been a ‘substantial’ proportion of their duties to be a ‘not insubstantial’ proportion;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to allow payments and benefits from Commonwealth and State or Territory employment programs to not be considered as income for income support means testing purposes;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to include a discretionary power to provide Commonwealth rent assistance beyond 26 weeks for eligible recipients who are temporarily absent from Australia and unable to return due to a prescribed event occurring; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  ,

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend eligibility to the Defence, Veterans’ and Families’ Acute Support Package to grandparents who are full time carers of the children of a deceased veteran. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Exempting Disability Payments from Income Testing and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans’ Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends: nine Acts to: exempt certain payments, known as the adjusted disability pension, from the social security income test; and remove the Defence Force Income Support Allowance; the

  Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986

  to: remove the disability income rent test; replace references to 'disability pension' with references that clarify the nature of the payment as a compensation payment; and adjust the mechanism for indexation of certain payments; and the

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to establish a non-liability rehabilitation pilot to provide veterans with access to rehabilitation support without the requirement to have lodged a compensation claim. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Mar 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to provide that, when determining if the multinational anti-avoidance law applies to a scheme, supplies made and income received by a closely related trust or partnership are treated as being made or received by a foreign entity;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: include additional conditions that must be satisfied to apply the small business capital gains tax concessions to capital gains; and provide an income tax exemption for payments made under the Defence Force Ombudsman Scheme in relation to abuse by Australian Defence Force personnel; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Venture Capital Act 2002

  to ensure that venture capital investment tax concessions are available for investments in fintech businesses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: increase the instant asset write-off threshold from $1,000 to $20,000 for the 2023-24 financial year; and provide small and medium businesses with access to a bonus tax deduction for the 2023-24 financial year relating to electrification and more efficient energy use;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  to facilitate certain community charities achieving deductible gift recipient status;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: include two new entities on the list of deductible gift recipients and extend the listing for two other entities; extend the Global Infrastructure Hub’s income tax exemption for an additional year; broadly align existing tax requirements with a new accounting standard for insurance contracts; and amend the rules for non-arm’s length expenses for superannuation entities;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to reinstate the Australian Financial Complaint Authority’s jurisdiction to hear certain complaints relating to superannuation; and

  Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023

  to make contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019, Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019, Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 to create a new Commonwealth business registry regime, the bill: amends 12 Acts to bring 35 existing business registers into the new regime; and

  Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to introduce a director identification number requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Feb 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Commonwealth Registers Bill 2019, Business Names Registration (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019, Corporations (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 and National Consumer Credit Protection (Fees) Amendment (Registries Modernisation) Bill 2019 to create a new Commonwealth business registry regime, the bill: amends 12 Acts to bring 35 existing business registers into the new regime; and

  Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to introduce a director identification number requirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Oct 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment (Near-new Dwelling Interests) Bill 2019, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: remove the entitlement to the capital gains tax (CGT) main residence exemption for foreign residents; and clarify that, for the purpose of determining whether an entity’s underlying value is principally derived from taxable Australian real property under the foreign resident CGT regime, the principal asset test is applied on an associate inclusive basis;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide for transitional arrangements in relation to the main residence exemption;

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to require a reconciliation payment to be made by developers who sell dwellings to foreign persons under a near-new dwelling exemption certificate; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide an additional affordable housing capital gains discount of up to 10 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures No. 2) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Feb 2018 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Amendment (Near-new Dwelling Interests) Bill 2018, the bill amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: remove the entitlement to the capital gains tax (CGT) main residence exemption for foreign residents; and clarify that, for the purpose of determining whether an entity’s underlying value is principally derived from taxable Australian real property under the foreign resident CGT regime, the principal asset test is applied on an associate inclusive basis;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to provide for transitional arrangements in relation to the main residence exemption;

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to require a reconciliation payment to be made by developers who sell dwellings to foreign persons under a near-new dwelling exemption certificate; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide an additional affordable housing capital gains discount of up to 10 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Modernising Business Communications and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: enable all documents under the Act to be signed electronically and for certain documents to be sent in either hard copy or electronic form; and provide that companies are not required to send documents to a member where contact details are known to be incorrect;

  Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998

  ,

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  to enable certain regulatory bodies to hold virtual hearings and examinations;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Small Superannuation Accounts Act 1995

  to allow electronic payments to be used; 11 Acts to require notices in newspapers to be published in an accessible and reasonably prominent manner;

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Act 2017

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to: remove erroneous references and redundant definitions; apply consistent headings to definitions sections; and make minor technical amendments;

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

  and

  National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009

  to move five legislative instruments into primary law; and 15 Acts to make minor technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum