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• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Cooperative Fisheries Arrangements and Other Matters) Bill 2005 [2006]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Administration Act 1991

  and

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  to: clarify the meaning of certain Commonwealth fisheries management objectives; provide an express power for Commonwealth, State and Territory governments to amend or vary Offshore Constitutional Settlement fisheries arrangements; and facilitate cooperative fisheries management between Commonwealth, State and Territory governments by introducing regional fisheries arrangements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Future Fund Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Establishes a financial asset fund (the Future Fund) to meet the Government’s unfunded superannuation liabilities by 2020 using amounts credited to a Special Account (sourced from previous realised cash surpluses and proceeds of any future assets sales) and the transfer of financial assets. Also establishes a Board of Guardians to administer the Fund and the Future Fund Management Agency to provide executive and operational support to the Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Family Law Act 1975

  in relation to: shared parental responsibility; the definition of ‘family violence’; the compliance and enforcement regime; the role of independent children’s lawyers as best interest advocates; the relationship between parenting orders and family violence orders; the jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court in certain property matters; and ineffective orders made by non-judicial officers of State courts of summary jurisdiction;

  Evidence Act 1995

  and

  Family Law Act 1975

  to provide for less adversarial child-related proceedings;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Marriage Act 1961

  in relation to counselling and dispute resolution services for separating and divorcing parents;

  Family Law Act 1975

  and 5 other Acts to remove references to ‘residence’, ‘contact’ and ‘specific issues orders’; and

  Family Law Act 1975

  and 4 other Acts to relocate defined terms to form a dictionary. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  08 Dec 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends: 9 Acts in relation to financial management provisions for certain Special Accounts;

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  to align it with the existing administrative practice of compensation due to eligible employees being paid either through Commonwealth employers or direct to employees;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  to extend the modified application of the Act which currently applies to intelligence or security agencies to law enforcement agencies that undertake sensitive activities;

  Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

  and

  Public Service Act 1999

  to clarify that the appropriation authority for an act of grace payment, or a payment in special circumstances arising out of employment by the Commonwealth, is provided for in the annual Appropriation Acts;

  Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951

  to correct, update and clarify certain provisions; and 4 Acts to update, clarify and align other financial management provisions. Also repeals the

  Employment Services Act 1994

  and

  Loan Act 1977

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance, Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (2005 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Feb 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: increase the lower income threshold for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A; and amend the definition of “returns to paid work” to ensure that the FTB Part B income test operates as intended where an individual returns to work after the birth of a child;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: introduce default income estimates for family tax benefit and child care benefit purposes where a reasonable estimate for the current income year has not been provided; align the current methods for recovery of child care benefits with those for FTB debts; and enable the redistribution of child care places from a low demand area to an area where places are needed;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to allow a maximum carer allowance backdating period of 12 weeks;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend the period of overseas portability of a person’s social security payments and FTB in certain circumstances;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to facilitate the operation of the income stream rules; and allow certain non-superannuation annuities to be split pursuant to a divorce property settlement; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the term of market-linked income streams and life expectancy income streams; and allow annual market-linked income stream payments to vary between plus or minus 10 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Federal Magistrates Act 1999

  to provide statutory disability cover and death benefits for Federal Magistrates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Tax (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Tax Bill 2006, the bill amends the:

  Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme Act 2003

  ,

  Fuel Sales Grants Act 2000

  ,

  Product Grants and Benefits Administration Act 2000

  ,

  States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965

  and proposed

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to provide transitional arrangements in relation to the new fuel tax credit scheme;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to rewrite Part VI of the Act (administration of goods and services tax, wine equalisation tax and luxury car tax); and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and 4 other Acts to provide administrative arrangements for the new fuel tax credit scheme. Also repeals the

  Fuel Sales Grants Act 2000

  on 1 January 2007, the

  States Grants (Petroleum Products) Act 1965

  on 1 July 2007 and the

  Energy Grants (Credit) Scheme Act 2003

  on 1 July 2012; and makes consequential amendments to 13 other Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fuel Tax Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Mar 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Fuel Tax (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006, the bill provides for: a single system of fuel tax credits to remove or reduce the incidence of fuel tax levied on taxable fuels from 1 July 2006; and a framework for the taxation of gaseous fuels from 1 July 2011, when fuel tax will be levied on liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas for the first time. Fuel tax credits for certain claimants will be conditional on meeting certain environmental criteria. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

  Family Assistance, Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (2005 Budget and Other Measures) Act 2006

  to: increase the lower income threshold for family tax benefit (FTB) Part A;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to: extend the FTB Part A large family supplement to families with 3 or more children; introduce a maintenance income credit to enable parents to access their unused maintenance income free area from previous years to offset late child support payments; and amend income test rules for FTB Part B where a secondary earner returns to work for the first time after the birth of a child;

  Social Security Act 1991

  to: extend eligibility for the utilities allowance to recipients of mature age, widow or partner allowance; and extend the carer payment to carers of children under 16 years with severe intellectual, psychiatric or behavioural disabilities;

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable the establishment of a special disability trust for the care of a severely disabled person to not affect the social security or veterans’ entitlements payments of the recipient or family member donors;

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to introduce a non-taxable means test-exempt Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment;

  Family Law Act 1975

  to implement changes to the governance arrangements of the Australian Institute of Family Studies in response to recommendations of the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders (the Uhrig Review);

  A New Tax system (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  to: amend the definition of “income tax refund” to include refundable tax offsets; and make technical amendments in relation to income estimates; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  ,

  Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments consequential on family law changes relating to shared parental responsibility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Fisheries Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fishing Offences) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Fisheries Management Act 1991

  and

  Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984

  to provide for custodial penalties for foreign fishing offences in those parts of Australia’s territorial sea that are within the Australian Fishing Zone or within any area of Australian jurisdiction. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum