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• Telecommunications Amendment (Guaranteeing Mobile Phone Service in Bushfire Zones) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority to determine an industry standard which requires that mobile base stations (mobile telephone towers) in high bushfire risk communities have at least 24 hours of standby power capability at all times. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 1) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 1) 2007

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax where a share of the net income of a trust is distributed to the trustee of a closely held trust. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) (No. 2) Amendment (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Taxation (Trustee Beneficiary Non-disclosure Tax) Act (No. 2) 2007

  to increase from 47 per cent to 47.5 per cent the rate of trustee beneficiary non-disclosure tax where a share of the net income of a trust is distributed to the trustee of a closely held trust. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Untainting Tax) (National Disability Insurance Scheme Funding) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Aug 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to fund the Commonwealth’s contribution to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase from 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent the rate of Medicare levy and Medicare levy surcharge component of the untainting tax rate. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2017, the bill establishes an ongoing funding arrangement for fixed wireless and satellite infrastructure (the Regional Broadband Scheme) by imposing a monthly charge on carriers, including NBN Co Ltd, in relation to each premises connected to their network that has an active fixed-line superfast broadband service during the month. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2017, the bill amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: remove regulation of networks servicing small business customers; enable new superfast networks to operate on a functionally separated basis with the approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC); enable the ACCC to exempt small start-up networks from separation regulation; provide that all services supplied on networks that are wholesale-only or functionally separated will be subject to clear non-discrimination obligations; amend the enforcement regime, including conferring additional powers on the ACCC; and introduce a statutory infrastructure provider regime; Carrier Licence Conditions (Networks supplying Superfast Carriage Services to Residential Customers) Declaration 2014 and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 in relation to sunsetting arrangements;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to implement the administrative arrangements for the Regional Broadband Scheme; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to extend the ‘designated day’ for the purposes of Telstra’s structural separation to 1 January 2020. Also repeals four declarations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Measures No. 4) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999

  to: introduce additional eligibility criteria for the wine equalisation tax (WET) producer rebate; provide that a purchaser of wine is only able to claim a WET credit for WET included in the purchase price of that wine if it makes a taxable dealing with the wine; reduce the WET producer rebate cap from $500 000 to $350 000; amend the timing of the application of the associated producers rule; and remove the earlier producer rebate rule; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to provide asset roll-over relief for mandatory transfers within a superannuation fund in the transition to a MySuper product. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Measures No. 3) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  to validate certain agreements to employ or engage Australian Securities and Investments Commission staff that were purportedly made before the end of 9 March 2017. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: create a safe harbour for company directors from personal liability for insolvent trading if the company is undertaking a restructure outside formal insolvency; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Payment Systems and Netting Act 1998

  to make certain contractual rights unenforceable while a company is restructuring under certain formal insolvency processes. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Foreign Resident Capital Gains Withholding Payments) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Jun 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to modify the foreign resident capital gains withholding payments regime to: increase the withholding rate from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent; and reduce the withholding threshold from $2 million to $750 000. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum