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• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011, the bill establishes the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency as an independent national regulatory and quality assurance agency for higher education. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  in relation to: processes for the evaluation of prescription medicines; the refund of evaluation fees; and standard conditions for the registration or listing of therapeutic goods. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trans-Tasman Proceedings Amendment and Other Measures Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Mar 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends the:

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  in relation to staying an Australian proceeding on forum grounds; and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010

  and

  Trans-Tasman Proceedings (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2010

  to: reflect amendments made by the New Zealand Parliament to the companion legislation to enable the cooperative scheme to operate; and retrospectively validates fees charged (from 1 March 2009 to 25 November 2010) for de facto financial proceedings under the

  Family Law Act 1975

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to exempt from income tax: the Disaster Recovery Subsidy paid to those affected by the floods in Australia during the summer of 2010-11 and by Cyclone Yasi; and ex-gratia payments to New Zealand non-protected special category visa holders for a disaster that occurred in Australia during the 2010-11 financial year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Act 2009

  to exempt from income tax certain payments paid to small businesses and primary producers affected by the floods in Australia during the summer of 2010-11 and by Cyclone Yasi; and

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable money in a First Home Saver Account to be paid into a genuine mortgage after the end of a minimum qualifying period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Copyright) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to prevent companies commencing legal action asserting copyright in the text of an approved product information (PI) document for a medicine where it is used in the PI document of another version of the same medicine. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to implement a one-year progressive flood and cyclone reconstruction levy in the form of additional income tax in the 2011-12 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 5) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: change the eligibility criteria for accessing film tax offsets; extend the main residence capital gains tax exemption to certain compulsory acquisitions; include terminal medical condition benefits; and include school uniforms as an eligible expense for the education expenses tax offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to adjust the benchmark interest rate used to determine the cost of capital protection;

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

  to allow non-profit sub-entities to access the goods and services tax concessions available to their parent entity; and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable the Commissioner of Taxation not to apply a payment, credit or running balance account surplus against certain tax debts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures—Access Arrangements) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Introduced with the National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010, the bill amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: support the rollout of NBN-consistent fibre-to-the-premises networks in new real estate developments; place certain obligations on the supply of wholesale services by an NBN corporation; and require carriers (other than NBN corporations) operating certain superfast broadband networks to offer a wholesale Layer 2 ethernet bitstream service; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to infringement notices. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992

  to make it an offence to advertise tobacco products on the internet and other electronic media and future technologies, unless the advertising complies with state or territory legislation or Commonwealth regulations. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to prevent Telstra from acquiring specified bands of spectrum which could be used for advanced wireless broadband services unless it structurally separates and divests its interests in cable networks and subscription broadcasting licences;

  National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to require the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to: set up-front prices and non-price terms for declared services; make binding rules of conduct for the supply of declared services; issue access determinations for declared services; receive access agreements between providers and access seekers; remove the option to apply for exemptions from access obligations or undertakings; and remove merits review of regulatory decisions made by the ACCC;

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to: remove the requirement for the ACCC to undertake consultation before issuing a Part A competition notice; and clarify that content services supplied by carriers and carriage service providers are subject to the competition notice regime;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the universal service provider to supply standard telephone services and payphones as determined by the minister; and provide for the minister to establish minimum Customer Service Guarantee performance benchmarks; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to obtain regular reports about carriers’ and service providers’ compliance with their obligations; require service providers to offer a priority assistance service; establish an infringement notice regime to deal with breaches of civil penalty provisions; and enable the minister to direct ACMA to determine industry standards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum