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• Trade and Foreign Investment (Protecting the Public Interest) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Mar 2014 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  WHISH-WILSON, Sen Peter 

  Summary

  Prevents the Commonwealth from entering into agreements with foreign countries that include investor-state dispute settlement clauses. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  27 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  in relation to: quality assessments of higher education providers; the delegation of decisions; extending periods of accreditation or registration; the appointment of commissioners; the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer; notifying providers of decisions; the scope of ministerial directions; and ministerial approval being required for legislative instruments which determine fees to be charged. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Feb 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to provide that a person must not promote a scheme that has resulted in a payment being made from a regulated superannuation fund otherwise than as prescribed by payment standards and impose a civil penalty for any contravention;

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide the power to give directions and impose administrative penalties for contraventions relating to self managed superannuation funds;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to phase out the net medical expenses tax offset by the end of the 2018-19 income year; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Bonus for Working Australians Repeal Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals the

  Tax Bonus for Working Australians Act (No. 2) 2009

  to provide that no further tax bonus payments ($900 stimulus cheques) are made; and makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2013 Measures No. 1) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Dec 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to: enable the minister to specify products that are taken not to be therapeutic goods; enable the secretary to remove products that are not therapeutic goods from the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods; clarify the secretary’s powers to approve product information for medicines accepted for registration in the register; and make amendments in relation to: compliance with advertising requirements; obtaining information and documents; use of restricted and prohibited representations in advertisements; conditions of registration or listing in the register; presentation of registered or listed goods; consent to the import, supply or export of goods; review of decisions; a package and its contents to constitute a kit; criminal offences and civil penalties for false or misleading statements in relation to variation requests; minimum notice period for cancellation of registration or listing in the register; secretary’s discretion to publish certain information on the department’s website; clarification of the merits review process; prescribing of alternative periods of time in relation to the secretary’s selection of an application for auditing; failure to comply with requirements to provide information; and revocation of requested cancellation of devices, licences or certificates. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Research and Development) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to deny access to the research and development tax incentive for companies with aggregated assessable income of $20 billion or more for an income year; and

  Industry Research and Development Act 1986

  to provide that the conditions for eligibility of research and development activities conducted outside Australia continue to operate as intended. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Do Not Call Register Act 2006

  to clarify which party is responsible for making telemarketing calls and sending marketing faxes where third parties are carrying out the marketing activities;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to: enable industry codes to be varied; extend the application of the reimbursement scheme for developing consumer-related industry codes to varying these codes; require code developers to publish draft code and draft variations and related public submissions; and make amendments consequent on the new Australian Privacy Principles; and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Services Standards) Act 1999

  to: require the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) scheme to comply with standards determined by the minister; and require independent periodic public reviews of the TIO scheme to be conducted. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Submarine Cable Protection) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  in relation to the regulatory regime for the protection of international submarine cables landing in Australia by: ensuring consistency with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by modifying the regime’s application, including criminal and civil enforcement options, to foreign ships and nationals in the water beyond Australia’s territorial seas; enabling domestic submarine cables to be brought within the scope of the regime by regulation; providing for a consultation process between the Australian Communications and Media Authority and the Attorney-General’s department on submarine cable installation permit applications; amending the submarine cable installation permit process by removing the requirement to obtain multiple permits, tightening processing timeframes and removing duplicated processes; and amending the operation of the protection zone declaration, revocation and variation processes; and

  Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977

  and

  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Nov 2013 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Environment 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 11 bills to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, the bill imposes a levy on persons who were over-allocated free carbon units under the Jobs and Competitiveness Program in the 2013-14 financial year and would have had their allocation in the 2014-15 financial year reduced if the carbon tax had remained in force, so far as that levy is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum