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• Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Nov 2021 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to establish a corporate collective investment vehicle (CCIV) as a new type of a company limited by shares that is used for funds management; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: specify the tax treatment for the CCIV regime; make amendments consequential on the commencement of the

  Commonwealth Registers Act 2020

  ; update the list of deductible gift recipients; and remove cessation of employment as a taxing point for employee share scheme interests which are subject to deferred taxation; the

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to clarify that the priority rule is subject to the deeming principle; the

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  ,

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make consequential amendments in relation to the CCIV regime; the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable eligible corporate tax entities to claim a loss carry back tax offset in the 2022-23 financial year; 10 Acts and one determination in the Treasury portfolio to make miscellaneous and technical amendments; and the

  Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  to insert a new covenant that requires trustees of registrable superannuation entities to develop a retirement income strategy for beneficiaries who are retired or are approaching retirement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Aug 2019 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: expand the existing presumption against bail and parole for persons charged or convicted of a terrorism offence to include persons being considered for bail for a further federal offence, persons the subject of a control order and persons who have demonstrated support for, or have links to, terrorist activity; and make it explicit that the best interests of a child must be considered as a primary consideration by the relevant decision maker at the key points in the criminal justice processes of bail, sentencing and parole; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand eligibility for the continuing detention order (CDO) scheme by ensuring that terrorist offenders who are currently serving a period of imprisonment for a terrorism offence and another offence remain eligible for consideration for a CDO at the conclusion of their term of imprisonment; and amend the information disclosure obligations in relation to sensitive national security information in CDO applications. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: establish criminal offences for the public display of prohibited Nazi and Islamic State symbols and the trading of goods that bear a prohibited Nazi or Islamic State symbol; establish criminal offences for using a carriage service for violent extremist material and possessing or controlling violent extremist material obtained or accessed using a carriage service;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: expand the offence of advocating terrorism to include instructing on the doing of a terrorist act and praising the doing of a terrorist act in specified circumstances; and increase the maximum penalty for the offence of advocating terrorism from 5 to 7 years imprisonment; and

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 to remove the sunsetting requirement for instruments which list terrorist organisations and bolster safeguards. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Aug 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to extend the operation of the declared areas provisions for a further 3 years and the control order regime and the preventative detention orders (PDO) regime for a further 15 months;

  Intelligence Services Act 2001

  to provide that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security may review the operation, effectiveness and proportionality of the declared areas provisions prior to their sunset date;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to extend the operation of the stop, search and seizure powers for a further 15 months; and

  Independent National Security Legislation Monitor Act 2010

  to extend the reporting date for the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of continuing detention orders for high risk terrorist offenders to as soon as practicable after 7 December 2021. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  ,

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  ,

  Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to standardise, across all divisions, the powers of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to issue summonses to require persons to give evidence or produce documents;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  in relation to: procedural fairness; alternative dispute resolution processes; constitution and reconstitution of the AAT; dismissal powers; correction of errors; appointments, authorisations and assignments; taxation of costs; and protection and immunity of reviewers in the Immigration Assessment Authority;

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  in relation to applications for review of child support decisions;

  Admiralty Act 1988

  to align the Admiralty Rules with the rules of federal courts;

  Foreign Judgments Act 1991

  ,

  Foreign States Immunities Act 1985

  and

  International Arbitration Act 1974

  to provide certain procedural protections to foreign States;

  Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  ,

  Judiciary Act 1903

  and

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor and technical amendments;

  Family Law Act 1975

  ,

  Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021

  ,

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  and

  Judiciary Act 1903

  to clarify that hearings conducted remotely using videoconferencing technology are exercised in 'open court';

  Federal Court of Australia Act 1976

  to allow for short form reasons in the court's appellate jurisdiction in civil proceedings; and

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make consequential and technical amendments. Also repeals the

  Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Economic Disruption) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to update money laundering offences;

  Crimes Act 1914

  to clarify that certain obligations imposed on investigating officials do not apply to undercover operatives;

  Proceeds of Crimes Act 2002

  to: ensure that buy-back orders cannot be used by criminal suspects and their associates to buy back property forfeited to the Commonwealth or to delay court proceedings; clarify that courts may make orders confiscating the value of a debt, loss or liability that has been avoided, deferred or reduced through criminal offending; clarify that courts with proceeds jurisdiction are able to make orders in respect of property located overseas; increase penalties for non-compliance with information-gathering powers, and clarify and expand the circumstances in which information gathered can be disclosed and used; enable the minister to make grants from the Confiscated Assets Account (CAA) to the States and Territories for crime prevention and certain other measures; and provide that money (other than a penalty) paid to the Commonwealth under a foreign deferred prosecution agreement that represents benefits or property derived from unlawful criminal activity must be credited to the CAA; and

  COAG Reform Fund Act 2008

  and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  to expand the Official Trustee in Bankruptcy's powers in relation to property, information gathering and cost recovery. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (International Crime Cooperation and Other Measures) Bill 2018

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Nov 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends: six Acts to ensure that assistance that Australia can currently provide to foreign countries can also be provided to the International Criminal Court and international war crimes tribunals; the

  Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987

  to: amend provisions in relation to proceeds of crime search warrants; clarify which foreign proceeds of crime orders can be registered in Australia; clarify the roles of judicial officers in domestic proceedings to produce documents or articles for a foreign country; and make minor and technical amendments; the

  Extradition Act 1988

  to ensure that magistrates and judges have powers to make orders necessary for the conduct of extradition proceedings; the

  Foreign Evidence Act 1994

  to: ensure foreign evidence can be appropriately certified; and extend the application of foreign evidence rules to proceedings in the external territories and the Jervis Bay territory; the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to ensure the offence of identifying a child witness or vulnerable adult complainant extends to identifying a child complainant; the

  Crimes Legislation Amendment (Law Enforcement Integrity, Vulnerable Witness Protection and Other Measures) Act 2013

  to clarify the application of supports and protections for victims and witnesses to future criminal proceedings, regardless of when the alleged conduct occurred; the

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to clarify the operation of human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like offences; the

  War Crimes Act 1945

  to streamline reporting arrangements; the

  Australian Federal Police Act 1979

  to: ensure that the Australian Federal Police’s alcohol and drug testing program and integrity framework apply to the entire workforce; ensure that the most up to date testing standards can be employed at the time a sample is provided; and clarify the processes for resignation in cases of serious misconduct or corruption; the

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  to: enable travellers departing Australia to report cross-border movements of physical currency electronically; and enable the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission to access AUSTRAC information; the

  Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

  to clarify the use of the Australian Crime Commission’s prescribed alternative name; and the

  AusCheck Act 2007

  to enable AusCheck to conduct and coordinate background checks in relation to major national events. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2017

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2017 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Justice 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: insert community safety as a factor that can be taken into account to revoke the parole of a federal offender without notice; remove the requirement to seek leave before a recorded interview of a vulnerable witness can be admitted as evidence in chief; remove the requirement for vulnerable witnesses to be available to give evidence at committal proceedings; introduce mandatory minimum penalties for certain Commonwealth child sex offences and offenders; require a court to state and record the reasons for granting bail; insert a presumption against bail for certain Commonwealth child sex offenders; insert additional factors which must be taken into account when sentencing federal offenders; require the court to have regard to certain rehabilitation considerations when sentencing Commonwealth child sex offenders; insert presumptions in favour of cumulative sentences and actual terms of imprisonment for Commonwealth child sex offenders; impose certain requirements on Commonwealth child sex offenders under a recognizance release order; add ‘residential treatment orders’ as a sentencing alternative for intellectually disabled offenders; allow certain information to be withheld from an offender in national security circumstances; reduce the amount of ‘clean street time’ that can be credited against the outstanding sentence following commission of an offence by a person on parole and licence; and require a period of time to be served in custody if a federal offender’s parole order is revoked;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: clarify the scope of the definition of ‘engage in sexual activity’; insert a range of new aggravated offences for child sexual abuse; insert new offences relating to ‘grooming’ and the provision of electronic services to facilitate dealings with child abuse material online; increase the maximum penalties for certain Commonwealth child sex offences and breaches of reporting requirements; and insert new additional factors for mandatory consideration at sentencing; and

  Crimes Act 1914

  ,

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  ,

  Customs Act 1901

  and

  Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979

  to replace references to ‘child pornography material’ in Commonwealth legislation with ‘child abuse material’. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Sep 2019 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: insert community safety as a factor that can be taken into account to revoke the parole of a federal offender without notice; remove the requirement to seek leave before a recorded interview of a vulnerable witness can be admitted as evidence in chief; remove the requirement for vulnerable witnesses to be available to give evidence at committal proceedings; introduce mandatory minimum penalties for certain Commonwealth child sex offences and offenders; require a court to state and record the reasons for granting bail; insert a presumption against bail for certain Commonwealth child sex offenders; insert additional factors which must be taken into account when sentencing federal offenders; require the court to have regard to certain rehabilitation considerations when sentencing Commonwealth child sex offenders; insert presumptions in favour of cumulative sentences and actual terms of imprisonment for Commonwealth child sex offenders; impose certain requirements on Commonwealth child sex offenders under a recognizance release order; add ‘residential treatment orders’ as a sentencing alternative for intellectually disabled offenders; reduce the amount of ‘clean street time’ that can be credited against the outstanding sentence following commission of an offence by a person on parole and licence; require a period of time to be served in custody if a federal offender’s parole order is revoked; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Act 2019

  and

  Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Act 2019

  ;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  to: clarify the scope of the definition of ‘engage in sexual activity’; insert a range of new aggravated offences for child sexual abuse; insert new offences relating to ‘grooming’ and the provision of electronic services to facilitate dealings with child abuse material online; increase the maximum penalties for certain Commonwealth child sex offences and breaches of reporting requirements; insert new additional factors for mandatory consideration at sentencing; and make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Act 2019

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 May 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Part of a package of 4 bills to replace the current system of fuel tax concessions with a single fuel tax credit system from 1 July 2006, the bill amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to: strengthen customs control over certain imported goods that are used in the manufacture of excisable goods; repeal the customs-related provisions of the fuel penalty surcharge legislation; and replicate certain provisions of the

  Spirits Act 1906

  which is to be repealed by the proposed Excise Laws Amendment (Fuel Tax Reform and Other Measures) Bill 2006. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum