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• Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Education Services for Overseas Students (Registration Charges) Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015 to reform the international education sector, the bill amends the:

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Education Services for Overseas Students (TPS Levies) Act 2012

  ,

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to: create Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) agencies, including the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency and the Australia Skills Quality Authority, with direct responsibility for providers’ registration and monitoring providers’ compliance; extend the compliance monitoring and enforcement action that may be taken by an ESOS agency for a breach of either the English Language Courses for Overseas Students Standards or the Foundation Program Standards;

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  to: provide for an internal review process for decisions made by delegates of ESOS agencies; provide the minister with the power to issue a direction to an ESOS agency about the performance of its functions; enable the Tuition Protection Service (TPS) Director to obtain certain information or documents, be assisted by TPS officers, and recommend that an ESOS agency take action against a provider; enable providers to receive more than 50 per cent of the tuition fees for a course in certain circumstances; remove the definition of a ‘study period’; remove the requirement for non-exempt providers to maintain an account to which all tuition fees paid prior to a course commencing are held; and remove the requirement to report all instances of student default; and

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Fuel Indexation) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to re-introduce the biannual indexation of fuel excise and excise-equivalent fuel duties, the bill amends the:

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to: increase the rate of excise duty applying to domestic fuels, including gaseous fuels, in line with Consumer Price Index movements; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015

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  Date

  04 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, the bill amends: the

  Customs Act 1901

  to provide that: excise-equivalent customs duty cannot be extinguished on imported fuel ethanol and biodiesel; and excise-equivalent customs duty is payable on the biofuels component of an imported blend of fuel; the

  Excise Act 1901

  to: provide that the exemption from the blending rule also applies where biofuels have been subject to different rates of duty; and remove the requirement that biofuel blends that have been subject to duty cannot be blended with other duty-paid fuels without being subject to excise duty; the

  Fuel Tax Act 2006

  to require that fuel tax credits for fuel ethanol, and biodiesel and blends including certain biofuels are calculated as if they had been subject to the excise rate of duty, whether locally manufactured or imported; and four Acts to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to: reduce the rates of excise duty for domestically manufactured fuel ethanol and biodiesel to nil for one year from 1 July 2015; increase the rate of excise duty for domestically manufactured fuel ethanol on 1 July of each subsequent year until the final rates are reached on 1 July 2020; and increase the rate of excise duty for domestically manufactured fuel biodiesel on 1 July of each subsequent year until the final rates are reached on 1 July 2030. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Collection) Bill 2015

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  Date

  03 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to manage exported goods, the bill provides for the collection of export charges by: providing that regulations prescribe when export charges are due and payable; making the Commonwealth notionally liable to pay fees, including late payment fees; requiring a late payment fee to be paid when a charge is not paid on time; empowering the secretary to take certain action when a charge or late payment fee is not paid; enabling the Commonwealth to recover any charge and late payment fee through action in court; and providing for the administration of the charges. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—Customs) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to manage exported goods, the bill imposes an export charge on regulated goods, to the extent that it is a duty of customs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—Excise) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to manage exported goods, the bill imposes an export charge on regulated goods, to the extent that it is a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Charges (Imposition—General) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to manage exported goods, the bill imposes an export charge on regulated goods, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excess Exploration Credit Tax Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 7) Bill 2014, the bill imposes an excess exploration credit tax to recover any costs to the Commonwealth that may arise where an exploration company issues exploration credits in excess of their maximum exploration credit entitlement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Enhancing Online Safety for Children (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Dec 2014 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Enhancing Online Safety for Children Bill 2014, the bill amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to provide the Children’s e-safety Commissioner with certain information gathering powers; and five Acts to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum