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• Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  : to expand the operation of the promoter penalty provisions; and enable the sharing of certain protected information;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to extend whistleblower protections to eligible whistleblowers who make disclosures to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB); and reverse the burden of proof for certain claims of protection;

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  in relation to the TPB Register and the TPB’s delegation powers; and

  Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

  to limit the proportion of petroleum resource rent tax assessable income that can be offset by deductions to 90 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Sep 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: increase the instant asset write-off threshold from $1,000 to $20,000 for the 2023-24 financial year; and provide small and medium businesses with access to a bonus tax deduction for the 2023-24 financial year relating to electrification and more efficient energy use;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  to facilitate certain community charities achieving deductible gift recipient status;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: include two new entities on the list of deductible gift recipients and extend the listing for two other entities; extend the Global Infrastructure Hub’s income tax exemption for an additional year; broadly align existing tax requirements with a new accounting standard for insurance contracts; and amend the rules for non-arm’s length expenses for superannuation entities;

  Corporations Act 2001

  to reinstate the Australian Financial Complaint Authority’s jurisdiction to hear certain complaints relating to superannuation; and

  Treasury Laws Amendment (2023 Law Improvement Package No. 1) Act 2023

  to make contingent amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Nov 2022 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  to establish action initiation reforms, enabling consumer data right (CDR) consumers to direct accredited persons to instruct on actions on their behalf, such as making a payment, opening and closing an account, switching providers and updating personal details, using the CDR framework. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards and Other Measures) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  07 Dec 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  ,

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards Act 1999

  to amend the operation of the statutory infrastructure provider regime;

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to enable the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to issue remedial notices to developers who do not install functional fibre-ready facilities in proximity to a development;

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  to enable the disclosure by the ACMA of certain information;

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to enable the minister to determine service areas that relate to a primary universal service provider; and

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  and

  Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Nov 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Enshrines the objective of superannuation in legislation and requires a statement of compatibility to be included in the explanatory materials accompanying bills and regulations relating to superannuation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Enhancing Pensioner and Veteran Workforce Participation) Bill 2022

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2022 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  SMITH, Sen Dean 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to enable age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients to have their payment suspended for up to two years, instead of cancelled, if their income, which includes some income from the recipient's own employment, precludes payment; and provide for the same suspension period for partners of the age pension, disability support pension and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, where the partner is receiving a social security pension or certain veterans' entitlements;

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to make minor amendments to the existing suspension provisions for disability support pensioners; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

  to: provide that working age pensioners, disability support pensioners and certain veterans' entitlements recipients, and their pensioner partners, can retain their pensioner concession card for up to two years after their payment ceases; and increase to $600 the amount of income age pensioners and certain veterans' entitlement recipients can earn each fortnight while still receiving maximum pension payments and provide for a review, and sunsetting, of these amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Military Invalidity Payments Means Testing) Bill 2024

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Feb 2024 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Responds to the Federal Court decision in

  Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas

  [2020] FCAFC 220 by amending the

  Social Security Act 1991

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to provide a clear legal basis for the assessment of income from certain military invalidity pensions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Amendment (No New Fossil Fuels) Bill 2021 [No. 2]

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2021 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  WATERS, Sen Larissa 

  Summary

  Amends the

  ]Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997

  to prohibit the Snowy Hydro Company and Snowy hydro-group companies from being involved in creating or investing in new fossil fuel-based electricity generation capacity. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Service Amendment Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Jun 2023 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Portfolio

  Prime Minister and Cabinet 

  Summary

  Responding to certain recommendations of the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (the Thodey Review), the bill amends the

  Public Service Act 1999

  to: include a new Australian Public Service (APS) Value of ‘Stewardship’; require the Secretaries Board to prepare an APS Purpose Statement; require agency heads to uphold and promote the APS Purpose Statement; provide that ministers must not direct agency heads on individual employment matters; require agency heads to put in place measures to enable decision-making to occur at the lowest appropriate classification; require regular capability reviews; require the Secretaries Board to request and publish regular long-term insights reports; require agencies to publish annual APS Employee Census results and respond to relevant findings through an action plan; and remove the requirement to seek the APS Commissioner’s consent to delegate powers and functions to Australian Defence Force members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Vaccine Indemnity) Bill 2023

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Aug 2023 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  BABET, Sen Ralph 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

  to provide that indemnities cannot be granted to manufacturers of vaccines in relation to the use of a vaccine. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum