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Footnotes

Chapter 1 Introduction

[1]       House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 78: Private Members’ business and referral of bills to committees, 21 March 2013, p. 4.

[2]       Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 20.

[3]       EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 11.

[4]       EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 11-12.

[5]       EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 20.

[6]       The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, and the Hon Simon Crean MP, Minister for the Arts, Clarity for Producer Offset documentaries, Joint Media Release No. 63, 5 July 2012.

[7]       The Treasury, Consultations and Submissions, Film tax offsets –Definition of a ‘documentary’, <http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2012/Film-tax-offsets--definition-of-a-documentary>, viewed 2 April 2013.

[8]       EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 19.

[9]       EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 19.

[10]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 19.

[11]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 19.

[12]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 18.

[13]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 21.

[14]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 3.

[15]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 23-24.

[16]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 24.

[17]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 24.

[18]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 17.

[19]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 26.

[20]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 3.

[21]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 29.

[22]     The Treasury, Summary of Consultation Process, Allowing businesses in a net refund position to continue paying GST by instalments, available at <http://www.treasury.gov.au/
ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2012/GST-instalment-system>, viewed 2 April 2013.

[23]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 29-30.

[24]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 31.

[25]    EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 31.

[26]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 32.

[27]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 35.

[28]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 5, 35-37.

[29]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 37.

[30]     The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, A better deal for superfund members, Media Release No. 131, 21 September 2011.

[31]     The Treasury, Consultations and Submissions, Intra fund consolidation of superannuation interests, <http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2012/Intra-fund-consolidation-of-superannuation-interests> and <http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2012/Intra-fund-consolidation>, viewed 2 April 2013.

[32]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 39, 41.

[33]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 49.

[34]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, pp. 17-18.

[35]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 39, 48.

[36]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 42.

[37]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 43.

[38]    EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 44.

[39]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 40.

[40]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 46.

[41]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 46.

[42]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 39-41.

[43]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 41.

[44]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 40.

[45]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 50.

[46]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 40, 47.

[47]     Australian Taxation Office, Super co-contribution, available at <http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.aspx?menuid=0&doc=/content/42616.htm&page=3&H3>, viewed 2 April 2013.

[48]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 8.

[49]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 51.

[50]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 18.

[51]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 18.

[52]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 52.

[53]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 52.

[54]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 8.

[55]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 57.

[56]     The Treasury, Consultations and Submissions, The dependant (invalid and carer) tax offset, <http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2013/Dependant-Invalid-and-Carer-Tax-Offset>, viewed 2 April 2013.

[57]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 18.

[58]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 57.

[59]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 18.

[60]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 64.

[61]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 64.

[62]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 62-63.

[63]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 62-63.

[64]     Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer, New reforms to the Taxation of Financial Arrangements, Media Release No. 145, 29 June 2010.

[65]     The Treasury, Summary of Consultation Process, Amendments to the taxation of financial arrangements (TOFA) stages 3 & 4 provisions, <http://www.treasury.gov.au/
ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2013/TOFA-Stages-3-and-4>, viewed 2 April 2013

[66]     An amount is an interest-like amount if it represents a return paid or provided on a debt interest, is something in the nature of interest or is something that could reasonably be regarded as being a substitute for interest.

[67]     The Hon David Bradbury MP, Assistant Treasurer, House of Representatives Hansard, 20 March 2013, p. 18.

[68]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 9.

Chapter 2 Issues in the Bill

[1]       EME Productions No. 1 Pty Ltd v Screen Australia[2011] AATA 439.

[2]      Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 12.

[3]       Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 1.

[4]       Screen Australia, Submission to the Treasury consultation on Film tax offsets - definition of a 'documentary', p. [5], available at <http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Submissions/2012/Film-tax-offsets--definition-of-a-documentary>, viewed 11 April 2013.

[5]       See EME Productions No. 1 Pty Ltd v Screen Australia [2011] AATA 439, paragraphs 6-7.

[6]       EME Productions No. 1 Pty Ltd v Screen Australia [2011] AATA 439, paragraph 41.

[7]       Screen Australia, Lush House appealed, 22 July 2011, available at <http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/2011/mr_110722_lushhouse.aspx>, viewed 11 April 2013.

[8]      Screen Australia, Public Statement: Lush House Decision, 8 March 2012, available at <http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/news_and_events/2012/ps_120308_lushhouse.aspx>, viewed 11 April 2013.

[9]      Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA), Submission 3, pp. 1-2. See also Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association, Submission 7;  Essential Media and Entertainment, Submission 8; Beyond International Limited, Submission 9; Prospero Productions, Submission 10; Electric Pictures, Submission 11; and Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, Submission 12.

[10]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 1.

[11]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 2.

[12]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 11.

[13]SPAA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[14]     Mr Matthew Deaner, SPAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 2.

[15]     Electric Pictures, Submisson 11, p. 1.

[16]     Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association, Submission 7, p. 1.

[17]      SPAA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[18]      EME Productions is the group that brought the Lush House case to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal when Screen Australia determined that the show was not a documentary.

[19]      SPAA, Submission 3, pp. 1-2.

[20]      SPAA, Submission 3, pp. 7, 5.

[21]      SPAA, Submission 3, p. 5, Attachment A.

[22]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 5.

[23]     Broadcasting Services Act 1992, Schedule 6: Definitions.

[24]     Mr Peter Tehan, Beyond International, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 10.

[25]     Mr Matthew Deaner, SPAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 2.

[26]     Mr Matthew Deaner, SPAA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 4.

[27]     Mr Alex Sangston, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 4.

[28]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 4.

[29]     Ms Fiona Cameron, Screen Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 9.

[30]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 19.

[31]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, pp. 39, 41.

[32]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 49.

[33]     Ms Ruth Gabbitas, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 20.

[34]     Mr David Haynes, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 15.

[35]     Ms Ruth Gabbitas, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, pp. 20-21.

[36]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 1, pp. [2]-[3]; AIST, Submission 2, pp. [2]-[3].

[37]     Ms Fiona Galbraith, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 13.

[38]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 13.

[39]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 18.

[40]     Mr Richard Webb, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 18.

[41]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 22.

[42]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 16.

[43]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 22.

[44]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 18.

[45]     Ms Ruth Gabbitas, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 23.

[46]     Ms Ruth Gabbitas, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 22.

[47]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, pp. 18-19.

[48]      UniSuper, Submission 4, p. 1.

[49]      AIST, Submission 2, p. [2].

[50]      AIST, Submission 2, p. [2].

[51]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 14; Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 16.

[52]     Mr Robert Hodge, ASFA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 20.

[53]     Mr Robert Hodge, ASFA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 20.

[54]     Mr Luke Barrett, UniSuper and Law Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 13.

[55]     Ms Fiona Galbraith, ASFA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, pp. 17-18.

[56]     Ms Ruth Gabbitas, Department of the Treasury, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 20.

[57]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 15.

[58]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 22.

[59]      Financial Services Council, Submission 6, p. 1; Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Submission 5, p. 2.

[60]     Mr Robert Hodge, ASFA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 23.

[61]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 51.

[62]     Ms Fiona Galbraith, ASFA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 24.

[63]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 52.

[64]     EM, Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No. 2) Bill 2013, p. 52.

[65]     Australian Government, Fact Sheet: Superannuation — Low Income Earners Government Contribution, 26 July 2011, available at <http://www.futuretax.gov.au/content/Content.aspx?
doc=FactSheets/low_income_earners_govt_contribution.htm>, viewed 10 April 2013.

[66]     ASFA, Submission 5, p. 3.

[67]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 24.

[68]     ASFA, Submission 5, p. 3.

[69]     Mr David Haynes, AIST, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 18 April 2013, p. 24.

Additional comment from Liberal Members of the Committee

[1]     Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No 1) Bill 2009, p. 8

[2]     Explanatory Memorandum, Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No 1) Bill 2009, p. 6

[3]    2010–11 Budget Paper No 2, p. 298

[4]     2011–12 Budget Paper No 2, p. 326

[5]     2011-12 MYEFO, p. 291

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