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• Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Citizenship 

  Summary

  In response to certain recommendations of the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee’s reports

  A Sanctuary under Review: An Examination of Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes

  and

  Administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958

  and the Senate Select Committee report

  Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters

  , the bill amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to introduce complementary protection arrangements to allow all claims by visa applicants that may engage Australia’s

  non-refoulement

  obligations to be considered under a single protection visa application process. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to: make amendments consequential on the enactment of the proposed

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Act 2011

  ; provide that the levies become due and payable at a specified date; impose a late penalty payment; and provide that the levies and late payment penalties are payable to, and recoverable by, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Regulatory Levies Legislation Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Resources and Energy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to: impose cost recovery levies (an annual well levy, a well activity levy and a well investigation levy) on the holders of offshore petroleum titles in respect of well and well-related activities; and amend the long and short titles of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 1) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to exempt from income tax: the Disaster Recovery Subsidy paid to those affected by the floods in Australia during the summer of 2010-11 and by Cyclone Yasi; and ex-gratia payments to New Zealand non-protected special category visa holders for a disaster that occurred in Australia during the 2010-11 financial year;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Act 2009

  to exempt from income tax certain payments paid to small businesses and primary producers affected by the floods in Australia during the summer of 2010-11 and by Cyclone Yasi; and

  First Home Saver Accounts Act 2008

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable money in a First Home Saver Account to be paid into a genuine mortgage after the end of a minimum qualifying period. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Copyright) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Copyright Act 1968

  to prevent companies commencing legal action asserting copyright in the text of an approved product information (PI) document for a medicine where it is used in the PI document of another version of the same medicine. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide for a ‘two strikes and re-election’ process when a company’s remuneration report receives a 25 per cent or more ‘no’ vote in two consecutive years; require the company board or remuneration committee to approve any remuneration consultancy contract; require remuneration consultants to report to non-executive directors or the remuneration committee; require remuneration consultants and boards to declare a recommendation is made free from undue influence; require companies to disclose certain details relating to a remuneration consultant; prohibit directors and executives from voting their shares on remuneration resolutions; prohibit hedging of incentive remuneration; require shareholder approval for declarations of ‘no vacancy’ at annual general meetings; require that non-chair proxies vote as directed when they vote on a poll; and confine disclosures in the remuneration report to key management personnel. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Trustee Companies and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: Australian Securities and Investments Commission approved (compulsory and voluntary) transfers of estate assets and liabilities; ‘compulsory’ transfers of business to a public trustee; ministerial approval for listing a trustee company; holding out as a licensed trustee company; the term ‘authorised trustee corporation’; common funds and registered schemes; arm’s length transactions; fee regulation; drawing down of fees from income or capital; and reasonable fees being charged for tax return preparation; and

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  to provide that anything done by a payment system participant when complying with an ATM access regime as determined by the Reserve Bank of Australia is exempt from Part IV of the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable Customs officers, using prescribed equipment, to undertake an initial internal non-medical scan of a person suspected to be internally concealing a suspicious substance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  in relation to the recovery of fee reductions, enrolment advances and business continuity payments paid to approved child care services;

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Act 2010

  to make a technical amendment;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  in relation to the effect of a child’s absence from the care of an approved child care service on the eligibility of an individual for child care benefit for that child;

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

  ,

  Child Care Act 1972

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify the definition of family assistance law;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

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

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable disclosure of information about education and care services for the purposes of the Education and Care Services National Law; and

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

  in relation to: the secretary’s power to refuse a child care service’s approval for the purposes of family assistance law; the requirement to comply with child care laws; and the recalculation of child care benefit fee reductions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide for fortnightly child rebate payments for individuals who are eligible for child care benefit by fee reduction;

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

  , the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  to make amendments consequential on the commencement of the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum