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• A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to increase the luxury car tax rate from 1 July 2008, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition—General) Act 1999

  to impose a 33 per cent tax rate on taxable supplies and imported luxury cars, calculated on the value that exceeds the luxury car tax threshold, to the extent that it is neither a duty of customs nor a duty of excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008

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  Date

  26 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of four bills to increase the luxury car tax rate from 1 July 2008, the bill amends the

  A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999

  to increase the tax rate from 25 per cent to 33 per cent. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008

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  Date

  15 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008, the bill amends the:

  Petroleum Excise (Prices) Act 1987

  to ensure the method for determining the price of condensate (to calculate the excise payable) is the same as that used to determine the price of stabilised crude petroleum oil; and

  Excise Act 1901

  and

  Petroleum Revenue Act 1985

  to ensure condensate is treated consistently to stabilised crude petroleum oil for the purposes of the excise. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008

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  Date

  15 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008, the bill amends the

  Excise Tariff Act 1921

  to remove the current crude oil exemption and introduce a new regime applicable to condensate produced from petroleum fields located in the North West Shelf project area and onshore Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Care (Appropriation) Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  15 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Care (Appropriation) Act 1998

  to: extend the appropriation period from five to six years; and increase the amount appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund by $10.25 billion. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

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  Date

  15 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001

  ,

  Corporations Act 2001

  ,

  Insurance Act 1973

  and

  Insurance Contracts Act 1984

  to remove the 1 July 2008 requirement for health-related business conducted through health benefits funds to be subject to dual regulation by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; and

  Private Health Insurance Act 2007

  to: enable restricted access insurers to specify their eligibility requirements in constitutions or operational rules; require all private health insurers to be companies under the Corporations Act by January 2010; clarify that discounted corporate products offered by private health insurers are not a breach of community rating; and provide that a pilot project conducted as specified in the Private Health Insurance (Complying Product) Rules does not breach community rating. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (One-off Payments and Other Budget Measures) Bill 2008

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  Date

  14 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and seven other Acts to provide one-off payments to certain older Australians, veterans and carers; and

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and proposed

  Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Act 2008

  to provide for concession cards to remain current for up to 13 weeks when the cardholder travels overseas. Also establishes administrative schemes to provide payments in circumstances where the one-off payment regime does not produce an appropriate result. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the parliamentary departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2009. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009

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  Date

  13 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for service of the year ending on 30 June 2009. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Appropriates a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 2009. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum