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• Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Reform) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: require VET FEE-HELP approved training providers to develop and apply appropriate student entry procedure requirements; require students under the age of 18 to seek their parent’s approval before requesting a VET FEE-HELP loan; broaden the circumstances in which a student can seek a re-credit of their VET FEE-HELP loan debt balance and remission of a debt; add to the eligibility criteria required for admitting new VET providers to the VET-FEE-HELP loan scheme; provide for an infringement notice scheme with a civil penalty regime for VET providers who engage in inappropriate marketing behaviours and administrative practices; extend the Commonwealth and national VET Regulator’s powers with respect to monitoring and investigation; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 5) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  15 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to: reduce the methods for calculating work-related car expense deductions to include the logbook method and the cents per kilometre method; and provide for a single rate for the calculation of the cents per kilometre method to be determined by the Commissioner of Taxation;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to restrict the application of the Zone Tax Offset to people whose usual place of residence is within a zone or a prescribed area within a zone;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to limit the concessional treatment of salary packaged entertainment benefits;

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to create a new reporting regime which requires third parties to report to the commissioner on certain transactions which could reasonably be expected to have tax consequences for other entities; and

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Tax Agent Services Act 2009

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Services Legislation Amendment (Family Payments Structural Reform and Participation Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  to restructure family tax benefit Part B by removing the benefit for couple families (other than grandparents or great-grandparents) with a youngest child 13 years of age or over. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: enable certain New Zealand citizens who are Special Category Visa holders to be eligible for HELP assistance from 1 January 2016; enable Torrens University Australia to be eligible for equivalent funding support as all other private Australian universities; update the name of the University of Ballarat to Federation University Australia; and confirm the relevant heads of constitutional power for other grants;

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to remove the requirement for the commissioners to prepare annual operational plans; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation adjustments for existing schemes for the financial years starting 1 July 2015 and 2016; set additional funding caps for the financial years starting 1 July 2017 and 2018; and remove the requirement for the Australian Research Council to prepare corporate plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Migration Legislation Amendment (Cessation of Visa Labels) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Immigration and Border Protection 

  Summary

  Repeals the

  Migration (Visa Evidence) Charge Act 2012

  ; and amends the

  Migration Act 1958

  to remove inoperative provisions relating to the issuing of visa labels; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Amending Acts 1990 to 1999 Repeal Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Repeals 877 amending and repeal Acts enacted from 1990 to 1999. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989

  to: amend the appointment process for members of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS); reduce the functions of AIATSIS; reflect contemporary language and apply culturally appropriate terminology; and repeal redundant provisions which enabled the transition from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies to AIATSIS. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Export Control Amendment (Quotas) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Consolidates quota export certification arrangements for agriculture by amending the:

  Export Control Act 1982

  to: provide the secretary with powers to make orders providing for, or in relation to, the establishment and administration of a system or systems of tariff rate quotas; and enable the secretary to make directions in relation to matters covered by an order, and to override the order; and

  Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

  ,

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  and

  Export Charges (Collection) Act 2015

  to make consequential amendments. Also repeals the

  Australian Meat and Live-stock (Quotas) Act 1990

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill (No. 3) 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends: 19 Acts to correct technical errors; the

  Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988

  to clarify on the face of an Act that the Crown in right of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory is bound; and modernise the provision about whether the Crown is liable to be prosecuted for an offence; 152 Acts to replace references to ‘guilty of an offence’ with references to ‘commits an offence’ or similar phrases; eight Acts to replace references to ‘reference base’ with references to ‘index reference period’; and five Acts to remove spent and obsolete provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Gifts) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to add two organisations to the list of specifically listed deductible gift recipients. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum