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  • Date
    13 Jun 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
    to extend simplified goods and services tax accounting methods to small businesses and other entities with an annual turnover of less than $2 million. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    31 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
    ,
    Corporations Act 2001
    and
    Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992
    in relation to: protections for employee entitlements; improved information to creditors; a statutory pooling process to facilitate winding up related companies; enhanced powers to investigate registered liquidators; removal of the penalty privilege in suspension and disqualification proceedings; regulation of insolvency practitioners; and voluntary administration procedures. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    31 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the family assistance law to: increase the rate of child care benefits payable from 1 July 2007 by 10 per cent over and above the CPI indexation increase; convert the child care tax offset for out-of-pocket child care expenses to a child care tax rebate; and the social security law to provide full-time students aged 16 to 25 years who have a disability or a severe medical condition with a health care card. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Australian Citizenship Act 2007
    to require applicants for Australian citizenship by conferral to successfully complete a citizenship test, before making an application, in order to be eligible to become an Australian citizen. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Justice and Customs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Customs Tariff Act 1995
    as a result of the third review by the World Customs Organization of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, by providing: a separate subheading for the chemical binapacryl; and duty free access for prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of viruses. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    30 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Immigration and Citizenship 
    Summary
    Validates the collection of sponsorship fees for certain temporary entry visa applications under regulation 5.38 of the Migration Regulations 1994, made on or after 1 May 1997 and before 24 May 2007. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    28 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Employment and Workplace Relations 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Workplace Relations Act 1996
    ,
    Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Act 1992
    and Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997 to: create the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman and the Workplace Authority as statutory agencies; introduce a fairness test to apply to workplace agreements lodged on or after 7 May 2007 to guarantee employees fair compensation in lieu of modification or exclusion of protected award conditions such as penalty rates and overtime and shift loadings; establish a compliance framework to ensure the effective operation of the fairness test; and vary provisions relating to: prohibited content in workplace agreements; and membership requirements for registered organisations. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 
    Summary
    Amends the
    Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
    and
    Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Act 2006
    to establish an office of Executive Director of Township Leasing to enter into and administer 99 year leases over townships on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007 and Corporations (Review Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the
    Corporations (Fees) Act 2001
    to allow the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to impose a fee in respect of certain additional market supervision functions conferred on ASIC. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

  • Date
    24 May 2007 
    Chamber
    House of Representatives 
    Status
    Act 
    Portfolio
    Treasury 
    Summary
    Introduced with the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Simpler Regulatory System) Bill 2007 and Corporations (Fees) Amendment Bill 2007, the bill amends the
    Corporations (Review Fees) Act 2003
    to provide companies with the option to pay annual review fees in advance. 

    Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

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