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• Sydney Airport Demand Management Amendment Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Sydney Airport Demand Management Act 1997

  to: clarify certain aspects of the operation of the Slot Management Scheme; enable the minister to vary the operation of the Compliance Scheme regime; and enable the minister to delegate his or her power to appoint members to the Compliance Committee. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: amounts misappropriated by an employee or agent; the capital gains tax market value substitution rule for interests in certain companies and trusts; exempting from income tax the Endeavour Executive Award and research fellowships under the Awards program; early completion bonuses for apprentices; the list of deductible gift recipients; deductions for capital expenditure for the establishment of trees in carbon sink forests; tax-free grants under the Tobacco Growers Adjustment Assistance Programme 2006 to certain tobacco growers; and income tax exemptions for rent assistance paid to Austudy recipients and Carer Adjustment Payment recipients;

  Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992

  in relation to extending the superannuation guarantee late payment offset;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to tax-free superannuation lump sums paid to persons with a terminal medical condition;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to extensions of the beneficiary tax offset to the Equine Workers Hardship Wage Supplement Payment; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to the farm management deposit scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Health Insurance Act 1973

  to allow specialists and consultant physicians access to the 90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme where the original claim for the Medicare benefit is submitted electronically to Medicare Australia. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Military Memorials of National Significance Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Recognises the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial in Ballarat as a Military Memorial of National Significance and provides that other memorials which meet specified criteria will be similarly recognised. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Quarantine Amendment (National Health Security) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Quarantine Act 1908

  to give further effect to the International Health Regulations 2005 by: requiring persons and travellers subject to quarantine to submit themselves to vaccination or other prophylaxis, as necessary, and for the issue of certificates to provide proof of vaccination; and enabling charges to be levied on some travellers for the cost of certain health measures provided for public health reasons. Also makes minor technical and consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Statute Law Revision Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  The bill: amends 40 Acts to correct clerical and drafting errors; repeals 27 obsolete Acts; and amends 88 Acts to replace gender-specific language with gender-neutral language. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Telecommunications Act 1997

  to require telecommunications carriers to disclose certain information to the Commonwealth which can be disclosed to companies considering responding to a proposal for the development of a National Broadband Network. The requirement to provide information ceases 12 months after the legislation commences. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (International Agreements and Other Measures) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: give effect to arrangements for entering into international agreements in relation to the payment of pensions and providing assistance and benefits to eligible persons; authorise the use of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for those purposes; and align the veterans’ entitlements means test with the social security means test;

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  to make minor and technical consequential amendments;

  Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

  to extend the period for which the Commonwealth or Australian Federal Police may be considered as a nuclear test participant for the purposes of the Act; and

  Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

  to make minor amendments in relation to a definition and clarifying compensation matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Board and Other Measures) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Deregulation 

  Summary

  Amends: 29 Acts to reflect the introduction of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSAP) and establishment of the Australian Reward Investment Alliance to administer the Commonwealth Superannuation and Public Sector Superannuation Schemes and PSSAP; five superannuation Acts to reflect the new regime for legislative instruments under the

  Legislative Instruments Act 2003

  ; and the

  Superannuation Act 1976

  and

  Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988

  to meet a change to the superannuation guarantee requiring employers to use ordinary time earnings as the earnings base for employees. Also repeals the Schedule to the

  Superannuation Act 1990

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (2007 Election Commitments) Bill 2008

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Mar 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend the automatic grant of intermediate and temporary special rate disability pensions to eligible dependants of veterans or members;

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to extend eligibility for income support supplements to certain war widows and widowers; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to extend a tax exempt bereavement payment to the estate of certain single pensioners who die in indigent circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum