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• Parliamentary Superannuation Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Parliamentary Superannuation and Other Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2004, the bill establishes new superannuation arrangements for persons who become members of the Federal Parliament at or after the next general election. The new arrangements will involve a 9 per cent contribution payable into a superannuation fund nominated by the senator or member. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2004 Measures No. 2) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  in relation to the operation of the income tax law affecting life insurance companies;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and 3 other Acts in relation to the consolidation regime;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: venture capital partnerships; and franked distributions received through certain partnerships and trusts;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  in relation to fringe benefits tax (FBT) housing benefits;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to: capital gains tax event K6 and demergers; deductions for United Medical Protection Limited support payments; and alienation of personal services income provisions;

  A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

  in relation to compulsory third party schemes;

  Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  in relation to FBT treatment of public ambulance services; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  in relation to: taxation treatment of overseas superannuation payments; and technical corrections to foreign tax credit provisions. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tourism Australia Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Small Business and Tourism 

  Summary

  Establishes Tourism Australia, which will amalgamate the functions of the Australian Tourist Commission, See Australia, the Tourism Forecasting Council and the Bureau of Tourism Research, plus a new unit, Tourism Events Australia. Tourism Australia will be responsible for international and domestic tourism marketing and research. Also contains a regulation-making power. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Entitlements (Clarke Review) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  01 Apr 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Provides for a once only payment to former prisoners-of-war of the North Koreans or their surviving spouse; and amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  to: index above general rate disability pensions; introduce a Defence Force Income Support Allowance; ensure appropriate rent assistance for war widows and widowers; increase funeral benefits; and extend operational service to minesweeping and bomb/mine clearance personnel. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Anti-terrorism Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Revises Australia’s counter-terrorism framework by amending the:

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: extend fixed investigation periods for investigations into suspected terrorism offences; and permit law enforcement agencies to suspend or delay questioning a suspect to make overseas inquiries;

  Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978

  in relation to foreign incursions offences;

  Criminal Code Act 1995

  in relation to: terrorist organisation membership offences; and offences of providing training to or receiving training from a terrorist organisation; and

  Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

  in relation to commercial exploitation by persons who have committed foreign indictable offences. Also contains application provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Amendment (Low Regulatory Concern Chemicals) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  31 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989

  in relation to: low regulatory concern chemicals, including new permit categories and exemptions, annual reporting and record keeping obligations; administrative processes for some permit renewals; and make miscellaneous and consequential amendments in relation to: the definition of “cosmetics”; inclusion of certain material on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances; and mandatory company registration for chemical introducers. Also contains application, saving and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Representation in the House of Representatives) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Special Minister of State 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

  to: ensure the certainty of the process for determining the representative entitlement for each of the States and Territories in the House of Representatives; and maintain at the next federal election, the Northern Territory’s current representation of two members. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Excise and Other Legislation Amendment (Compliance Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends: the

  Excise Act 1901

  to relation to: delivery of excisable goods for exportation; movement of tobacco seed and plants; disposal of certain seized forfeited goods and use of evidentiary certificates in relation to those goods; and disclosure of information about excise licences and permissions in certain circumstances; and the

  Customs Act 1901

  in relation to exportation of excisable goods; and make consequential amendments. Also contains an application provision. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Direct Deductions and Other Measures) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  25 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Veterans' Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986

  in relation to: direct deduction arrangements; Victoria Cross allowance; automatic grant of income support supplement to age and wife pensioners; calculation of disability pension arrears; partner service pension for Norfolk Island residents; calculation of rent assistance; reduction in pension arrears payment resulting from overpayment of rent assistance and partner’s receipt of service pension; value of financial assets for purposes of deeming rules; clarification of deemed income and actual income from accrued returns on financial assets; means test exemption of certain superannuation assets; income and assets test treatment of small superannuation accounts and private rental income; adjustments to ceiling rate service pension; offence provisions; disposal of income and assets; compensation recovery; and minor and technical amendments. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Name Change) Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 

  Summary

  Amends: 5 Acts to reflect the name change of the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals to the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA); and the

  Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994

  to protect the APVMA’s name and logo from inappropriate use. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum