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• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Communications 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  to: enable commercial and national free-to-air broadcasters to provide their primary television broadcasting services in standard definition or high definition; and make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  19 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  to enable a trial of cashless welfare arrangements by disbursing 80 per cent of certain social security payments to a restricted bank account, accessed by a debit card which does not allow cash withdrawals; and

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

  ,

  Social Security Act 1991

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Fees Imposition Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to Australia’s foreign investment framework, the bill imposes fees in relation to certain applications and actions that are made under the proposed

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Act 2015

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to Australia’s foreign investment framework, the bill amends the:

  Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

  to: provide a statutory basis for the requirements that apply to foreign government investors; enable the transfer to the Australian Taxation Office of responsibility for administering certain aspects of regulating foreign investment, including residential real estate; introduce civil and criminal penalties; enable the lowering of screening thresholds for investments in the agricultural sector; provide for fees to be payable for foreign investment applications; amend the long title of the Act; and make amendments consequential on the

  Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015

  ; and

  Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills in relation to Australia’s foreign investment framework, the bill establishes a Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land to be administered by the Commissioner of Taxation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 4) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to ensure that capital gains tax scrip for scrip roll-over rules apply appropriately;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to remove the income tax exemption for employees of an Australian government agency who work overseas for not less than 91 days delivering Official Development Assistance; and

  Superannuation (Unclaimed Money and Lost Members) Act 1999

  to increase the account balance threshold below which small lost member accounts must be transferred to the Commissioner of Taxation. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Better Targeting the Income Tax Transparency Laws) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Aug 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to exempt Australian-owned private companies from the requirement that the Commissioner of Taxation publish certain tax information in relation to corporate tax entities that report total income above $100 million. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  09 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Infrastructure and Regional Development 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Navigation Act 2012

  to: ensure that the definition of ‘dangerous goods’ includes goods which are characterised in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code; and correct minor drafting errors;

  Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981

  and

  Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008

  to enable regulatory action to be taken against non-compliant vessel operators; and

  Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

  to prevent heavy grade oil being carried as ballast in Antarctic waters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Immunisation Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Immunisation Register Bill 2015, the bill amends: eight Acts to make amendments consequential on the establishment of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register; the proposed

  Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015

  and

  Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010

  to expand the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register to become the Australian Immunisation Register which will record details of vaccinations given to all individuals; and the proposed

  Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015

  and

  National Health Act 1953

  to expand the National Human Papilloma virus Vaccination Program Register to become the Australian School Vaccination Register. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Australian Immunisation Register Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Sep 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Australian Immunisation Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2015, the bill establishes the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register to collect and record vaccinations given to individuals under the age of 20 years and provides for: the type of information that may be collected for the purposes of the register; the disclosure and confidentiality of information; and the Commonwealth to make payments to recognised vaccination providers when they notify the register of a vaccination. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum