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• Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2015-2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Appropriates additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in addition the appropriations provided for by the

  Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2015-2016

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Small Business Restructure Roll-over) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  04 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to enable small businesses to defer the recognition of gains or losses that may arise from the transfer of capital gains tax assets, trading stock, revenue assets and depreciating assets as part of a restructure of their business. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Narcotic Drugs Act 1967

  to: give effect to certain of Australia’s obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (the Single Convention); establish licensing and permit schemes for the cultivation and production of cannabis and cannabis resin for medicinal and scientific purposes, and for the manufacture of narcotic drugs covered by the Single Convention; provide for monitoring, inspection and enforcement powers for authorised inspectors and for the secretary to give directions to licence holders and former licence holders; and enable the secretary to authorise a state or territory government agency to undertake cultivation and production of cannabis and manufacture of medicinal cannabis products; and the

  Therapeutic Goods Act 1989

  to make a consequential amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Parliamentary Entitlements Amendment (Injury Compensation Scheme) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990

  to enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to establish a parliamentary injury compensation scheme to provide the same benefits to parliamentarians and the spouse of the Prime Minister based on the scheme applicable to Commonwealth employees under the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and for Comcare to administer the scheme; and the

  Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

  and

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  to ensure that the goods and services tax (GST) is applied consistently to all supplies of digital products and other imported services to Australian consumers; and relieve non-resident suppliers of the obligation to account for GST on certain supplies;

  A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999

  ,

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

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to make consequential amendments;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to increase the maximum amount that can be held in farm management deposits (FMDs) by a primary producer to $800 000; and enable certain primary producers experiencing severe drought conditions to withdraw an amount that has been held in an FMD for less than 12 months;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to enable FMDs to be used to offset loans or other debts; and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to make a technical amendment. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Trade Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Trade and Investment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Export Market Development Grants Act 1997

  to: remove communications as an eligible expenditure category; place a limit of $15 000 on the free sample expenditure category; describe the promotional literature or other advertising expenditure category as including literature or material in electronic or any other form; remove reimbursement of in country travel (other than air fares) and increase the daily allowance for overseas visits; add to the list of excluded expenses those relating to activities or products that the chief executive officer of Austrade considers may have had a detrimental impact on Australia’s trade reputation; permit Austrade to direct funds from other sources towards export market development grants (EMDG) administration costs; provide that the first independent review of the EMDG scheme must be completed by no later than 31 December 2021 and enable the minister to determine a date for later reviews; and enable the EMDG scheme to continue without a specified termination date; and the

  Australian Trade Commission Act 1985

  to: change the name of the Australian Trade Commission to the Australian Trade and Investment Commission; and amend the short title of the Act to the

  Australian Trade and Investment Commission Act 1985

  . Also makes consequential amendments to 10 Acts. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  and

  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to: enable funding for a home care package to ‘follow’ the care recipient; provide a consistent national approach to prioritising access to subsidised home care; and simplify the approval process for approved providers; and the

  Aged Care Act 1997

  to make amendments contingent on the commencement of the

  Aged Care Amendment (Red Tape Reduction in Places Management) Act 2016

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Social Services 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Act 2015

  to give effect to a mediated settlement agreement in a representative proceeding in the Federal Court of Australia (

  Duval-Comrie v Commonwealth of Australia

  (VID 1367 of 2013)) and make administrative changes by: increasing one-off payments from 50 per cent to 70 per cent of the difference between the actual wage paid to an eligible person and the amount they would have been paid had the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool (BSWAT) productivity-only component been applied; providing a ‘top up’ payment for persons who have already received a 50 per cent payment under the BSWAT payment scheme; removing the current compulsory requirement to obtain legal advice before any payments are made; extending all relevant scheme dates by 12 months; clarifying certain administrative arrangements; and enabling a deceased person’s legal personal representative to engage with the payment scheme on their behalf. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Dairy Produce Amendment (Dairy Service Levy Poll) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Agriculture and Water Resources 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Dairy Produce Act 1986

  to remove the requirement for the dairy industry to hold a dairy levy poll every five years; and enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to require the industry services body to establish a levy poll advisory committee to consider the levy rate every five years, require the industry services body to hold a levy poll if a variation to the rate is recommended by the advisory committee, and include a mechanism for dairy farmer members of Dairy Australia Limited to request a poll if they disagree with the advisory committee’s decision not to convene a levy poll. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Feb 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Industry, Innovation and Science 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006

  to validate past Joint Authority decisions to grant renewals, or extensions of the term of ‘prior usage rights’ petroleum titles, where the consent of the Minister for the Environment was not sought. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum