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• National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Further to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011] and National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011], the bill makes consequential amendments to the

  Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000

  to provide that the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator framework interacts with other regulatory frameworks and funding programs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  10 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood and Cyclone Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011, the bill amends the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to implement a one-year progressive flood and cyclone reconstruction levy in the form of additional income tax in the 2011-12 financial year. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Corporations Act 2001

  to: provide for a ‘two strikes and re-election’ process when a company’s remuneration report receives a 25 per cent or more ‘no’ vote in two consecutive years; require the company board or remuneration committee to approve any remuneration consultancy contract; require remuneration consultants to report to non-executive directors or the remuneration committee; require remuneration consultants and boards to declare a recommendation is made free from undue influence; require companies to disclose certain details relating to a remuneration consultant; prohibit directors and executives from voting their shares on remuneration resolutions; prohibit hedging of incentive remuneration; require shareholder approval for declarations of ‘no vacancy’ at annual general meetings; require that non-chair proxies vote as directed when they vote on a poll; and confine disclosures in the remuneration report to key management personnel. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Corporations and Other Legislation Amendment (Trustee Companies and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

  and

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: Australian Securities and Investments Commission approved (compulsory and voluntary) transfers of estate assets and liabilities; ‘compulsory’ transfers of business to a public trustee; ministerial approval for listing a trustee company; holding out as a licensed trustee company; the term ‘authorised trustee corporation’; common funds and registered schemes; arm’s length transactions; fee regulation; drawing down of fees from income or capital; and reasonable fees being charged for tax return preparation; and

  Payment Systems (Regulation) Act 1998

  to provide that anything done by a payment system participant when complying with an ATM access regime as determined by the Reserve Bank of Australia is exempt from Part IV of the

  Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Customs Amendment (Serious Drugs Detection) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Home Affairs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Customs Act 1901

  to enable Customs officers, using prescribed equipment, to undertake an initial internal non-medical scan of a person suspected to be internally concealing a suspicious substance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

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

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  in relation to the recovery of fee reductions, enrolment advances and business continuity payments paid to approved child care services;

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Act 2010

  to make a technical amendment;

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  in relation to the effect of a child’s absence from the care of an approved child care service on the eligibility of an individual for child care benefit for that child;

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

  ,

  Child Care Act 1972

  and

  Social Security Act 1991

  to clarify the definition of family assistance law;

  Age Discrimination Act 2004

  ,

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

  ,

  Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

  and

  Student Assistance Act 1973

  to enable disclosure of information about education and care services for the purposes of the Education and Care Services National Law; and

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

  in relation to: the secretary’s power to refuse a child care service’s approval for the purposes of family assistance law; the requirement to comply with child care laws; and the recalculation of child care benefit fee reductions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment Participation and Childcare 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

  and

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

  to provide for fortnightly child rebate payments for individuals who are eligible for child care benefit by fee reduction;

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

  , the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  and

  Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007

  to make amendments consequential on the commencement of the proposed

  Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Child Care and Other Measures) Act 2011

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Personal Property Securities (Corporations and Other Amendments) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Corporations Act 2001

  in relation to: registrable charges; the liability of receivers and voluntary administrators for certain transactions; enforcement of liens and pledges; vesting of security interests; and appointment of an administrator under a transitional security agreement;

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  in relation to: taking certain personal property free of security interests; harmonising the definition of ‘security interest’ with New Zealand legislation; Clearing House Electronic Subregister System securities; access to third party data; the registrar’s powers to conduct investigations; security interests in authorised deposit-taking institutions; and state referral powers; and

  Corporations Act 2001

  and

  Personal Property Securities Act 2009

  to make technical amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Schools Assistance Amendment (Financial Assistance) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Schools Assistance Act 2008

  to extend the existing funding arrangements, including indexation arrangements, for: non-government primary and secondary schools until the end of 2013; and grants for capital expenditure until the end of 2014. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2011 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  to provide the Australian Communications and Media Authority with planning and enforcement powers for the implementation of the re-stack of digital television channels and the realisation of digital dividend spectrum; and

  Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

  ,

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ,

  Copyright Act 1968

  and

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to: the operation of the digital television services provided by the satellite service licensed under section 38C of the

  Broadcasting Services Act 1992

  ; and other digital television matters. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum