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• International Tax Agreements Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  to give legislative authority to a protocol amending the existing agreement between Australia and New Zealand in relation to double taxation and the prevention of income tax evasion;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  ,

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  and

  Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983

  to provide a framework for the Australian Commissioner of Taxation to provide assistance in the collection of foreign tax debts; and

  International Tax Agreements Act 1953

  and

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  to provide a framework for the exchange of information on tax matters with other jurisdictions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Attorney-General 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  National Health Act 1953

  and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to facilitate the continued operation of Medicare Australia’s Prescription Shopping Information Service which allows medical practitioners to access health information about their patients’ prescription status by permitting the collection of certain health information; and

  Privacy Act 1988

  to implement certain recommendations by the Australian Law Reform Commission and the Australian Health Ethics Committee by: amending the definitions of “health information” and “sensitive information” to include genetic information; and permitting the disclosure of genetic information to genetic relatives in certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Bill 2006

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  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Transport and Regional Services 

  Summary

  Implements Australia’s obligations under the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships by prohibiting the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints and establishing a mechanism to prevent the potential future use of other harmful substances in anti-fouling systems used on Australian ships or foreign ships that are in an Australian shipping facility. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to extend the marriage breakdown capital gains tax (CGT) roll-over to assets transferred under a binding financial agreement or an arbitral award;

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  to clarify the interaction of the consolidation regime with the demerger rules;

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  to amend the simplified imputation system to ensure that Australian companies receive franking credits attached to non-assessable non-exempt distributions from New Zealand companies; and

  Financial Corporations (Transfer of Assets and Liabilities) Act 1993

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  ,

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and

  Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  in relation to the CGT treatment of foreign residents. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Tax Laws Amendment (Repeal of Inoperative Provisions) Bill 2006

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  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Treasury 

  Summary

  The bill: repeals inoperative provisions in 10 Acts; repeals 68 redundant Acts; and makes amendments to 72 Acts consequential on the repeal of inoperative provisions and redundant Acts, including removing references, rationalising definitions and rewriting certain operative provisions from the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  into the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

  and the

  Taxation Administration Act 1953

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Independent Contractors) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Introduced with the Independent Contractors Bill 2006 to protect the status of independent contractors, the bill amends the:

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: provide civil penalties for sham contracting arrangements; protect redundancy entitlements; provide for stand downs; make changes to the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard; and

  Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005

  and

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  to: repeal redundant provisions in relation to unfair contracts as a consequence of the proposed national services contract review scheme contained in the Independent Contractors Bill 2006; allow proceedings to be initiated in relation to sham contracting arrangements; and makes technical amendments to the

  Workplace Relations Act 1996

  and

  Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005

  . 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Crimes Act Amendment (Forensic Procedures) Bill (No. 1) 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Crimes Act 1914

  to: allow the transfer of information so that inter-jurisdictional DNA matching can occur; permit prison officers to be present, subject to the relevant State or Territory law, while a forensic procedure is being carried out on a suspect; and correct drafting errors relating to DNA profile matching. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Financial Transaction Reports Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Justice and Customs 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988

  to: amend the definition of “account” and “customer information”; and restrict the application of proposed Division 3A of Part II (which provides for customer information to be included in international funds transfer instructions) to authorised deposit taking institutions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• National Health Amendment (Immunisation) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Health and Ageing 

  Summary

  Amends the

  National Health Act 1953

  to allow, in addition to the current power to provide designated vaccines, the provision of goods and services which are associated with, or incidental to, the provision or administration of designated vaccines. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Public Works Committee Amendment Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  21 Jun 2006 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Finance and Administration 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Public Works Committee Act 1969

  to: amend the definition of a “public work”; increase the threshold value at which projects must be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works and provide for the threshold value to be varied by regulation; and make technical amendments to update and replace certain references. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum